Greet Someone Greet Someone and and

Say GoodbyeSay Goodbye

(name or title), 你 好 nǐ hǎo (Hello) (page4)

(name or title), 您 好 nín hǎo (Hello) (page4)

喂 wèi (name or title) (Hello) (page7)

(name or title), 再 见 zài jiàn (Goodbye) (page5)

Greet Someone Greet Someone and and

Say GoodbyeSay Goodbye

妈妈， 您好！ (page4)

老师， 再见！ (page5)

There are many ways of saying There are many ways of saying “Hello” “Hello” in Chinese by asking questionsin Chinese by asking questions (page4)(page4)

Where are you going?“你 (or 您 ) 上哪儿去？”

Have you eaten?“ 你 (or 您 ) 吃 ( 过 (or 饱 ))( 饭 ) 了吗？”

You’re here!“ 你 (or 您 ) 在这儿啊！”

Are you busy“ 你 (or 您 ) 忙吗”

How is everything“ ( 你 (or 您 )) 怎么样？”

Chinese NamesChinese Names(Family Name + Given Name)(Family Name + Given Name)

Family Name (or Surname)(Usually consist of one syllable (one character) but there are some with two syllables (two characters))

Example

林 + 方王 + 云贞张 + 建华司 + 马 青欧 + 阳 成

Chinese NamesChinese Names(Family Name + Given Name)(Family Name + Given Name)

Given Name (or Christian Name)(are make up of one or two syllables (one or two characters))

Example

林 + 方王 + 云贞张 + 建华司 + 马 青欧 + 阳 成

Chinese NamesChinese Names

SurName, Family Name, Last Name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames

Given Name, First Name, Christian Name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_given_name

Foreign Names Foreign Names (page4)(page4)

彼得 (bǐ dé) Peter玛丽 (mǎ lì) Mary阿伦史密斯 (ā lún shǐ mì sī) Alan Smith

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Name with TitleName with Title(A person’s title is placed after the (A person’s title is placed after the

name)name)Example

李 老师李国华 老师国华 老师颜 老师颜仁祥 老师仁祥 老师

Grammatical WordsGrammatical Words你 nǐ (You – general form)您 nín (You – polite form) (page 5 Note

1)

们 men (Pluralising suffix) (page 5 Note 2)

Example

你 nǐ 你们 nǐ men (page 4)

同学 tóng xué 同学们 tóng xué men (page 4)

老师 lǎo shī 老师们 lǎo shī men (page 4 and 5)

Greet them!Greet them!(page5)(page5)

You can also greet some other members of You can also greet some other members of your familyyour family

Elder sister姐姐

Younger sister妹妹

Elder brother哥哥

Younger brother 弟弟

Ask Someone “How are Ask Someone “How are you?”you?”

你 好 吗？(nǐ hǎomá)

(page 6)

你 怎么样？ 好 吗？(nǐ zěnmayàng hǎomá)(page 8)

Possible Possible ReplyReply to “How to “How are you”are you”

挺 好 的。 (quite well) (page 6)

(tǐng hǎo de)

挺 好 的。你呢？ (quite well. How about you?)

(tǐng hǎo de. Nǐ ne?) (page 6)

还可以。 (Just so so) (page 6)

(hái kě yǐ )

Invite Someone in and Sit Invite Someone in and Sit downdown请请进 qǐng jìn (Please, Come in)

(page 7)

请请坐 qǐng zuò (Please, Sit down)

(page 8)

坐吧吧 zuò bā (Do Sit down) (page 8)

Thank YouThank You

谢谢 xiè xiè (Thank you) (page 8)

多谢 duō xiè (Thanks a lot)感谢 gǎn xiè (Thank you(touched))

非常非常 fēi cháng (very much)非常非常谢谢 fēi cháng xiè xiè 非常非常多谢 fēi cháng duō xiè 非常非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè

Grammatical Words-I, Grammatical Words-I, You, HeYou, He

我 (wǒ) I (page 11)

你 (nǐ) You 您 (nín) You (Polite) (page 4)

他 (tā) He 她 (tā) She (page 11)

牠 (tā) It (Animal) 它 (tā) It (Object)

祂 (tā) He (God)

我 我 is is omittedomitted in the in the sentencesentence

(tǐng hǎo de)

( 我 ) 挺 好 的。 (quite well) (page 6)

(tǐng hǎo de. Nǐ ne?) (page 6)

( 我 ) 挺 好 的。你呢？(quite well. How about you?)

