Mom and dad

Practise HSK 1 Mandarin Chinese in “Mom and dad”, with Hanzi, pinyin, English translations and key vocabulary.

HSK 1

Dialogue preview

  1. 周欣: 你爸爸在家吗？

    ni3 ba4 ba5 zai4 jia1 ma5

    Is your dad at home?

  2. 黄勇: 在家。

    zai4 jia1

    He is at home.

  3. 周欣: 你妈妈呢？

    ni3 ma1 ma5 ne5

    What about your mom?

Key vocabulary

你 · nǐ
you
爸爸 · bà ba
father; dad
在家 · zài jiā
to be at home
吗 · ma
question particle: turns a statement into a yes-no question
妈妈 · mā ma
mama
呢 · ne
used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")