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你好 Hello

你好 Hello
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Dialogue.1 对话一

你好 nǐ hǎo

你好 nǐ hǎo




New Words

  1. 你 nǐ pron. (singular) you

  2. 好 hǎo aj. good, fine



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Dialogue.2 对话二


您好 : nín hǎo

Hello

您好 :nín hǎo

Hello



Explanation :

: You ( address with respect) 心 under the 你 means heart. Combine together which means you with my heart.

: Good

Character : 女- female 男:male , combine together means good, in ancient Chinese, they think when you have a son and a daughter, this is good.




New Words:

3. 您 nín pron. (polite) you

4. 你们 nǐ men pron. (plural) you



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Dialogue 3. 对话三


A: 对不起 duì bú qǐ

I`m sorry !


B: 没关系 méi guān xì

That`s OK !



New Words

5.对不起:duì bú qǐ v. to be Sorry


6.没关系:méi guān xì That`s okay / It doesnt matter.

没: without,not ; 关系 : matter ;



Chinese Syllables

A Chinese Syllable is usually made up of an initial, a final and a tone. Generally Speaking, one Chinese character corresponds to one syllable. A Chinese syllable can have no initial, but must have a final and a tone.


Initials and Finals

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Initials



b

p

m

f

d

t

n

l

g

k

h


j

q

x


Finals



i

u

ü

er

a

ia

ua


o

uo



e

ie

üe


ai

uai



ei

uei (ui)



ao

iao





Tones ( Fours Tones )


There are four basic tones in Chinesse, respectively called the 1st tone , the 2nd tone, the 3rd tone and the 4th tone. They make difference in meaning.





Characters:

Strokes

横- Horizontal:


竖 : Vertical


撇 丿 Left- falling


点 丶 dot


捺 :right falling



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