P 02 greeting dummy's way to speak chinese

Part 2

Greeting

问候Wènhòu



Let’s begin to tally how many sentences can
you speak:

1. Hello
Lit:

You

good

Nǐ

hǎo

你好!
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2

2

Thank you

谢谢
Xiè

xie

3 You're welcome
Lit

No

polite

Bú

kè qì

不

客气

3

客

Kè

visitor; guest

 客气 Kè qì polite; courteous:
 客人 Kè rén

visitor; guest

 不客气

Bú kè qì (in reply to one's
thanks) you're welcome; don't mention it; not
at all

4

4

I am sorry

对不起
Duì bù qǐ

5

Never mind

没关系

Méi guān xì


5

6

Goodbye

Lit

Again see

再见
Zài

7

jiàn

见

See you tomorrow

Tomorrow

see

明天见
Míng

tiān

1 see; catch sight of:
2 meet with; be exposed to:

jiàn


6

9 How are you?
Lit:

You

good

?

Nǐ

hǎo

used at the end of a
declarative sentence
to transform it into a
question.

ma?

你好吗？吗
呢

9

used at the end of an
interrogative sentence.

I'm fine, thank you, How about you?

Lit:

I

very

good.

Wǒ

hěn

hǎo,

我很好，

Thanks.

You ?

谢谢，你呢？
xiè xiè,


nǐ

ne?

7

10

I'm also very good.

Lit： I

also very good

我也很好。
Wǒ

yě

hěn hǎo.


8

11

How is your dad?

Lit:

You

dad

good ?

Nǐ

bà ba

hǎo

12
Lit:

你爸爸好吗？
ma?

He is also fine.
He
also very

good.

Tā

hǎo.

他也很好。
yě

hěn


9

13
Lit:

How is your study?
Your study
good ?

你学习好吗？
Nǐ

xué xí

hǎo ma?

14 How are you today?
Lit: You today
good ?

你今天好吗？
Nǐ

jīn tiān

hǎo ma?


10

15

How are you recently？

Lit:

You

recently

good ?

Nǐ

zuì jìn

hǎo

你最近好吗？
ma?

16

How is your job？

Lit:

You

job

good ?

Nǐ

gōng zuò

hǎo

你工作好吗？
ma?


11



17 Good morning

Lit: Morning Peace

早

Zǎo
Morning

安

ān
Peace;


12

 18

Good morning

Lit: Morning

早上

Zǎo shang

Good

好！
hǎo!


13

 19

Good evening

Lit: Evening

晚上

Wǎn shang

Good

好！
hǎo!


14

 20

Good night!

Lit: Night

晚
Wǎn

Good

安！
ān!


15



21 Hello everyone!

Lit: Everyone

大家
Dà jiā

Good

好！
hǎo!

大 dà big; 家jiā family; But大家Dàjiā is not big
family.
big family is: 大的家 Dà de jiā:


16

 22

How are you!

Lit: You

您
Nín

Good

好！
hǎo!

Respect
form for
YOU

17

 23

How are you!

Lit: eat

吃
chī

rice

?

饭了吗？
fàn

le

ma?

Fulfill your stomach is
the most important
thing! Especially in the
hungry time!


18

24 Long time no see!
Lit: Long time

好久
Hǎo jiǔ

no

see

不见！
bù jiàn!

This is a good example to
show you how English was
influenced by Chinese!


19

25 What is your name?

Lit: You call

what

name?

你叫

什么名字？

Nǐ jiào

shén me

míng zì?


20

26 My name is David.
Lit: I

call David

我叫大卫
Wǒ

jiào dà wèi.


21

27 What's your surname?
Lit: You

surname what?

你

姓

什么？

Nǐ

xìng

shén me?


22

28 My surname is ……
Lit: I

surname … …

我姓
Wǒ

xìng

…
……


23

29 It is my pleasure to meet you.
Lit: Know

you, very

happy

认识

你，很高兴。

Rèn shi

nǐ

hěn

gāo xìng.

Or
Very

happy

很

高兴

hěn

gāo xìng

to know

认识
Rèn shi

you,

你。
nǐ


24

30 Welcome

欢迎
Huān yíng


25

31 Welcome to my house
Lit: Welcome you come I

house

欢迎你到我家
Huān yíng nǐ

dào

wǒ jiā.


26

32 Please come in
Lit: Please enter

请
Qǐng

进
jìn.


27

33 Sit down please
Lit: Please

请

Qǐng

sit

坐

zuò.


28

34 Please have a cup of tea
Lit: Please drink
tea

请

喝

茶

Qǐng

hē

chá


29

35 Who is he (she)?
Lit: He

is

who？

他是谁
Tā

shì shuí?


30

36 I don’t know.
Lit: I

not know

我不知道
Wǒ

bù

zhī dào


31

37 Do you know him?
Lit: You

你
Nǐ

know

him ?

认识他吗？
rèn shi

tā

ma?


32

38 I don’t know him
Lit: I

not know

him.

