Common Chinese Phrases – Classroom Expressions

上课shàngkè
下课xiàkè
老师lǎoshīhǎo
同学tóngxuémenhǎo
qǐng打开dǎkāi课本kèběn
大家dàjiāgēn一起yìqǐ
qǐngkàn黑板hēibǎn
休息xiūxi一下yíxià

Translation

Class begins!
Class is over!
Hello teacher!
Hello students!
Please open the textbook.
Everyone read with me.
Look at the blackboard.
Have a rest.

Keywords

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
1 老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher; Classifiers: 个
2 同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; Classifiers: 位
3 qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
4 打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
5 课本 課本 kè běn textbook; Classifiers: 本
6 大家 大家 dà jiā everyone; influential family; great expert
7 一起 一起 yī qǐ in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
8 to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音
9 黑板 黑板 hēi bǎn blackboard; Classifiers: 块
10 休息 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest

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