问 wèn - to ask - 问题 wèn tí - question / problem - 有问题 yǒu wèn tí - have a question/problem - 没有问题 méi yǒu wèn tí - don’t have a question/problem - 问问题 wèn wèn tí - to ask questions - 没问题！méi wèn tí - no problem - 你有问题吗？nǐ yǒu wèn tí ma? - Do you have any questions?/ Do you have a problem? - 你有什么问题？nǐ yǒu shén me wèn tí? - What problem/question do you have? - 请问 qǐng wèn - may I ask… / Excuse me Example sentences: 1. 请问一下，火车站在哪儿？qǐng wèn yī xià, huǒ chē zhàn zài nǎ’r? - Excuse me, where is the train station? 2. 你可以问问题。nǐ kě yǐ wèn wèn tí. - You can/you’re allowed to ask questions. 3. 我没有问题了。wǒ méi yǒu wèn tí le. - I don’t have (any more) questions. (Audio + how to write the characters can be found below!) Suggested practice activities (Inspired by our Weekly Checklist). 1. Do shadowing (listen and repeat) with the audio. 2. Write the sentences in characters. 3. Test yourself writing out the new word in characters to memorise. 4. Add the new word to your Mandarin flashcard app to learn it. 5. Make sentences of your own with the new word. 6. Use a dictionary (e.g. Pleco) to search for other example sentences using the key word in context. 7. Break down the characters of the new word - have you seen these characters before? Where? What key radicals are there? What components have you seen before? Make links between this word and others you know (synonyms/antonyms etc.) Submit your speaking / writing for feedback!

✅ Your First Steps 1️⃣ Introduce Yourself - Go to the Community tab → click New Post → tell us about yourself and why you’re learning Mandarin 🇨🇳 2️⃣ Watch the “Start Here – Do Not Skip!” Video 🎯 This short video shows you exactly how to use the community, courses, and challenges to make fast progress. Here's the link: https://www.skool.com/trustychinese/classroom/26b2c383?md=8be4e624886640969ed5dda66ca98ac1 3️⃣ Message me in the our private chat or book a 1:1 onboarding call, so I can understand your learning goals better. 4️⃣ Join a Live Video Class. Perfect for extra speaking practice + meeting others (and me!). 📅 Check the calendar for the time of when this runs. (Add these to your calendar so you don't miss them) 5️⃣ Take Part in our Monthly Challenges, we focus on a different skill each month — speaking, tones, or sentence building.🗣 You’ll get feedback, motivation, and real progress with every challenge.

大家好！ Our first Study Buddy Mandarin practice session of 2026 will be next weekend. 🎉🎉 Join us if you want to listen to and practice speaking Mandarin 🗣️ in a supportive environment and get to know more people in the community. All are welcome 🤗 Mandarin topics for the session will be: 1. Talking about things you ‘want’ 想 / 想要 to do or ‘will’ 会 do (future tense). 2. Describing things (to re-cap and build on what we covered last time!) 3. Talk about our goals for 2026 (你2026年的目标是什么？） Any questions, let me know in the comments below. Hope to see you there! 下周六见！ ⭐️