1 | Hello. = ni hao/ nee hao. |
2 | Goodbye / byebye. = Zaijian / Dsai Jan. (as in birds-eye-January) |
3 | Please. = qing / ching |
4 | Thank you. = Xiexie / Sh yeahShyeah nee. |
5 | You’re welcome. = buKeqi/ booKerChee. |
6 | How are you? = ni hao ma?/ nee hao mah? |
7 | Good morning. = zaoShang hao./ dsaoShung hao. (as in birds hour) (zao shang hao in pinyin) |
8 | Good afternoon. = Xiawu hao./ Shy arwoo hao. (as in she-Ah-woo) |
9 | Good evening. = wanShang hao./ wanShung hao. |
10 | Good night. = wan’An. |
11 | Excuse me. = Dui Buqi/ Dway Boochee. |
12 | Can you do me a favor/Can you help me? = neng bang wo Ge mang ma?/ neng Bung Gher mung mah? |
13 | I need to go to this place. = wo Yao Qu zheGer Difang./ Woh Yao Chew DserGher Deefung. |
14 | What time is it? = XianZai jidian le?/ ShyanDsai jee dyan le? |
15 | The bill please. = qing jieZhang./ ching JayDsung. |
16 | Help (in danger)! = JiuMing./ Joe(save) Ming(life)! |
17 | Straight ahead. = wang qian zou. / wungChan dsou. |
18 | Left/right. = zuobian / Youbian / Dswar Byan/Yo Byan. |
19 | I am sorry. = Dui Buqi./ Dway Boochee |
We will add more phrases here…
next lesson: vocabulary
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