BASIC CONVERSATIONAL MANDARIN COURSE

TAN LEE NA

dì kè qǐng ān
第一课 请安
Lesson 1 Greetings

How to greet in the Chinese language?

zǎo'ān wǔ'ān
早 安 Good morning 午 安 Good afternoon

wǎnshang hǎo wǎn'ān

晚 上 好 Good evening 晚 安 Good night

When you meet people, you may say…

nǐ hǎo wǒ shì
你 好 ，我 是 … Hello, I am …
nǐ hǎo ma
你 好 吗？ How are you?
wǒ hěn hǎo
我 很 好。 I am fine.
hǎojiǔ bújiàn
好 久 不见。 I have not seen you for a long time.

To say thank you/ sorry / goodbye

xièxie
谢谢 Thank you
bú kèqi
不 客气 You are welcome
duìbuqǐ
对不起 I am sorry
méi guānxi
没 关系 It does not matter
zàijiàn
再见 Goodbye

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Hànyǔ Pīnyīn
汉语拼音 Chinese Phonetic
Tone
m> (马)

Initial Final

shēngmǔ
1. Initials （ 声 母 ）

There are twenty-three (23) initials in Pinyin.

b p m f
d t n l
g k h
j q x
zh ch sh r
z c s
y w

Syllables without the initials are called zero initials.

For example: <n（安）, < （啊）and Bu（呕）.

yùnmǔ
2. Finals （ 韵 母 ）

dānyùnmǔ
a) Simple Finals ( 单 韵 母 )

There are 6 simple finals, namely

a o e i u ü

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fù yùnmǔ
b) Compound Finals (复 韵 母)

ai ao
ou
ei
ia ie iao iu (iou)
ua uo uai ui (uei)
üe

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c) Finals with Nasal Endings （鼻 韵 母 ）

an ang
en eng
ian iang
in ing
uan uang
un (uen) ueng
ün üan
ong iong