(hái kě yǐ )

( 我 ) 还可以。 (Just so so) (page 6)

GrammaticalGrammatical Words Words -- 吗，呢，吗，呢，吧吧

吗 (ma) (page 6)

(question particle)呢 (ne) (page 6)

(used to make a “tag” question)吧 (ba) (page 8)

(used to soften tone of the sentence and indicate a suggestion or request)

喂 (wei) (page 7)

(is an exclamation used to attract someone’s attentation )

Ask what Ask what someone’ssomeone’s name is name is ((page12 and 13 notes)page12 and 13 notes)

( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 叫什么什么名字 ?( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是什么什么名字 ?( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 的 名字是什么 ?

(May I ask, What is your name?) (page11)

( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是什么什么姓 ?( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 姓什么什么 ?(May I ask, What is your surname?) (page11)

( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 贵贵姓 ?(May I ask, What is your surname?) (Polite Polite

wayway) (page13)

Reply to someone your name or Reply to someone your name or someone’s namesomeone’s name

我 叫 XXX 我 是 XXX 我的名字 是 XXX(My name is XXX) (page11)

我 姓 X(My surname is X) (page11)

免贵， 姓(Don’t mention “precious” My

surname is X) (page13)

Identify yourself or Identify yourself or othersothers ((page14 note)page14 note)

I(you,he,she) am(are,is) also notnot +我 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)你 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)他 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)她 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)This is notnot +这 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)That is notnot +那 ( 也也不不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)

Ask Who Someone Is - Ask Who Someone Is - 谁谁我是谁 (wǒ shì shuí) Who am I?你是谁 (nǐ shì shuí) Who are you?他是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is he?她是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is she?(page 15)

这是谁 (zhè shì shuí) Who is this?那是谁 (nà shì shuí) Who is that?(page 15)

的的 – – Indicate possessionIndicate possession我的 (wǒ de) my, mine你的 (nǐ de) your, yours他的 (tā de) his她的 (tā de) her它的 (tā de) its牠的 (tuó de) its祂的 (tā de) His安娜的 (ānna de) Anna’s(page15)

Ask about nationalityAsk about nationality

(nín shì nǎ guó rén) ？ 您 是 哪 国 人 ?(What is your nationality)(page19 note)

(wǒ shì zhōng guó rén) 我 是 中 国 人 (I am Chinese)

(nín shì zhōng guó rén ma) ？ 您 是 中 国 人 吗 ?(Are you Chinese)(page18 note)

Possible Replies About Possible Replies About NationalityNationality

(wǒ shì ào dà lì yà rén) 我 是 澳大利亚 人

(shì) (wǒ men shì zhōng guó rén) 是， 我 们 是 中 国 人(bú shì)( wǒ men shì rì běn rén)不 是，我 们 是 日 本 人(page18 note)

Foreign place names Foreign place names expressed in Chinese expressed in Chinese (page17)(page17)

usually by transliteration, using Chinese characters, which approximate the original pronunciation of the place name example:

澳大利亚悉尼阿德莱德纽西兰

List of List of Foreign Countries Foreign Countries and and Nationalities Nationalities ((page20)page20)

Nationality =Nationality =Name of Country Name of Country + + 人人Example:Example:

中 国 人日 本 人澳 大利亚 人

List of List of Foreign Countries Foreign Countries and and Languages Languages ((page20)page20)

Languages =Languages =Name of Country Name of Country + + 语语Example:Example:

汉 语( 中 国 语 ) 日 本 语 澳 大利亚 语

Apology and Respond to Apology and Respond to ApologyApology

(duì bu qǐ) 对 不 起 I am sorry(méi guān xi) 没 关 系 Not at all(page 19)