Discussing Age in Chinese Learn how to ask someone how old they are, tell someone your age, and respond to someone’s age. 1. Asking for someone’s age Here are four ways to ask “How old are you?”. Which one you choose to use is dependent on the tone you want to convey and the age […]
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Forming Questions with 吗 Learn how to form questions. 1. 吗 ma Placing 吗 at the end of a statement turns it into a question. Here are a couple examples: Example Explanation 你叫 Mary 吗？nǐ jiào Mary ma?Is your name Mary? 你叫 Mary.Your name is Mary. 她喜欢读书吗？tā xǐhuān dúshū ma?Does she like to read books?
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Numbers in Chinese Learn numbers 0-99 in Chinese! This is zero: 零 líng zero These are numbers 1-10: 一 yī one 二 èr two 三 sān three 四 sì four 五 wǔ five 六 liù six 七 qī seven 八 bā eight 九 jiǔ nine 十 shí ten Numbers 11-19 follow this pattern: 十 +
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Negation with 不 in Chinese Learn how to negate verbs with 不. Original Negated Explanation 我叫 Mary。wǒ jiào Mary.My name is Mary. 我不叫 Mary。wǒ bù jiào Mary.My name is not Mary. Verb：叫Negated verb：不叫 我爱你。wǒ ài nǐ.I love you. 我不爱你。wǒ bù ài nǐ.I don’t love you. Verb：爱Negated verb: 不爱 我知道。wǒ zhī dào.I know. 我不知道。wǒ bù zhī
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Expressing Confusion and Understanding in Chinese Chinese English 你懂吗？ Do you understand? 你懂不懂？ Do you understand or not understand? 我懂。 I understand. 我不懂。 I don’t understand. 你知道吗？ Do you know? 我知道。 I know. 我不知道。 I don’t know.
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Basic Conversational Phrases in Chinese Chinese English 再见 zàijiàn bye 明天见 míngtiān jiàn see you tomorrow 对不起 duìbùqǐ sorry 没问题。méi wèntí no problem 谢谢 xièxiè thank you 不客气 bù kèqì no need to be so polite;you’re welcome 你好吗？nǐ hǎo ma? how are you? 你怎么样？nǐ zěnme yàng? how are you? 我很好，谢谢。wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxiè I am
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Greetings in Chinese In this article, you’ll learn basic phrases to greet people in Chinese! Chinese English 你好 nǐ hǎo hello 您好 nín hǎo hello (polite) 大家好 dàjiā hǎo hello everyone 早上好 zǎoshang hǎo good morning 午安 wǔ ān good afternoon 晚安 wǎn’ān good night 老师好 lǎoshī hǎo hello teacher
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Chinese Pronouns Learn how to refer to people and things with pronouns. CHINESE ENGLISH EXAMPLE 我 wǒ I, me 我很高兴。I am happy. 你 nǐ you 我不喜欢你。I don’t like you. 您 nín you (polite)– use for people of higher rank, people older than you 您好吗？How are you? 她 tā she, her 她很高。She is very tall. 他
Introduce Yourself in Chinese In this article, you’ll learn to exchange names and say nice to meet you in Chinese! 1. What is your name? ：你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? 2. My name is [name]. ：我的名字是 [name]。 Wǒ de míngzì shì [ name ]. 3. I’m called [name]. ： 我叫 [name]。 Wǒ jiào [ name
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