GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Section 1: Greetings – Hello and goodbye
问候语 – 你好和再见
How will I achieve my targets?
Targets for this section
My learning targets
Done?
1
to be able to use the correct words for hello
and goodbye
2
to be able to use the correct greeting for the
time of day
3
to be able to ask someone how he/she is
feeling
4
to be able to give the correct reply when asked
how I am
When?
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Key words for this section
Mandarin
zài jiàn
再 见
bài bai
拜 拜
xiè xie
谢 谢
nǐ hǎo ma
你 好 吗？
wǒ hěn hǎo
我 很 好。
wǎn shang hǎo
晚 上 好
wǎn ān
晚 安
xià wǔ hǎo
下 午 好
zǎo shang hǎo
早 上 好
zǎo ān
早 安
nǐ hǎo
你 好
hēi
嗨
qǐng
请
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English
goodbye
bye bye
thank you
How are you?
I’m fine/I am
very well
Good evening
Good night
Good afternoon
Good morning
hello
hi
please
Mandarin
hǎo
好
tài hǎo le
太 好 了！
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
hái hǎo ma
还 好 吗？
bù hǎo
不 好
hěn zāo
很 糟
nǐne
你呢？
hái hǎo
还 好
nǚ shì
女 士
xiǎo jiě
小 姐
tài tai
太 太
xiān sheng
先
生
tài bàng le
太 棒 了！
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English
good
great!
not too good
How are
things?
bad/not good
terrible
And you?
not bad; so, so;
alright
Ms (Miss or
Mrs)
Miss
Mrs
Mr/sir
awesome!
GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Exercise 1.1
On the recording you will hear some people speaking in
Mandarin: which greetings are they using? Put a tick in the box
under the greeting used by each person.
Have a
good
day
Goodbye
Hi
Good
evening
Good
night
Hello
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5
My score
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Exercise 1.2
Here is the English for what the next people on the recording
are saying – but it’s not in the same order as what you will
hear. Put the order of the recorded words in the box after their
English meaning.
English meaning
1
How are you?
2
Great!
3
Fine, thanks!
4
Not very well.
5
Awesome!
6
Not bad.
7
Terrible!
Order said
My score
4
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Exercise 1.3
Listen to the six people speaking on the recording. The names
of the people they are talking to are printed below. What was
said to them? Write down in English the word or phrase you
hear being spoken to them. Choose from:






hello
how are you?
good evening
great
good morning
goodbye
Andrew
ānzhú
安竹
Peter
bǐ dé
彼德
Dalong
dà lóng
大 龙
Jamie
jié mǐ
杰 米
Maria
mǎ lì yà
玛丽亚
Peilan
pèilán
佩 兰
1
2
3
4
5
6
My score
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Exercise 1.4
Listen to the next ten people; who are they speaking to – Mr,
Mrs or Miss? Put the number of the conversation beside the
titles in the grid below as you listen. The first one is done for
you.
Title
Used in numbers…
Mr
Mrs
1
Miss
My score
6
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Exercise 1.5
Put the words Mr, Mrs or Miss in the correct box below the
greeting said in each sentence on the recording.
Have a
good
day
Good
night
Good
evening
Good
Good
afternoon morning
Hello
Alright
1
2
3
4
5
My score
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Not
very
well
GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Mandarin spoken here!
Your teacher/lecturer will ask you what your response
could be in Mandarin in at least two of the situations
below:
At 11.00pm
you go off
to bed
You greet
your best pal
on the way to
school
You get a
present from
your
grandparents
You leave
your friends
to go home
In the conversations below, give the best answer in
Mandarin to whatever the teacher/lecturer says: he/she
might suggest a possible reply like this: (not bad).
1.
Teacher/lecturer: Hello!
You:
You:
3.
2. Teacher/lecturer: Good
evening
Teacher/lecturer: How are
you?
You:
4. Teacher/lecturer: How are
you?
You:
(Alright)
5.
Teacher/lecturer: How are
things?
You:
(Not bad)
6. Teacher/lecturer: How are
you?
You:
(Not very well)
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(Fine thanks)
GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
My mini dictionary
Mandarin
zài jiàn
再 见
bài bai
拜 拜
xiè xie
谢 谢
nǐ hǎo
你 好
hēi
嗨
tài tai
太 太
xiǎo jiě
小 姐
xiān sheng
先
生
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
tài hǎo le
太 好 了
bù hǎo
不 好
English
goodbye
bye bye
thank you
hello
hi
Mrs
Miss
Mr
not very good
great
Mandarin
zǎo shang hǎo
早 上 好
or
zǎo ān
早 安
wǎn ān
晚 安
wǎn shang hǎo
晚 上 好
xià wǔ hǎo
下 午 好
or
wǔ ān
午安
hǎo
好
hái hǎo
还 好
hái hǎo
OK, 还 好
hěn hǎo
很 好
nǐ ne
你 呢?
nǐ hǎo ma
你 好 吗?
English
good morning
good night
good evening
Good afternoon
good
Not too bad
OK, alright
very well
And you?
How are you?
bad
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Questions and answers
When people have a conversation, it is often in the form of question and
answer: one person asks a question and the other gives an answer.
Here are the important questions and answers in this lesson. Try to
remember them.
wèn
Question 问
dá
Answer 答
How are you?
nǐhǎoma
你 好 吗？
I’m fine, thank you.
wǒ hěn hǎo xiè xiè
我 很 好，谢 谢。
Not too good
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
Not bad
hái hǎo
还 好
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