Some favorite Chinese words from you:
shāo mài
shí wù (food)
hóu zi (monkey)
wǔ shù (martial arts)
yīn yáng (Yin and Yang)
hǎi (sea), hǎi yáng (ocean)
gāng qín (piano)
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Words/phrases/sentences Review:
nǐ hǎo (How are you?/How're you doing?)
nǐ hǎo ma? (How are you?/How're you doing?)
nǐ zěn me yàng? (What's up?)
wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? (Very good/Very well, and you?)
tǐng hǎo de. (I'm fine.)
nǐ jiào
shén me míng zi? (What's your name?)
wǒ jiào ________.
hěn [gāo xìng] [rèn shi] nǐ. (Nice meeting you!)
- hěn (very)
- gāo xìng (happy)
- rèn shi (know)
wǒ yě shì. (Me too.)
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nǐ (you [singular])
nǐ
mén (you [plural])
nǐ de (your/yours) [singular]
nǐ
mén de (your/yours) [plural]
wǒ de (my/mine)
wǒ
mén (we/us)
wǒ
mén de (our/ours)
tā (she/he)
tā de (her/hers/his)
tā
mén (they/them)
tā men de (their/theirs)
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For fun (To get a sense of tonal language.)
Different tones differentiate meanings.
Mandarin Chinese has 5 basic tones:
First tone to Fourth tone, and neutral tone.
mǎ màn (The horse is running slow.)
[mā ma] mà [mǎ] (Mom blames the horse.)
