Survival Chinese Greetings!

CONTENTS 1 Greeting and Name. 2 Requesting Names 3 Politely Requesting 4 More!

1-1 GREETING 1. 你 ni3 [You] 2. 好 hao3 [good; fine] 3. 你好 ni3hao3 [Hi! / Hello! / How are you!] 4. 欢迎 huan1ying2 [welcome] A: 你好 ni3hao3 ，欢迎 huan1ying2 。 [Hi] [welcome.] B: 你好 ni3hao3 。 [Hi!]

1-2 NAMES 1. 我 wo3 [I; me] 2. 叫 jiao4 [be called as; to call] 3. 我叫 wo3jiao4 [My name is ~.] A: 你好 ni3hao3, 我叫 wo3jiao4 ~. [Hi, my name is ~.] B: 你好 ni3hao3, 我叫 wo3jiao4 ~. [Hi, my name is ~.]

1-3 ACTIVITY Say hi, then give your name to the person next to you. A: 你好 ni3hao! 我叫 wo3jiao4 ~. B: 你好 ni3hao! 我叫 wo3jiao4 ~.

2-1 REQUESTING NAMES 1. 什么 shen2mo [what] 2. 名字 ming2zi4 [name] 3. 什么名字 shen2moming2zi4 [what name] 4. 你叫 ni4jiao4 ＋ 什么名字 shen2moming2zi4 [What’s your name?] A: 你叫什么 名字 ? ni3 jiao4 shen2 mo ming2zi4? [you’re called][what][name] B: 我叫～。 wo3jiao4 ~. [My name is ~.

2-2 ACTIVITY One by one, greetings in Chinese from Joseph to you. vs.

3-1 POLITELY REQUESTING 1. 对不起 dui4bu4qi3 [sorry] 2. 请问 qing3wen4 [excuse me] 3. 请问 你叫 什么 名字 qing3wen4 ni3jiao4 shen2mo ming2zi4? [May I ask] [you’re called] [what] [name] A: 对不起, 请问 你叫什么名字 ? dui4bu4qi3 qing3wen4 ni3jiao4shen2moming2zi4? [Sorry to bother] [may I ask] [what is your name] B: 我叫 ～. wo3jiao4 ~. [My name is~]

3-1 POLITELY REQUESTING 1. 谢谢 xie4xie [thanks] 2. 不客气 bu2ke4qi4 [you’re welcome] A: 谢谢 ! xie4xie[Thanks!] B: 不客气。 bu2ke4qi4 [You’re welcome!]

3-2 GREETING & NAMES 对不起， 請問 你叫什么名字 ? dui4bu4qi3 qing3wen4 ni3jiao4shen2moming2zi4? [Sorry to bother] [may I ask] [what is your name] 你好， 我叫 … 。 請問 你叫什么名字 ? ni3hao wo3jiao4 qing3wen4 ni3jiao4shen2moming2zi4? [Hi] [my name is …] [may I ask] [what is your name] 我叫 … 。 谢谢 ! wo3jiao4 … 。 xie4xie! [My name is A] [Thanks] 不客气 ! bu2ke4qi [you’re welcome] Practice with the person next to you.

谢谢！谢谢！