1. Ni hao, Mandarin – Workshop 2 CESC Asian Studies Term 1, 2015
Greeting
Ni hao, Mandarin – Workshop 2
CESC Asian Studies
Term 1, 2015

3. Vocabulary list 1 你 你 你 好 好 好 吗 吗 吗 我 我 我 很 很 很 nǐ hǎo ma wǒ hěn
Pinyin
character
English nǐ
你 你 你
you
hǎo
好 好 好
good ma
吗 吗 吗
a question mark for YES/NO questions wǒ
我 我 我
I,me
hěn
很 很 很
very

4. 谢谢 再见 再 见 xiè xie zài jiàn zài jiàn Pinyin character English Thanks
See you later
zài 再
again
jiàn 见
see

5. Dialogue: Greeting A: nǐ hǎo. B: nǐ hǎo. A: nǐ hǎo ma?
B: wǒ hěn hǎo. nǐ hǎo ma?
A: wǒ hěn hǎo. xiè xie. zài jiàn.
B: zài jiàn.

6. Vocabulary List 2 zǎo shàng 早 上 shàng wǔ 上 午 zhōng wǔ 中 午 xià wǔ 下 午
Mandarin
English
zǎo shàng
早 上
In the morning
shàng wǔ
上 午
A few hours before midday
zhōng wǔ
中 午
The middle of the day, time for lunch and rest
xià wǔ
下 午
The afternoon
wǎn shàng
晚 上
The evening and night

7. 早 zǎo 午 wǔ 晚 wǎn 上 shàng 中 zhōng 下 xià
Characters
Pinyin
English 早
zǎo
Morning 午 wǔ
Midday 晚
wǎn
Night 上
shàng
Top (above) 中
zhōng
Centre 下
xià
below

8. Greetings around the clock!
zhōng wǔ hǎo
中 午 好
About 12am-2pm
shàng wǔ hǎo
上 午 好
About 9-12am
xià wǔ hǎo
下 午 好
About 2-6pm
wǎn shàng hǎo
晚 上 好
About 6-12pm
zǎo shàng hǎo
早 上 好
About 6-9am

9. http://www.vsl.vic.edu.au/chinese7/t_login.aspx (greetings lesson 2)
 1. nĭ hăo
Hello (you good?)
Use with ‘equals’ or with people you know very well
Hello
Use when greeting more than one person
2. nĭ men hăo
you
Use with your ‘superior’ in age or status
 3. nín
Hello
Use with your ‘superior’ in age or status
4. nín hăo

10. Language Online Games! Which greeting?
Match the greetings
Drag the correct words
Hunt the words
Jump!

11. Extension
Read this online article and find out how Chinese people greet each other in their daily life  people-want-to-be-greeted