Daily Life

Your day in Chinese 🌅

This module is about **daily life**: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the **character**, the **sound** (pinyin, with tone marks, in brackets), and the **English**.

Times of day 🕐

The parts of the day: - **天 (tiān)** = day - **早上 (zǎoshang)** = morning - **晚上 (wǎnshang)** = evening - **今天 (jīntiān)** = today

Match each word to its meaning

Everyday activities 🍽️

Some common things you do each day: - **吃 (chī)** = eat - **喝 (hē)** = drink - **睡觉 (shuìjiào)** = sleep - **去 (qù)** = go

Match each verb to its meaning

Spot the verb

Which character means "eat"?

• 吃 (chī)
• 喝 (hē)
• 睡觉 (shuìjiào)
• 去 (qù)

Places 🏫

Two places that fill a day: - **学校 (xuéxiào)** = school - **家 (jiā)** = home So 去学校 (qù xuéxiào) means "go to school".

Spot the word

Which word means "school"?

• 学校 (xuéxiào)
• 家 (jiā)
• 早上 (zǎoshang)
• 天 (tiān)

Actions, not things

Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).

• 吃 (chī)
• 喝 (hē)
• 睡觉 (shuìjiào)
• 早上 (zǎoshang)
• 学校 (xuéxiào)
• 天 (tiān)

A day in order

An interactive activity.

How the writing works 🔤

Chinese is written in **characters** (汉字, hànzì). Each character stands for a **syllable and a meaning**, not a single sound, so there is no alphabet. **Pinyin** uses our letters to show how a character sounds, and the **tone marks** (the accents over the vowels) show which of the tones to use.

Describe a day

An interactive activity.

The right word

Using the pinyin, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "eat" is _____, and "sleep" is _____.

Daily life summary

Chinese is written in _____, not letters. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say eat, you use _____.