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Chinese greetings and everyday phrases

All 40 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.

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Greetings are whole phrases rather than words, and they are the part of a language you use on day one of actually being somewhere.

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Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.

All 40 words

Chinese greetings and everyday phrases, 40 entries with pronunciation and an example sentence
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1你好hellonǐ hǎo你好，我叫安娜。
2再见goodbyezàijiàn再见，明天见！
3早上好good morningzǎoshang hǎo早上好，你睡得好吗？
4下午好good afternoonxiàwǔ hǎo下午好，欢迎来到我们的办公室。
5晚上好good eveningwǎnshang hǎo晚上好，晚餐准备好了。
6晚安good nightwǎn'ān晚安，睡个好觉！
7你好吗how are younǐ hǎo ma你今天怎么样？
8很高兴认识你nice to meet youhěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ很高兴认识你，我是汤姆。
9回头见see you laterhuítóu jiàn回头见，安娜！
10欢迎welcomehuānyíng欢迎来到我们家！
11打扰一下excuse medǎrǎo yíxià打扰一下，出口在哪里？
12我很抱歉I am sorrywǒ hěn bàoqiàn我为这个错误很抱歉。
13不客气you are welcomebú kèqi不客气，这没什么。
14当然of coursedāngrán当然，我可以帮你。
15我明白了I understandwǒ míngbai le我明白了，谢谢。
16我不明白I don't understandwǒ bù míngbai我不明白这个词。
17我不知道I don't knowwǒ bù zhīdào我不知道答案。
18我需要帮助I need helpwǒ xūyào bāngzhù我需要帮忙拿我的包。
19多少钱how muchduōshǎo qián这个多少钱？
20…在哪里where is…zài nǎlǐ最近的医院在哪里？
21我想要I would likewǒ xiǎng yào我想要一杯咖啡。
22你能帮我吗can you help menǐ néng bāng wǒ ma你能帮我找到车站吗？
23你会说英语吗do you speak Englishnǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma你这里会说英语吗？
24我会说一点I speak a littlewǒ huì shuō yìdiǎn我会说一点中文。
25现在几点了what time is itxiànzài jǐ diǎn le现在几点了？
26干杯cheersgānbēi干杯！为美好的夜晚！
27恭喜congratulationsgōngxǐ恭喜你找到新工作！
28生日快乐happy birthdayshēngrì kuàilè祝你生日快乐！
29保重take carebǎozhòng保重身体！
30祝你有美好的一天have a nice dayzhù nǐ yǒu měihǎo de yì tiān安娜，祝你有美好的一天！
31没问题no problemméi wèntí没问题，我可以做到。
32没关系, 无所谓it doesn't matterméi guānxi没关系，不用担心。
33我同意I agreewǒ tóngyì我同意，听起来不错。
34我不同意I disagreewǒ bù tóngyì我不同意那个计划。
35我们走吧let's gowǒmen zǒu ba我们去公园吧！
36等一下wait a momentděng yíxià等一下，我马上来。
37请进come inqǐng jìn请进，请坐。
38请坐sit downqǐng zuò请坐下来放松。
39请自便help yourselfqǐng zì biàn请自己拿些蛋糕。
40保佑你bless youbǎoyòu nǐ保佑你！你还好吗？

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Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but which words to learn first and how many words you need to speak a language.

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