我来中国学习和工作三年了。
五年前，我第一次来中国旅游，爱上了这里吃的东西。
回国后，我开始在网上学习汉语，一开始自己学习，后来又在网上找了一位汉语老师帮助我。
我考过了HSK4级考试以后，就想来中国继续学习。
到了中国以后，我先在北京学习汉语，后来找到了上海的工作，就来上海生活了。
三年了，我越来越了解中国文化，也交了很多中国朋友。
我想明年去广东工作。
广东是个暖和的地方，还有很多好吃的东西，我应该会很快乐。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | to travel |
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like |
| 上 | shàng | (directional complement) up |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 网上 | wǎng shang | online |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 一 | yī | as soon as |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | to help; to assist |
| 考 | kǎo | to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | exam |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand / to realize / to find out |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 交 | jiāo | to make friends |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 广东 | Guǎng dōng | Guangdong; a province in southern China. |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 暖和 | nuǎn huo | warm / nice and warm |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |