Friday, February 15, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Greeting in Chinese Two
In the last blog Greeting in Chinese One, we talked about some basic greetings when you just start learning to speak Chinese. Let's take a look at this video clip to see whether you already have good understanding of it.
Other articles that you may be interested:
Greetings in Chinese One
Greetings in Chinese Two (this one)
Greetings in Chinese Three
Greetings in Chinese Four
Greetings in Chinese Five
Self-introduction
Summary of Pronoun
In this video, XiaoMing meets some
people and greets them. Notice that he greets the cashier in the store, the
conductor on the bus, a lady in the park with 你 好, and they all reply him with 你 好. When he greets the
old gentleman, he says: 爷爷， 早上好！(grandpa, good morning). Maybe you may wonder: is he XiaoMing’s grandpa? Maybe not.
In China, sometimes people may address other people in the same way they
address their family members to show a warm friendly intention, to feel closer
to each other. You may see the younger ones address the older ones as
爷爷 (grandpa), 奶奶( grandma), 叔叔(uncle), 阿姨(aunt), etc. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they are from the same family.
Let’s
jump back to the video. The old gentleman replies XiaoMing with: 小 明，你好！Then XiaoMing meets his classmates, Linlin and Xiaoxin. He
says :” 琳琳， 小欣， 你们好！” They both reply XiaoMing with: “小明， 你好！” At last, XiaoMing tries to scare a little boy by saying 你好 very loudly and close to
his ear. He is naughty today. : )Other articles that you may be interested:
Greetings in Chinese One
Greetings in Chinese Two (this one)
Greetings in Chinese Three
Greetings in Chinese Four
Greetings in Chinese Five
Self-introduction
Summary of Pronoun
Monday, February 11, 2013
Greeting in Chinese One
Other articles that you may be interested:
Greetings in Chinese One (this one)
Greetings in Chinese Two
Greetings in Chinese Three
Greetings in Chinese Four
Greetings in Chinese Five
Self-introduction
Summary of Pronoun
Script of above video:
Greetings in Chinese One (this one)
Greetings in Chinese Two
Greetings in Chinese Three
Greetings in Chinese Four
Greetings in Chinese Five
Self-introduction
Summary of Pronoun
Script of above video:
It seems that when we start learning a new language, the first thing
we want to know is about greetings. In this video, we will learn how to greet
each other in different situation with different way.
To greet another person, we may just simply say 'Hello' or
'Hi'. How to say that in Chinese?
In Chinese, we say :”你 好” .
And in Chinese, we have a special ‘hello’ for senior person or a person who
has higher social status to express our respect. We also use it in greetings when
we meet another person for the first time in formal situation.
That is 您 好.
If we need to greet a group of people, we may say ‘Hi guys’ or ‘hello folks’
in English. How to say that in Chinese?
We say: “ 你 们 好” or “大 家 好”
Sometime, we may want to greet another person according to the time of the
day. Such as, we may say good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good
night. Let’s see how to say that in Chinese:
Good morning 早 上 好
Good afternoon 下 午 好
Good evening 晚 上 好
Good night 晚 安
When you watch a TV show or listen to the radio, you may hear the host
greeting the audience with:
女 士 们，先 生 们，晚 上 好！
The meaning is at the bottom of this blog. :)
The meaning is at the bottom of this blog. :)
Time to say goodbye. Well, this will
be the last phrase we learn today.
再 见 goodbye
Here are some exercises for you to test yourself:
Q1: Which one means ‘good morning’？
A. 下午好
B. 晚上好
C. 早上好
D. 您好
Q2： What's the difference between 你好 and 您好？
Q3： Which ones mean " hello everyone"?
A. 早上好
B. 晚上好
C. 你们好
D. 大家好
Answer key:
女 士 们，先 生 们，晚 上 好！ means:
Here are some exercises for you to test yourself:
Q1: Which one means ‘good morning’？
A. 下午好
B. 晚上好
C. 早上好
D. 您好
Q2： What's the difference between 你好 and 您好？
Q3： Which ones mean " hello everyone"?
A. 早上好
B. 晚上好
C. 你们好
D. 大家好
Answer key:
女 士 们，先 生 们，晚 上 好！ means:
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!
Q1 C
Q2 Both mean hello. But 你好 can be used to anyone, while 您好 is only used when you want to show your respect to someone, such as senior person or someone who has higher social status, or when you meet someone for the first time in formal situation.
Q3 C D
Q1 C
Q2 Both mean hello. But 你好 can be used to anyone, while 您好 is only used when you want to show your respect to someone, such as senior person or someone who has higher social status, or when you meet someone for the first time in formal situation.
Q3 C D
Monday, February 4, 2013
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