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Mandarin Chinese

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Course Guide



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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Greetings, Gratitude, Goodbyes

Chapter 2: Do You Speak English?

Chapter 3: Names and Introductions

Chapter 4: Getting Around

Chapter 5: Shopping and Payment

Chapter 6: Drinks and Dining

Chapter 7: Numbers and Currency

Chapter 8: Getting Help

Chapter 9: Organic Learning (I)

Chapter 10: Organic Learning (II)

Vocabulary Review

Phrase Review

Cultural Notes

Grammar Notes

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CHAPTER 1: GREETINGS , GRATITUDE, GOODBYES

Îʺò£¬¸Ðл¼°ÔÙ¼û

Chapter 1: Greetings, Gratitude, Goodbyes

Conversational Goals

Express Gratitude

Greet People

Say Goodbye

Grammar Goals

Learn Personal Pronouns

Conversation

English

Mandarin Chinese

ÄãºÃ¡£

Hello.

(n¨« h¨£o¡£)

ÄãºÃ£¬ºÜ¸ßÐËÈÏʶÄã¡£

Hello. Very nice to meet you.

(n¨« h¨£o, h¨§n g¨¡o x¨¬ng r¨¨n shi n¨«¡£)

ÎÒÒ²ºÜ¸ßÐËÈÏʶÄã¡£

Very nice to meet you too.

(w¨¯ y¨§ h¨§n g¨¡o x¨¬ng r¨¨n shi n¨«¡£)

лл¡£

Thank you.

(xi¨¨ xi¨¨¡£)

²»¿ÍÆø¡£ÔÙ¼û!

You're welcome. Goodbye!

(b¨² k¨¨ q¨¬¡£ z¨¤i ji¨¤n!)

ÔÙ¼û£¡

Goodbye!

(z¨¤i ji¨¤n!)



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Hello.

ÄãºÃ¡£

English

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Mandarin Chinese

Hello.

ÄãºÃ¡£

(You good.)

(n¨« h¨£o¡£)

Äã

2

you

3

good

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ÄãºÃ is the general term for greeting in Chinese. It can mean "Hello," "How are you," and "How do you

do?" You can say it to anyone, both male and female. We're all equal, thus we're all equally

addressed!

5

you

6

Äú is a polite form to address someone you meet for the first time, thus showing more respect.

People also tend to use this to address older people or people of higher social status.

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Hello.

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morning

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ÔçÉÏ refers to the early morning in Mandarin, approximately from 5am to 9am.

(n¨«)

ºÃ

(h¨£o)

Äú

(n¨ªn)

ÄúºÃ¡£

(n¨ªn h¨£o¡£)

ÔçÉÏ

(z¨£o sh¨¤ng)

ÔçÉϺá£

10 Good morning.

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(z¨£o sh¨¤ng h¨£o¡£)

Did you say ºÃÔçÉÏ according to the English order? You'll notice that there are a lot of cases where

the Chinese orders are reversed from the English counterpart.

ÍíÉÏ

12 evening

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(w¨£n sh¨¤ng)

ÍíÉÏ would normally refer to the time between 6pm and 10pm. But, this can be a rather loose range

for any time after it's dark. Most of the time, it could cover both "evening" and "night" in English.

ÍíÉϺá£

14 Good evening.

(w¨£n sh¨¤ng h¨£o¡£)

ÏÂÎç

15 afternoon

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(xi¨¤ w¨³)

In Mandarin, ÏÂÎç is very much like "afternoon" in English. It normally refers to the period between

1pm and 6pm.

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English

Mandarin Chinese

ÏÂÎçºÃ¡£

17 Good afternoon.

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(xi¨¤ w¨³ h¨£o¡£)

Although you can greet according to the time of day, ÄãºÃ is the default form of greeting and also

the most commonly used.

àË

19 Hi.

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21

(h¨¤i / h¨¨i)

As you could guess, àË is borrowed from English. It's an informal way of greeting and particularly

popular among younger generations and people who are more familiar with each other.

How are you?

ÄãºÃ¡£

(You good.)

(n¨« h¨£o¡£)

22 Do you remember that ÄãºÃ can also mean "How are you?" in addition to "Hello"?

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Hi, how are you?

àË£¬ÄãºÃ¡£

(Hi, you good.)

(h¨¤i / h¨¨i, n¨« h¨£o¡£)

Generally, when it's the first time to meet with someone, you shake hands while greeting each other.

Bowing and hugging are not part of the Chinese way of greetings.



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