One of the ways I like to learn Chinese is reading children's books. It helps with expanding vocabulary and learning formal sentence structure.
Right now, I am in the process of reading Snail Started It! by Katja Reider (Author), Rosemary Lanning (Author), Angela Von Roehl (Illustrator).
Vocabulary List
| Chinese | Jyutping | Pinyin | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蝸牛 | wo1 ngau4 | wo1 niu2 | snail | |
| 豬 | zyu1 | zhu1 | pig | |
| 開始 | hoi1 ci2 | kai1 shi3 | to start | |
| 遇見 | jyu6 gin3 | yu4 jian4 | to meet | |
| 肥 | fei4 | fei2 | fat | |
| 驚訝 | ging1 ngaa6 | jing1 ya4 | to confound; to astonish; to bamboozle | ging like frighten or startle |
| 隻 | zek3 | zhi1 | classifier for certain animals, containers, small boats, etc. | |
| 腿 | teoi2 | tui3 | leg | same word used in "ham" (fo2 teoi2) |
| 竟然 | ging2 jin4 | jing4 ran2 | unexpectedly; still; surprisingly | |
| 被 | bei6 pei5 | bei4 | be, by, suffer, blanket | |
| 壓垮 | aat3 kwaa1 | ya1 kua3 | to cause something to collapse under the weight; overwhelm | |
| 胖 | bun6/pun4 | pang4/pan2 | fat; obese; chubby | |
| 邊 | bin1 | bian1 | edge, side | which (bin go); where (bin dou) |
| 滿意 | mun5 ji3 | man3 yi4 | satisfied; pleased | |
| 著 | zyu3/zoek3 | zhu4/zhuo2 | aspect particle indicating action in progress; wear | variant of 着 |
| 水坑 | seoi2 haang1 | shui3 keng1 | sump, puddle, water hole | haang like dung pit (si haang) |
| 倒影 | dou3 jing2 | dao4 ying3 | inverted image | dou like pour; jing like take picture (ying seurng) |