👨‍👩‍👧 My family

Unit 2 · People, family & numbers (HSK 1) · 8 min

Introduce your family: 这是我爸爸 "this is my dad". 有 yǒu means "to have"; its negative is 没有 méiyǒu (never 不有): 我有一个儿子，没有女儿 "I have a son, no daughter."

Words in this lesson

• 爸爸 (bà ba) — dad; father
• 妈妈 (mā ma) — mum; mother
• 儿子 (ér zi) — son
• 女儿 (nǚ ér) — daughter
• 家 (jiā) — home; family
• 有 (yǒu) — to have
• 没有 (méi yǒu) — not have

The second syllable of 爸爸 and 妈妈 is a neutral tone.

Project: Draw your family tree and label each person in Chinese.