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Greeting Speech Patterns

Place the cursor on the words under "Chinese" to view the literal meanings and click on the words to listen and repeat.

Ordinary situation

Chinese	English
Nĭhăo	Hello!
Nĭhăo ma?	How are you?
Wǒ hěnhăo.	I am very well.
Tā yě hěnhăo.	He is very well too.
Wǒmen dōu hěnhăo.	We are all (both) very well.
Duìbuqĭ	Sorry / excuse me.
Méiguānxi	It doesn't matter / don't worry.
Xièxie	Thanks.
Xièxienĭ	Thank you.
Búxie	Not at all / don't mention it.
Búyòngxiè	Not at all / don't mention it.
Búkèqi	Not at all / don't mention it.
Biékèqi	Not at all / don't mention it.
Wǒlái	Let me do it.
Wǒ zìjĭlái	I'll help myself.
Yíhuìr jiàn	See you later.
Míngtiān jiàn	See you tomorrow.
Zàijiàn	Bye

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Polite situation

Chinese	English
Nínhăo	Hello
Sb. Nínhăo	Hello Sb.
Nínhăo ma?	How are you?