Common Chinese Phrases – Classroom Expressions

上课shàngkè！

下课xiàkè！

老师lǎoshī好hǎo！

同学tóngxué们men好hǎo！

请qǐng打开dǎkāi课本kèběn。

大家dàjiā跟gēn我wǒ一起yìqǐ读dú。

请qǐng看kàn黑板hēibǎn。

休息xiūxi一下yíxià。

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

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	请	請	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	读	讀	dú	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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