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Basic Chinese Words and Phrases

Chinese Pinyin English

Greetings

你好! nǐ hǎo ! Hello

早上好 zǎo shàng hǎo Good morning

晚上好 wǎn shàng hǎo Good evening

你好嗎? nǐ hǎo ma ? How are you?

我很好 wǒ hěn hǎo I'm fine

你吃了嗎? nǐ chī le ma ? Have you eaten?

吃了 chī le I ate

你呢 nǐ ne And you?

歡迎 huān yíng Welcome

很高興見到你
hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ Pleased to meet you

Polite ways

謝謝 xiè xie Thank you

不客氣 bù kè qì You are welcome

請 qǐng Please

請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me?

抱歉 bào qiàn Sorry

對不起 duì bù qǐ I'm sorry

沒關係 méi guān xì No problem

不好意思 bù hǎo yì si Excuse me

借過一下 jiè guò yī xià Please excuse me

Saying goodbye

再見 zài jiàn Good bye

晚安 wǎn ān Good night

回頭見 huí tóu jiàn See you later

Have a nice day!

周末愉快 zhōu mò yú kuài Have a nice weekend

保持聯繫 bǎo chí lián xì Keep in touch

一路順風 yí lù shùn fēng

journey.

慢走 màn zǒu Take care

What's your name

wǒ jiào [Name], nǐ ne ？
My name is .... What about
我 叫 [Name], 你呢？
you?

怎麼稱呼？ zěn me chēng hū ？ What is your name?

請問您貴姓? qǐng wèn nín guì xìng ? May I have your family

name?

Making yourself understood

我不會說中文 wǒ bù huì shuō zhōng wén

I don't speak Chinese

你會說英語嗎? nǐ huì shuō yīng yǔ ma ？ Do you speak English?

我會說一點中文 wǒ huì shuō yī diǎn zhōng wén I speak a little Chinese

請說慢一點 qǐng shuō màn yī diǎn Please speak more slowly

請寫下來 qǐng xiě xià lái Please write it down

請妳再說一遍好嗎？ qǐng nǐ zài shuō yī biàn hǎo Could you please repeat
ma ？ that?
我明白 wǒ míng bái

I understand

我不明白 wǒ bù míng bái I don't understand

我不知道 wǒ bù zhī dào I don't know

我知道 wǒ zhī dào I know

什麼意思？ shén me yì si What do you mean?

Things you might

see

入口 rù kǒu Entrance

出口 chū kǒu Exit

緊急出口 jǐn jí chū kǒu Emergency exit

推 tuī Push

拉 lā Pull
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廁所 cè suǒ

Toilets

空的 kōng de Vacant

禁止吸煙 jìn zhǐ xī yān No smoking

打折 dǎ zhé discount

促銷 cù xiāo promotion

買一送一 mǎi yī sòng yī two for one

More useful basic Chinese phrases

對 duì Yes

不 bù no

也許吧 yě xǔ ba maybe

請問，廁所在哪裡？ qǐng wèn ， cè suǒ zài nǎ lǐ ？ the

toilet?

多少？ duō shǎo ？ How much?

太貴了 tài guì le Too expensive

便宜點 pián yi diǎn Make it cheaper

你是本地人嗎？ nǐ shì běn dì rén ma ？ Are you a local?

我從…来 wǒ cóng … lái I'm from …

你經常來這嗎? nǐ jīng cháng lái zhè ma Do you come here often?

我會想念你的 wǒ huì xiǎng niàn nǐ de I will miss you

我愛你 wǒ ài nǐ I love you

别管我 bié guǎn wǒ Leave me alone!

救命啊! jiù mìng a Help!

停下 tíng xià Stop

生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy Birthday

恭喜 gōng xǐ Congratulations

這個用中文怎麼?
zhè gè yòng zhōng wén zěn me How do you say this in

shuō ? Chinese?

叫警察 jiào jǐng chá Call the police

你做什么样的工作?
nǐ zuò shénme What kind of work do you
yàng de gōngzuò do?

好搞笑 hǎo gǎo xiào That’s hilarious

新春快樂 xīn chūn kuài lè Happy Chinese New Year

等一下 děng yī xià Wait a moment

結帳，谢谢。 jié zhàng ， xiè xie。 The bill, please. Thank you.

我要 wǒ yào I want…

一瓶啤酒 yī píng pí jiǔ a beer

一杯咖啡 yī bēi kā fēi a cup of coffee

一瓶水 yī píng shuǐ a bottle of water