Today we are learning "Time to Eat!" in Chinese.

Expressions are in

EnglishPinyin (pronunciation guide)

I am hungry. - wǒ èle

Time to eat! - chī fàn le

Time to have breakfast! - chī zǎo fān le

Time to have lunch! - chī wǔ fàn le

Time to have dinner! - chī wǎn fàn le

salad - shā lā

hamburger - hàn bǎo

donut - tián tián quān

 

Q&A:

Don't eat it! - bù yào chī.

Don't eat that! - bù yào chī nà gè!

It's not safe. - bù ān quán.

Be careful! - xiǎo xīn!

Are you finished yet? - nǐ hǎo le ma?

May I have hot chocolate, (please)? - wǒ kě yǐ hē rè qiǎo kè lì ma

hot - rè

chocolate - qiǎo kè lì

Let's go - Zǒu ba |wǒmen zǒu ba

We, us - wǒmen

 

PRODUCTION

Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett is the host for Playful Chinese. Many kids and parents know her as "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda and explore her Mandarin Chinese learning resources at

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment! The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.

Connecting with Chinese Culture 

Time to Eat Chinese Dumplings!  - Recipe and Culture (link below)

Lucky Dumplings Symbolic Meaning, Names and Recipe

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Music credit: Modern Jazz Samba by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4063-modern-jazz-samba/

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ses/by/3.0/