我不认识他
Wǒ

bù

rèn shi

tā.


33

know;
be aware of; realize:
know; recognize:



知道



认识



Wǒ tīng shuōguò tā, dàn wǒ bù rènshi tā

zhīdào

rènshi

 我听说过他，但我不认识他


I know of him, but I don't know him.

 我知道Obama ，但我不认识他.
 Wǒ zhīdào Obama, dàn wǒ bù rènshi tā
I know of Obama, but I don't know him.


34

39 Let me to have an introduction.
Lit: Give

you introduce

给

你介绍一下

Gěi

nǐ

jiè shào

yī xià

Or


35

40 Let me to have an introduction.
Lit: I
come introduce

我来

介绍一下

Wǒ

jiè shào

lái

yī xià

一下

[used after a verb
to indicate a brief action] one
time; once:


36

41 This is my friend, his name is David.
Lit:
This is

my

Zhè shì

wǒ de

friend,

he call

David.

这是我的朋友,他叫大卫
péng yǒu, tā

jiào dà wèi.


37

42 Nice to meet you.
Lit: Luck

meet

幸

会

Xìng

huì


38

43

Bye Bye

Lit:

Bye Bye

拜拜
Bài

bài.

In Malaysia,拜拜
means go to
pray.


39

43B Goodbye
Lit: Again

see

再

见

Zài

jiàn


40



44



See you later

Wait

等

Děng
or
 Wait


等


Děng

little moment

会儿
huì er

little moment

下儿
xià er

see

见

jiàn
see

见

jiàn


41

45 See you later
Lit: Later

see

回头见
Huí tóu

jiàn.


42

46 You are Mr. Lin, right?
Lit: Your are

Lin

Mr.

您是林先生
Nín

shì

lín

xiān shēng

Ba.

吧。
ba

吧 ba

[used at the end of
a sentence to indicate doubt
or conjecture] :


43

47 Are you Mr. Lin?
Lit: You are

Lin Mr.

ma?

你是林先生吗？
Nín shì lín xiān shēng ma?
The Surname is in front
the title: Lin Mr.; Yao
Master……


44

48 Are you Mr. Lin from US?
Lit:
You are

US

come Lin

Mr.

ma?

你是美国来的林先生吗？
Nǐ

shì

měi guó

lái de

lín xiān shēng ma?


45

Ms
Miss

Boss
Manager

Prime Minister
President

女士
小姐
老板
经理
总理
总统

Nǚshì
Xiǎojiě
Lǎobǎn
Jīnglǐ
Zǒnglǐ
Zǒngtǒng


46

Are you…?
Answer using:

是。

Shì.

Yes.

不是。 Bùshì. Are not.

47

49 Excuse me
Lit: Trouble You

劳
Láo

驾

驾 is King’s vehicle.
Here is a respectful
way of YOU

jià

劳驾[polite form used when one
requests people to make way. etc.]
excuse me; may I trouble you:


48

50 Excuse me
Lit: Borrow light

借
Jiè

光

guāng
More like “ do
me a favor”


49

51 How many people are there in your family?

Lit:
You family have how many (MW)

people

Nǐ jiā

rén?

你家有几口人？
yǒu

几 jǐ：normally
used for the
number less
than 10

jǐ

kǒu

MW is measure word,
used between a
number and a noun.


50

SOMEWHERE
You family


你家
Nǐ jiā

HAS
have

SOMETHING.

yǒu

jǐ kǒu rén?

how many (MW)

people

有几口人？
This is an important
pattern: There is
something at some place.


51

52 My family has four people: father, mother, elder
brother and me.
SOMEWHERE
HAS
SOMETHING.

I family

have

Wǒ jiā

yǒu

我家

4 (MW) people

有四口人:

sì kǒu rén?



Father, mother, elder brother and



Bà ba,

 爸爸、妈妈、哥哥
mā mā,

gē gē

me.

和我。
hé


wǒ.

52

Can you say the following sentences?
How
How
How
How
How

many
many
many
many
many

people
people
people
people
people

are
are
are
are
are

there
there
there
there
there

in
in
in
in
in

your
your
your
your
your


school?
class?
company?
city?
country?

53

School

Class
Company
City
Country

学校
班
公司
城市
国家

Xuéxiào

Bān
Gōngsī
Chéngshì
Guójiā


54

The answer should be:
SOMEWHERE
HAS
Your
school has

SOMETHING.
how many people?

你的学校有

多少

Nǐ de
……
……
……
……

人？

xuéxiào

yǒu

duōshǎo

rén?

Bān
Gōngsī
Chéngshì
Guójiā

…

….

…?
“多少duōshǎo ”is
used to ask number
more than 10.


55

53 What do you eat?
Lit: You eat

what?

你吃什么？
Nǐ

chī

shén me?


56

54 What do you drink?
Lit: You drink what?

你喝什么？
Nǐ

hē

shén me?


57

55 What do you buy?
Lit: You buy what?

你买什么？
Nǐ

mǎi shén me?


