Commonly Used Phrases: Chinese (Mandarin)
Countries: China
Good Day to you (or other appropriate informal
greeting)
Excuse me, I do not speak Chinese
How are you?
My name is…
What is your name?
Thank you
Please
Forgive my blunder (or an apology)
How do you say…
Goodbye (or appropriate farewell term)
 Ni hao! (NEE haw)
 Dui bu qi, wo bu hui shuo han yu
(Doo-ay boo chee, wo boo hway shuo han u)
 Ni hao ma (NEE haw ma)
 Wo jiao (Wo jyah)
 Ni jiao shenme mingzi (NEE jyah shen-ma meengza)
 Xie xie (sheh sheh)
 Qing (ching)
 Qing yuan liang wo shuo de bu hao
(Ching you-en lee-ang wa shwa da boo haw)
 Ni zen me shuo...
(NEE tzen muh shwa)
 Zai Jian (Tz-eye jee-en)
*NOTE* Words with -‘s in between them indicate the necessity to say both quickly, as if they were one syllable.
*NOTE* Pronunciations such as ‘wa’, ‘shwa’ and ‘da’ must be pronounced with an ‘uh’ sound.
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