100 English & Chinese Conversation topics (with pinyin)

[tooironic]

Hi. I have come up with a list of English & Chinese conversation topics (with pinyin) for inspiration in language exchange groups. I've divided them up into Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Some examples:

A-Level (Beginner)

A001 What’s your name? 你叫什么名字？

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?

A002 Where were you born? 你在哪儿出生的？

Nǐ zài nǎr chūshēng de?

A003 Where is your hometown? 你的家乡在哪儿？

Nǐ de jiāxiāng zài nǎr?

B-Level (Intermediate)

B034 Do you often eat fast food? Why or why not? 你经常吃快餐吗？为什么？

Nǐ jīngcháng chī kuàicān ma? Wèishénme?

B035 What is a major achievement in your life? 你生命中一项重要的成就是什么？

Nǐ shēngmìng zhòng yī xiàng zhòngyào de chéngjiù shì shénme?

B036 Do you like karaoke? Why or why not? 你喜欢卡拉OK吗？为什么？

Nǐ xǐhuan kǎlāOK ma? Wèishénme?

C-Level (Advanced)

C067 Do you think advertising has a negative effect on society? 你觉得广告会给社会带来负面影响吗？

Nǐ juéde guǎnggào huì gěi shèhuì dàilái fùmiàn yǐngxiǎng ma?

C068 Do you think women should be allowed to fight in the front line? 你认为应该允许妇女在前线战斗吗？

Nǐ rènwéi yīnggāi yǔnxǔ fùnǚ zài qiánxiàn zhàndòu ma?

C069 Some people have suggested we should raise the legal drinking age in Australia to 21. Do you think this a good idea? 有人建议我们应该把澳洲的法定饮酒年龄提高到二十一岁。你认为这是一个好主意吗？

The full list can be found here. Feel free to browse and use them how you see fit. Cheers.

[Yezze]

It looks nice, thanks for making it and posting it here.

Just to be a bit picky, i could say that some of the sentences between A and B seem to be similar, except for vocab, which could be why they are on a different level.

[tooironic]

Yeah, to be honest I found it hard to come up with beginner sentences as I couldn't really remember what kind of stuff we covered in primary school, but if you have any suggestions do let me know.

[Yezze]

I was looking for this and had some trouble finding it. In my opinion, it seems like this post should be moved to the "Vocabulary, idioms, word lists ..." section.