58

Listen
Say

Read
Write
Look

听
说
读
写
看

Tīng
Shuō

Dú
Xiě
Kàn


59

Want
Need

Wish
Play

Sell

想
需要
希望
玩
卖

Xiǎng
Xūyào

Xīwàng
Wán
Mài


60

What do you +verb?
Lit: You

+verb

你 …
Nǐ

…

what?

什么？
shén me?


61



56 have; has



Yǒu
Don’t have

有

没有

Méiyǒu
 Have or not?

有

没有？

Yǒu méiyǒu?


62

57

Do you have tea?
Or
Is there any tea?
Or
Do you serve tea here?

Lit: Have

tea

有茶吗？
Yǒu

chá

?
ma?


63

 Do

you have… …?

Have

….

有 … 吗？
Yǒu

…

?

ma?


64

Coffee
Wine
Beer
Coke
Water
Ice
Medicine

咖啡
酒
啤酒
可乐
水
冰
药

Kāfēi
Jiǔ
Píjiǔ
Kělè
Shuǐ

Bīng
Yào


65





Do you have… …?
Have …
?
有
…
吗？
Yǒu …
ma?
You can even say……
58 Do you have time?

Lit: have

有

Yǒu

time

?

shí jiān

ma?

时间吗？

66



59 Any matters? Or
Something wrong?
Any problems?
Are you okay?

Lit:

have

matter

?

有

事

吗？

Yǒu

shì

ma?


67

60 He is not a teacher, he is a student.
Lit:
He is not
teacher, he is
student

他不是老师,他是学生
Tā

bú

shì

lǎo shī,

tā

shì xué shēng

Chinese is a simple language,
是shì: is, am, was etc. It also
used as YES.


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

61 Isn’t it?

Lit: Yes

是
Shì

No?

不是？
bu shì?

“Yes + No” is a very
common phrase. “不bu”
used in the middle, read as
neutral tone.


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

62 Is he your headmaster?

是… … 吗？Sentence Pattern
Shì … … ma?
Lit: He is

your

Tā shì

nǐ de

headmaster

?

他是你的校长吗？
xiào zhǎng ma?


70

 63

No, he is my friend.

Lit:
No,

he

is

my

friend.

不是他是我的朋友
Bù shì,

tā

shì

wǒ de

péng yǒu.

For family members,
use “I 我 wǒ” instead
of “My我的 wǒ de”


71

64 This is my ......

这
Zhè

是我的 .....
shì

wǒ de... ...

You can use this
pattern to
introduce people.


72

Children

Son
Daughter
Wife
Husband

Boyfriend
Girlfriend
Colleague
Boss

孩子
儿子
女儿
太太
先生
男朋友
女朋友
同事
老板

Hái zi

Ér zi
Nǚ ér
Tài tài
Xiān shēng
Nán péng yǒu
Nǚ péng yǒu
Tóng shì
Lǎo bǎn


73

This is my friend.
This
is
my

friend

Zhè

péng yǒu

这

是我的朋友
shì

wǒ de

This is my husband.
This
is
my

这
Zhè

This is more
formal
comparing
with “先生
Xiānshēng”

husband

是我的丈夫
shì

wǒ de

zhàng fū


74

Lit: He is

who？

他是谁
Tā

shì shuí?

Lit: Is ... …

?

是… … 吗？
Shì … … ma?


75

Is she your girlfriend?
Lit:
She is
your
girlfriend


?

她是你的女朋友吗？
Tā

shì

nǐ de

nǚ péng yǒu ma?


76

65 What's wrong with you?
Lit: You

你
Nǐ

how

?

怎么了？
zěn me

le?


77

66 I am not feeling well.
Lit: I

have little bit

not comfortable

我有点儿不舒服。
Wǒ

yǒu diǎn er

bù

shū fú

“不舒服bú shūfú” can be
feeling not well or not
comfortable.


78

67 Sorry to keep you waiting.
Lit:
Sorry.

Let

you long time wait

对不起让你久
Duì bù qǐ,

ràng nǐ

jiǔ


等了
děng

le

79

68 I'm sorry I'm late
Lit:
Sorry!

I

come

真抱歉我来
Zhēn bào qiàn,

wǒ lái

late

晚了
wǎn

le

晚 wǎn: can be
night; or Late


80

69A

I could not hear clearly.
(it’s my problem)

Lit:
I

didn’t

hear

clear.

我

没

听

清楚。

Wǒ

méi

tīng

qīng chu.

没méi : didn’t; could

not; You can not use “
不 bu: not (want)” here.


81

69B

I can not hear clearly.
(it’s your problem, sir)

Lit:
I

hear

no

我

听

不清楚。

Wǒ

tīng

clear.

bù

qīng chu.

I am listening, but
NOT clear.


82

70 Please speak more slowly
Lit:
Please
You say
slow

请

Qǐng

您说得慢
nín

shuō de màn

little bit

一点。
yī diǎn

Grammar Tip:
“Verb + 得 de +Adjective”
change the adjective to
adverb!


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