Greetings and Basic Chinese Conversations

I can greet and simple conversation in Chinese.

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We don't generate video — this one is by Andy and Sarah Mandarin on YouTube. The practice questions and exit ticket below were drafted by AI for this objective, and every question is editable in the teacher guide.

1. 1

   Instead of saying “你好吗 Nǐ hǎo ma?” which translates to “you good or not?”, native Chinese speakers greet each other with “你好 Nǐ hǎo”, which means “Hi, hope you are well”.

2. 2

   To greet acquaintances, you can say “你吃饭了吗 Nǐ chī fàn le ma?”, which means “Have you eaten your meal?”, and respond with “吃过了 chī guò le” (I have eaten) or “还没呢 hái méi ne” (not yet).

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   To ask “How are you?” in Chinese, you can say “你今天怎么样 Nǐ jīntiān zěnme yàng?”, and to ask “How have you been?” you can say “你最近怎么样 Nǐ zuìjìn zěnme yàng?”, responding with “还好 hái hǎo” (so far so good) or “我很忙 wǒ hěn máng” (I am busy).

“Write the Chinese characters and pinyin for 'Good morning' and 'Have you eaten?'”

Sample answer included in the free materials