jì xìn
寄信
Sending Letters
wǒ yào jì yì fēng xìn .
我要寄一封信。
I would like to send a letter.
guà hào xìn hái shì píng xìn ?
挂号信还是平信？
Is it a registered or regular mail?
jì dào měi guó yào duō shǎo qián ?
寄到美国要多少钱？
How much does it cost to ship to the United States?
mǎi wǔ zhāng bā máo de yóu piào .
买五张八毛的邮票。
I want to buy five 80-cents stamps.
学说蔬菜 [xué shuō shū cài] Learn to Say Vegetables in Chinese
黄瓜 [huáng guā] cucumber
黄瓜可以生吃。Cucumbers can be eaten raw.
土豆 [tǔ dòu] n. potato
你给大家分一下土豆好吗？Can you dish out the potatoes, please?
茄子 [qié zi] n. eggplant
他喜欢吃茄子。He likes to eat eggplant.
生菜 [shēng cài] n. lettuce
这棵生菜不错。This is a nice head of lettuce.
句型一般指单句句型。Sentence patterns generally refer to single sentence patterns.
句型是根据句子的结构（句法成分的配置格局）对不同的单句进行分类，从而划分出的类型。Sentence pattern is the classification of different single sentences according to the structure of the sentence (the configuration pattern of the syntactic components), and thus the types are divided.
句型分为主谓句和非主谓句两大类：
中文词语分类 zhōng wén cí yǔ fēn lèi
①实词（有实际意义的词） ① shí cí (yǒu shí jì yì yì de cí)
点菜和结帐(diǎn cài hé jié zhàng) Ordering Dishes & Paying the Bill
(1) 你们吃什么(nǐ men chī shén me)？ What would you like to eat?
(2) 有西兰花吗(yǒu xī lán huā ma)？ Do you have broccoli?
(3) 这里面是什么(zhè lǐ miàn shì shén me)？ What’s inside?
(4) 要这个(yào zhè ge)。 I want this (one).
(5) 要两瓶啤酒(yào liǎng píng pí jiǔ)，三碗米饭(sān wǎn mǐ fàn)。 I would like two bottles of beer and three bowls of rice.
(6) 米饭跟菜一起上(mǐ fàn gēn cài yì qǐ shàng)。I would like to have the dishes served along with the rice.