Learn Chinese I A [Beginners]

Basic Greetings + Extras

Keys: This is how the writing will follow.
•English meaning
••Pinyin (And also how to pronounce it)
•••Chinese
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(There are no capital letters when writing pinyin)

•Hello!
••ni hao [ne how]
•••你 好

•How are you?
••nǐ hǎo ma [ne (ne from 'Barney) how ma]
••• 你 好 吗

＾｟the word 'ma' turns a statement into a yes/no question｠

•I'm very good.
••wǒ hěn hǎo [whoa hen how]
••• 我 很 好

•And you? (Use this when you don't want to repeat a question asked by the other person)
••nǐ ne [ne nay]
••• 你 呢

＾｟the word 'ne' turns a statement into a yes/no question ｠

•Thank you
••xiè xie (shea shi]
••• 谢 谢

•you're welcome
••bú kè qi [bo kh chi]
••• 不 客 气

•Good Bye!
••zài jiàn [zai G-AN]
••• 再 见

•I'm sorry
••duì bu qǐ （dhoi bo chi] or [dho bo chi]
••• 对 不 起

•it's okay
••méi guān xì [may goan(G from God) shi]
••• 没 关系

•I'm not good
••wǒ bù hǎo [whoa boo how]
••• 我 不 好

•So-So
•• mǎ mǎ hū hū [ma ma who who]
••• 马 马 虎 虎