去年夏天，我来到中国。
现在我在中国已经学习11个月了。
我很快会结束在中国的学习，下个月我就要回国了。
一开始，我觉得很难用中文和别人交流。
现在我中文说得好多了，甚至可以看懂中文电视，这是因为我学习很努力，老师和同学对我的帮助也很大。
现在我有许多中国朋友。
一些朋友会邀请我去他们家吃饭。
我对中国文化和中国人都很感兴趣。
谢谢他们，我希望以后可以来中国工作。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 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) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 快 | kuài | soon / almost |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 结束 | jié shù | to finish / to end / to conclude / to close |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 一 | yī | as soon as |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | beginning |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand / to comprehend |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 这是 | zhè shì | this is; this is the case |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | hard-working; conscientious |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 同学 | tóng xué | fellow student / classmate |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | assistance; aid |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 邀请 | yāo qǐng | to invite |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel |
| 兴趣 | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth) / interest; hobby |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |