Learn how to greet someone
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Chinese Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone when you arrive and what to say when you part in Chinese. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to say "Hi." in Chinese. |
| Cho: [Normal] 你好。(nǐhǎo) |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning "Hi" |
| Cho: [Normal] 你好。 [Slow] 你好。 (nǐhǎo) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal way to say "Hi." |
| Cho: [Slow] 你好。 [Normal] 你好。 |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say "Good day." |
| Cho: [Normal] 您好。(nín hǎo.) |
| Eric: First is a formal pronoun meaning "you.” |
| Cho: [Normal] 您 [Slow] 您 (nín) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning "good” |
| Cho: [Normal] 好 [Slow] 好(hǎo) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "Good day." |
| Cho: [Slow] 您好。 [Normal] 您好。 |
| Eric: Next up is the formal way to say "See you." |
| Cho: [Normal] 再见。(zàijiàn) |
| Eric: First is a word meaning "again" |
| Cho: [Normal] 再 [Slow] 再(zài) |
| Eric: Last is the verb meaning "to meet" |
| Cho: [Normal] 见 [Slow] 见(jiàn) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "See you." |
| Cho: [Slow] 再见。 [Normal] 再见。 |
| Eric: Finally, here is an informal way to say "See you later." |
| Cho: [Normal] 回头见。(huítóu jiàn.) |
| Eric: First is a phrase meaning "in a while" |
| Cho: [Normal] 回头 [Slow] 回头(huítóu) |
| Eric: Last is the verb meaning "to meet" |
| Cho: [Normal] 见 [Slow] 见(jiàn) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "See you later." |
| Cho: [Slow] 回头见。 [Normal] 回头见。 |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Cho: When meeting someone for the first time, some Chinese people will ask Nǐ shì zuò shénme de ? This question generally means "What do you do?" or "What is your job?" Don't be surprised if you get asked this by someone you’ve just met; it’s a common icebreaker that people in China use to get to know each other better. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Cho: 再见。 |
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