My Lost Passport

📖 CEFR Level: A1 | Mandarin Chinese

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I am at the airport.

zàichǎng.

我在机场。

I look in my bag.

chákàndebāo.

我查看我的包。

My passport is not there.

dezhàozài.

我的护照不在那里。

I feel very worried.

gǎndàofēichángdānxīn.

我感到非常担心。

A kind woman sees me.

wèishànliángdeshìkàndàole.

一位善良的女士看到了我。

She helps me look.

bāngzhǎo.

她帮我一起找。

We look on the floor.

menzàibǎnshàngzhǎo.

我们在地板上找。

We look on a chair.

menzàizishàngzhǎo.

我们在椅子上找。

I find my passport!

zhǎodàoledezhào!

我找到了我的护照!

It is under a newspaper.

zàibàozhǐxiàmiàn.

它在报纸下面。

I say thank you to the woman.

duìwèishìshuōlexièxie.

我对那位女士说了谢谢。

Now I am happy.

xiànzàihěnkāixīn.

现在我很开心。

📚 Vocabulary

airport — a place where airplanes take off and land

jīchǎng

机场 (jīchǎng) — 飞机起飞和降落的地方
look — to use your eyes to see something

chákàn

查看 (chákàn) — 用眼睛看某物
bag — a container for carrying things

bāo

包 (bāo) — 用于携带物品的容器
passport — a small book that proves who you are for travel

hùzhào

护照 (hùzhào) — 用于旅行时证明身份的小本子
worried — feeling unhappy because you think something bad might happen

dānxīn

担心 (dānxīn) — 因担心可能发生坏事而感到不开心
kind — good and helpful to other people

shànliáng

善良 (shànliáng) — 对他人友好且乐于助人
woman — an adult female person

nǚshì

女士 (nǚshì) — 成年女性
sees — looks at and notices something with the eyes

kàndào

看到 (kàndào) — 用眼睛看到并注意到某物
helps — makes something easier for someone

bāngzhù

帮助 (bāngzhù) — 使某事对某人来说更容易
floor — the flat surface you walk on inside a building

dìbǎn

地板 (dìbǎn) — 建筑物内行走的平坦表面
chair — a piece of furniture for one person to sit on

yǐzi

椅子 (yǐzi) — 供一人坐的家具
find — to see or get something you were looking for

zhǎodào

找到 (zhǎodào) — 看到或得到你正在寻找的东西
under — in a lower place than something else

xiàmiàn

下面 (xiàmiàn) — 在比某物更低的位置
newspaper — large sheets of paper with news and stories

bàozhǐ

报纸 (bàozhǐ) — 印有新闻和故事的大张纸
say — to speak words

shuō

说 (shuō) — 说出话语
thank you — words you say when someone helps you

xièxie

谢谢 (xièxie) — 当有人帮助你时说的话
now — at the present time

xiànzài

现在 (xiànzài) — 当前时刻
happy — feeling good and pleased

kāixīn

开心 (kāixīn) — 感到愉快和满足
very — a lot, used to make a word stronger

fēicháng

非常 (fēicháng) — 很,用于加强语气
there — in, at, or to that place

nàlǐ

那里 (nàlǐ) — 在那个地方