Lesson 3: Greetings
Starting from this lesson, we will be teaching you many useful Chinese language skills on the most commonly occurring situations in our daily life. The contents will cover Chinese vocabularies, conversational dialogs, Chinese calligraphy, and much more. The free online courses are constructed using many advanced technologies (flash animations, web based applications, video/audio clips) to achieve the best result of a self-study environment. Enjoy your study here.
Almost all Chinese language courses start with greetings, it is the most important subject in almost any language studies. First let me introduce you the vocabularies will be used in this lesson:
| Chinese Character | Pinyin | Pronunciation | English Translation | |
| 你好 | nǐ hǎo | hello; how are you | ||
| 你 | nǐ | you (a single person) | ||
| 好 | hǎo | good; fine; ok | ||
| 你们 | nǐmén | you (more than one person) | ||
| 再见 | zài jiàn | good bye | ||
| 再 | zài | again | ||
| 见 | jiàn | see | ||
| 明天见 | míngtīan jìan | see you tomorrow | ||
| 明天 | míngtīan | tomorrow | ||
Tips:
- Please note, in Chinese, the word "you" has two versions: "你" is used on a single person, and "你们" is used on multiple people.
- The word "见" can be placed behind a particular date which turns the sentence into a meaning of "see you on (the date)". (e.g. 星期二见 / see you on Tuesday)
- The order of Chinese sentences are often the opposite of English. Fore example, "again" in English always appears at the end of the sentence. But in Chinese, you always put "again" up front, as "again something something. (e.g. 再做一次 / do it again)
Dialog:
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English Translation:
Hello.(greeting to one person)
How are you. (greeting to a group of people)
Good bye.
See you tomorrow.
Chinese Calligraphy:
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