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    Greetings in Mandarin Chinese Sample Transcript: Vocabulary

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    This document provides an introduction to common Mandarin Chinese greetings and vocabulary used for greetings. It includes the greetings "Nihao" (hello), "Nihao ma" (long time no see, how are you?), and "Haojiu bujian" (long time no see). It also defines other common terms used in greetings like "ma" (question particle), "hen" (very), "ye" (also), "ne" (and), and "xiexie" (thank you). Sample dialogues are provided demonstrating how to greet someone, ask how they are, and respond. The document encourages learning more about Mandarin tones in the next lesson.

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    This document provides an introduction to common Mandarin Chinese greetings and vocabulary used for greetings. It includes the greetings "Nihao" (hello), "Nihao ma" (long time no see, how are you?), and "Haojiu bujian" (long time no see). It also defines other common terms used in greetings like "ma" (question particle), "hen" (very), "ye" (also), "ne" (and), and "xiexie" (thank you). Sample dialogues are provided demonstrating how to greet someone, ask how they are, and respond. The document encourages learning more about Mandarin tones in the next lesson.

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    Greetings in Mandarin Chinese

    Sample Transcript

    Vocabulary

    1. Nǐhǎo 你好)- hello, hi, how are you?

    It’s used to greet anyone, at any time of the day. You can greet
    people you already know or someone you meet for the first time.

    Audio dialogue:

    A: Nǐhǎo 你好 - hello
    B: Nǐhǎo 你好 - hello

    The response to this greeting is also Nǐhǎo 你好

    2. Nǐhǎo ma 你好吗? - is another way of saying hello in


    Mandarin Chinese.

    It’s basically the same as Nǐhǎo, except, for some occasions, Nǐhǎo
    ma? is used to greet someone you have not seen for a long time.

    We can translate it into English like “Hey, long time no see, how are
    you doing”?
    3. Ma 吗 -is a question particle. It’s added to the end of a sentence
    when you want to make a question.

    E.g. Hǎo - good. Hǎo ma? - Good?

    4. Hǎojiǔ bújiàn! 好久不见 ! - Long time no see!

    5. Hěn 很 - very

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    6. Hěn hǎo 很好 - very good

    7. Yě 也 - also

    8. Nǐ ne 你呢? - and you? And what about you?

    9. Ne 呢 - a particle that is used in elliptical questions

    10. Hǎo 好 - good

    11. Nǐ 你) - You

    12. Wǒ 我 - I, me

    13. Xièxiè 谢谢 - Thank you

    14. Zàijiàn 再见 - Good Bye

    OK. That was enough, right?

    Now let me explain what the heck those numbers after each word
    are. (In this transcript, we are now using standard symbols for
    marking Chinese tones, not numbers - Chinese tones are explained
    in details in lesson 2)

    Chinese is a very musical language. There is no ……

    Situational Dialogue 1

    A: Nǐhǎo!
    你好 !
    Hello!

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    B: Nǐhǎo !
    你好 !
    Hello!

    Situational Dialogue 2

    A: Hǎojiǔ bújiàn , nǐhǎo ma?


    好久不见 , 你好吗?
    Long time no see, how are you doing?

    B: Hěn hǎo, Xièxiè, nǐ ne?


    很好 , 谢谢 ,你呢?
    Very good, thank you, and you?

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    When you feel comfortable with the vocabulary of this lesson, please
    proceed to Lesson 2 to learn about musical tones in Mandarin
    Chinese.

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