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Lesson 1 Greetings (Part1) : Chinese Characters Hanyu Pinyin English

This document provides common Chinese greetings and responses in Mandarin Chinese. It includes greetings for good morning, good afternoon, good evening in Chinese characters with Pinyin romanization and English translation. Common greeting responses like "How are you?", "Good", "Thank you" are also listed in the three languages. The document concludes by introducing question particles and common words that are pronounced similarly in Mandarin to illustrate tonal differences. It includes a short practice dialogue as an example.

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Lesson 1 Greetings (Part1) : Chinese Characters Hanyu Pinyin English

This document provides common Chinese greetings and responses in Mandarin Chinese. It includes greetings for good morning, good afternoon, good evening in Chinese characters with Pinyin romanization and English translation. Common greeting responses like "How are you?", "Good", "Thank you" are also listed in the three languages. The document concludes by introducing question particles and common words that are pronounced similarly in Mandarin to illustrate tonal differences. It includes a short practice dialogue as an example.

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Lesson 1 Greetings (Part1)

Chinese characters Hanyu pinyin English

早上好 zǎo shang hǎo


Good morning
早安 zǎo ān

早 zǎo Early; morning

下午好 xià wǔ hǎo


Good afternoon
午安 wǔ ān

晚上好 wǎn shang hǎo Good evening!

Good night! /
晚安 wǎn ān
Good evening!

你好吗? nǐ hǎo ma How are you?

Hello; how are


你好? nǐ hǎo
you?

您好吗? nin hǎo ma How are you?

好 hǎo Good

挺好 tǐng hǎo Pretty good

很好 hěn hǎo very; rather; quite

谢谢 xiè xie Thank you

Chinese characters Hanyu pinyin English

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Lesson 1 Greetings (Part1)

你呢? nǐ ne And you?

我 wǒ I; me

你 nǐ You

您 nin You (Formal)

他 tā He; Him

她 tā She

它 tā it (used for things)

我们 wǒ men we; us; ourselves

they; them
他们 / 她们 tā men
(male/female)

它们 tā men Its (plural)

呢 (question particle)

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Lesson 1 Greetings (Part1)

吗 (question tag)

妈 mā mother

痲 má numb

马 mǎ horse; horse chess piece; Surname

骂 mà scold; abuse

演习一 (yǎn xí yī) PRACTISE 1

1) wǔ ān, nǐ hǎo ma?

2) hěn hǎo

3) xiè xie

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