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 Hi, this is Shirley, today I would like to show you how to greet somebody.
When Chinese people meet each other, we say hello as you do. There are several ways of doing this which I have shown below:
Hello: Ni3 hao3
v v
ni hao
Good morning: Zao3 shang4 hao3.
v \ v
zao shang hao
Good Afternoon: Xia4 wu3 hao3.
\ v v
xia wu hao
Good Evening: wan3 shang4 hao3
v \ v
wan shang hao
Good night: wan3 an1
v -
wan an
Good Bye: zai4 jian4
\ \
zai jian
As I told you in my article on the ancient Chinese poem "Goose", there are 5 tones in Chinese, and there are 2 ways of indicating these. One is to use numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, with the absence of a tone number indicating the light tone. The other one is to use accents:
- / v \
I have used both systems on this page, try to remember them. :-)
 Now please read these greetings after me:
Hello: Ni3 hao3
Good Afternoon: Xia4 wu3 hao3
Good Evening: wan3 shang4 hao3
Good night: wan3 an1
Good Bye: zai4 jian4
Hope you've enjoyed this article. Any questions, comments or suggestions are welcome.
See you next time. :-)
-- Shirley
Writed On 2nd., May,2005
Edited On 3rd., May,2005
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