你好 Hello
Dialogue.1 对话一
你好 nǐ hǎo
你好 nǐ hǎo
New Words
你 nǐ pron. (singular) you
好 hǎo aj. good, fine
Dialogue.2 对话二
您好 ： nín hǎo
Hello
您好 ：nín hǎo
Hello
Explanation :
您 ： You ( address with respect) 心 under the 你 means heart. Combine together which means you with my heart.
好 ： 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
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