Quickly Master Basic Greetings: Essential Guide for Chinese Beginners, Summaries of Chinese

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Basic

greetings

in mandarin

1- Formal and informal greetings

 (^) 你《 nǐ 》 = you (singular ， informal)  (^) 您《 nín 》 = you (singular ， formal)  (^) 好《 hǎo 》 = good ， well ， fine  (^) 你好《 nǐ hǎo 》 = Hello (informal greeting)  (^) 您好《 nín hǎo 》 = Hello (formal greeting, polite form)

3- Asking « how are you » and answering

it:

 (^) 你好吗《 nǐ hǎo ma 》 = How are you ？  (^) 吗《 ma 》 = this word is used at the end of the 《 yes|no 》 questions  (^) 我 《 wǒ 》 = I ， me  (^) 很《 hěn 》 = very  (^) 我很好《 wǒ hěn hǎo 》 = I am fine  (^) 呢 《 ne 》 = what about … ？ (used after a noun or pronoun)  (^) 你呢《 nǐ ne 》 = what about you ？ And you ？  (^) 也 《 yě 》 = too ， also (always placed after the subject)  (^) 我也很好 《 wǒ yě hěn hǎo 》 = I am fine too

4- Greetings based on parts of the

day

 (^) 早上 《 zǎo shang 》 = early morning  (^) 早上好 《 zǎo shang hǎo 》 = good (early) morning  (^) 上午 《 shàng wǔ 》 = morning  (^) 上午好 《 shàng wǔ hǎo 》 = good morning  (^) 下午 《 xià wǔ 》 = afternoon  (^) 下午好 《 xià wǔ hǎo 》 = good afternoon  (^) 晚上《 wǎn shàng 》 = evening  (^) 晚上好 《 wǎn shàng hǎo 》 = good evening

6- Dialogue (in mandarin):

 (^) A: 你好 《 nǐ hǎo 》  (^) B: 你好 《 nǐ hǎo 》  (^) A: 你好吗？《 nǐ hǎo ma 》  (^) B: 我很好，谢谢，你呢？《 wǒ hěn hǎo ， xiè xiè ， nǐ ne ？》  (^) A: 我也很好，谢谢 《 wǒ yě hěn hǎo ， xiè xiè 》  (^) B: 不客气 《 bù kè qì 》  (^) A: 再见 《 zài jiàn 》  (^) B: 再见 《 zài jiàn 》

7- Chinese pronouns:  (^) 我 (wǒ) = I  (^) 你 (nǐ) = You  (^) 他 (tā) = He  (^) 她 (tā) = She  (^) 它 (tā) = it  (^) 我们 (wǒ men) = We  (^) 你们 (nǐ men) = You (plural)  (^) 他们 (tā men) = they (masculine)  (^) 她们 (tā men) = they (feminine)  (^) 它们 (tā men) = they (objects and animals)