今天在公司认识了一个新朋友，他是个中国人。
晚上他带我去了一个中国饭馆，这是我第一次吃中国菜，很好吃，我很喜欢。
他说周末可以教我做中国菜，我非常高兴。
他是个很好的朋友，但是他的英语不好，我想我可以学习汉语，我们就可以交流更多了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 英语 | Yīng yǔ | English (language) |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |