Survival Chinese

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Survival Chinese

• Greetings!

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CONTENTS
1 Greeting and Name.
2 Requesting Names
3 Politely Requesting
4 More!
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1-1 GREETING
1. ? ni3 You 2. ? hao3 good fine 3.
?? ni3hao3 Hi! / Hello! / How are you! 4. ??
huan1ying2 welcome
A ?? ni3hao3,?? huan1ying2 ? Hi
welcome. B ?? ni3hao3? Hi!
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1-2 NAMES
1. ? wo3 I me 2. ? jiao4 be called as
to call 3. ?? wo3jiao4 My name is .
A ?? ni3hao3, ?? wo3jiao4 . Hi,
my name is . B ?? ni3hao3, ??
wo3jiao4 . Hi, my
name is .
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1-3 ACTIVITY
Say hi, then give your name to the person next to
you.
A ?? ni3hao! ?? wo3jiao4 . B ?? ni3hao! ??
wo3jiao4 .
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2-1 REQUESTING NAMES
1. ?? shen2mo what 2. ?? ming2zi4 name 3.
???? shen2moming2zi4 what name 4. ?? ni4jiao4
???? shen2moming2zi4 Whats your name?
A ?? ?? ??? ni3 jiao4
shen2 mo ming2zi4?
youre called what name B ???
wo3jiao4 . My name is .
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2-2 ACTIVITY

• One by one, greetings in Chinese from Joseph to
  you.
• vs.

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3-1 POLITELY REQUESTING
1.??? dui4bu4qi3 sorry 2.?? qing3wen4
excuse me 3.?? ??
?? ?? qing3wen4 ni3jiao4
shen2mo ming2zi4? May I ask youre
called what name
A ???, ?? ???????
dui4bu4qi3 qing3wen4 ni3jiao4shen2moming2z
i4? Sorry to bother may I ask what is
your name B ?? . wo3jiao4 . My name is
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3-1 POLITELY REQUESTING
1. ?? xie4xie thanks 2. ??? bu2ke4qi4
youre welcome
A ??! xie4xie Thanks! B ???? bu2ke4qi4
Youre welcome!
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3-2 GREETING NAMES

• ???, ?? ???????
• dui4bu4qi3 qing3wen4
  ni3jiao4shen2moming2zi4?
• Sorry to bother may I ask what
  is your name
• ??, ??? ??
  ???????
• ni3hao wo3jiao4 qing3wen4
  ni3jiao4shen2moming2zi4?
• Hi my name is may I ask
  what is your name
• ?? ? ??!
• wo3jiao4 ? xie4xie!
• My name is A Thanks
• ???!
• bu2ke4qi
• youre welcome
• Practice with the person next to you.

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