Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 54: 需要 Need

你 需要 给 我 发票。 You need to give me the receipt.
Nǐ xūyào gěi Wǒ fāpiào.
You need-will give I send-ticket.

我 需要 买 办公 用品。 I need to buy office supplies.
Wǒ xūyào mǎi bàngōng yòngpǐn.
I need-will buy manage-public use-items.

我 需要 买 卫生纸。 I need to buy toilet paper.
Wǒ xūyào mǎi wèishēnɡzhǐ.
I need-will buy defend-life-paper.

周 小姐 需要 去 大使馆。 Ms. Zhou needs to go to the embassy.
Zhōu xiǎojiě xūyào qù dàshǐɡuǎn.
Zhou little-big-sister need-will go big-messenger-house.

胡 先生 需要 去 看 医生。 Mr. Hu needs to see a doctor.
Hú xiānsheng xūyào qù kàn yīshēng.
Hu first-born need-will go see medicine-life.

我 需要 买 洗发水 。 I need to buy shampoo.
Wǒ xūyào mǎi xǐfàshuǐ .
I need-will buy wash-hair-water.

我 需要 买 新 的 鞋。 I need to buy new shoes.
Wǒ xūyào mǎi xīn de xié.
I need-will buy new of shoes.

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Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.