GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
Section 1: Greetings – Hello and goodbye
wèn hòu y ǔ
n ǐ hǎo zàijiàn
問候語－你好再 見
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,
goodbye and thank you
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
English
zàijiàn
再 見
bye bye
xièxie
謝謝
thank you
n ǐ hǎo m a
你 好 嗎？
wǒ hěn hǎo
我 很 好。
wǎnshang hǎo
晚 上
好
wǎn ān
晚 安
xià w ǔ hǎo
下午 好
zǎoshanghǎo
早 上 好
zǎo ān
早 安
nǐ hǎo
你 好
How are you?
I’m fine/I am
very well
Good evening
好
hǎo le
太 好 了！
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
háihǎo m a
還 好 嗎？
bù hǎo
不 好
hěn zāo
很 糟
tài
good
great
not too good
How are things?
bad/not good
terrible
nǐne
Good night
Good afternoon
你呢？
hái hǎo
還 好
And you?
not bad; so, so;
alright
n ǚ shì
Good morning
女士
Ms (Miss or Mrs)
xiǎojiě
hello
hēi
小 姐
Miss
tàitai
hi
嗨
qǐng
太太
Mrs
xiānshēng
please
請
先 生
tàibàng l e
太 棒 了！
2
English
hǎo
goodbye
bàibai
拜拜
Mandarin
awesome
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Mr/sir
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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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
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
Peter
Dalong
Jamie
Maria
Peilan
ā n zhú
bǐdé
d à lóng
jié m ǐ
mǎlìyà
pèilán
安竹
彼德
大龍
杰米
瑪麗亞
佩蘭
1
2
3
4
5
6
My score
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
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
Good
evening afternoon
Good
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
1
2
3
4
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:
6. Teacher/lecturer: How are
you?
You:
(not very well)
8
(not bad)
(fine thanks)
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
My mini dictionary
Mandarin
zàijiàn
再 見
bài bai
拜 拜
xièxie
謝謝
nǐ hǎo m a
你 好 嗎?
hǎo
好
hěn hǎo
很 好
tài hǎo le
太 好 了
háihǎo
OK, 還 好
bù hǎo
不 好
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
English
goodbye
bye bye
thank you
How are you?
good
very well
great
OK, alright
bad
not very good
Mandarin
xiān sheng
先
生
tài tai
太 太
xiǎo jiě
小 姐
nǐ hǎo
你 好
hēi
嗨
nǐ ne
你 呢?
zǎo shang hǎo
早
上
好
or
zǎo ān
早 安
xià wǔ hǎo
下 午 好
or
wǔ ān
午 安
wǎn shang hǎo
晚
上
好
wǎn ān
晚 安
English
Mr
Mrs
Miss
hello
hi
And you?
good morning
good afternoon
good evening
good night
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GREETINGS – HELLO AND GOODBYE
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 嗎?
I’m fine, thank you.
wǒ hěn hǎo xièxie
我 很 好，謝 謝。
Not too good.
bú tài hǎo
不 太 好
Not bad.
háihǎo
還 好
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