Learn Chinese Conversation - Part 4

Hi Everyone!

A question: have you used the sentences I've published till now?

If your answer is "Yes!", so what happened?

If your answer is "No", then go out! Find one Chinese person and talk! I know it might not be easy, but it's the only way to progress fast.

Today more material for your conversations.

Meeting a Friend...
How is your health? - nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma ? MP3 你 身体 好 吗 ？ Fine. (in reply) - hěn hǎo . MP3 很 好 。 How are your father and mother? - nǐ bàba māma shēntǐ hǎo ma ? MP3 你 爸爸 妈妈 身体 好 吗 ？ They are fine. (in reply) - tāmen dōu hěn hǎo . MP3 他们 都 很 好 。

Making an Acquaintance 2

Toward or Between Young People
What is your surname? - nǐ xìng shénme ? MP3 你 姓 什么 ？ My surname is Zhang. - wǒ xìng zhāng . MP3 我 姓 张 。 What's your name? - nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ? MP3 你 叫 什么 名字 ？ My name is Mary. - wǒ jiào mǎlì . MP3 我 叫 玛丽 。

Toward Anyone
I'm pleased to meet you. - rènshi nǐ , hěn gāoxìng . MP3 认识 你 ， 很 高兴 。 I'm pleased to meet you, too. - rènshi nǐ , wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng . MP3 认识 你 ， 我 也 很 高兴 。

Learn Chinese - Translation Example 1

I have highlighted in yellow all the Chinese characters belonging to the 1000 most used ones. I strongly suggest you learn Chinese starting from them! For more information go to the following page:
http://www.wearyourchinesename.com/chinese-characters.html

This translation from English to Chinese is a quite advanced exercise. Please separate words and give their meaning.

Chinese text:

洁净有多重要？
关于洁净，不同的人，有不同的看法。例如，男孩的母亲吩咐他去洗手洗脸。他可能以为扭开水龙头，让水流过手指，再沾点水，抹抹嘴唇就是了。当然他的妈妈知道这是不足够的。她把男孩带回卫生间，用大量的水和肥皂把他的手和脸都洗得干干净净。不论男孩怎样大声抗议也不能使妈妈改变主意！

English text:

How Important Is Cleanliness?
Cleanliness means different things to different people. For instance, when a little boy is told by his mother to wash his hands and face, he may think that holding his fingers under a running faucet and wetting his lips is enough. But Mother knows better. She takes him back into the bathroom and scrubs his hands and face with plenty of soap and water despite his loud protests!

This exercise is for those students of mine who are learning advanced Chinese. If you are a beginner, don't feel intimidated. Follow my daily lessons and you'll soon be able to read it!

Learn Chinese Conversation - Part 3

Here we are with the 3rd post covering the subject "Chinese conversation".

Please save on your computer the MP3 files and listen to them again and again trying to repeat, with the same intonation, what you listen.

Greetings 3

Meeting a Friend...
How are you? - nǐ hǎo ma ? MP3 你 好 吗 ？ (when you meet one friend) - nǐmen hǎo ma ? MP3 你们 好 吗 ？ (when you meet two or more friends) Fine. (in reply) - hěn hǎo . MP3 很 好 。 We are fine. (in reply) - wǒmen dōu hěn hǎo . MP3 我们 都 很 好 。 And you? - nǐ ne ? MP3 你 呢 ？ (toward one person) - nǐmen ne ? MP3 你们 呢 ？ (toward two or more persons) I'm fine, too. (in reply) - wǒ yě hěn hǎo . MP3 我 也 很 好 。

Making an Acquaintance 1

Respectful and Polite...
May I know your surname? - nín guì xìng ? MP3 您 贵 姓 ？ My surname is Zhang. - wǒ xìng zhāng . MP3 我 姓 张 。 What is her surname? - tā xìng shénme ? MP3 她 姓 什么 ？ Her surname is Wang. - tā xìng wáng . MP3 她 姓 王 。

Learn Chinese Conversation - Part 2

As promised, here is your 2nd lesson covering the subject "Chinese conversation".

Please save on your computer the MP3 files and listen to them again and again, trying to repeat what you listen with the same intonation.

Greetings 2

Meeting Someone...
Good morning! - nǐ zǎo ! MP3 你 早 ！ (when you meet one person) - nǐmen zǎo ! MP3 你们 早 ！ (when you meet two or more persons) Good morning! (in reply) - nǐ zǎo ! MP3 你 早 ！ (toward one person) - nǐmen zǎo ! MP3 你们 早 ！ (toward two or more persons)

Polite Formulas 1

Thank you. - xiè xie ! MP3 谢 谢 ！ Don't mention it. - bú xiè . MP3 不 谢 。

Learn Chinese Conversation - Part 1

If you want to learn Chinese, I can help! I'm going to post a few articles covering the subject "Chinese conversation".

This is the first post, covering some common forms of salutation.

In every post you'll find links to very helpful mp3 audio recordings. Please listen carefully and try to repeat with the same intonation.

Greetings 1

Meeting Someone...

How do you do? - nǐ hǎo ! MP3 你 好 ！ (when you meet one person) - nǐmen hǎo ! MP3 你们 好 ！ (when you meet two or more persons) How do you do? (in reply) - nǐ hǎo ! MP3 你 好 ！ (toward one person) - nǐmen hǎo ! MP3 你们 好 ！ (toward two or more persons) NOTE: 你好！(nǐhǎo!) or 你们好！(nǐmenhǎo!) can be translated also "Hello!" or "Hi!" Hello, Mary! - mǎlì , nǐ hǎo ! MP3 玛丽 ， 你 好 ！ Hi, David! - nǐ hǎo , dàwèi ! MP3 你 好 ， 大卫 ！

When You Leave...
Good-bye. - zài jiàn ! MP3 再 见 ！ Good-bye. (in reply) - zài jiàn ! MP3 再 见 ！

With my next post I'm going to add some more useful Chinese conversational sentences.

Free Chinese Names

"Chinese names are now free!" As you may have already noticed, I have just "opened the doors" to my collection of Chinese names!

They are now available for free on my site www.wearyourchinesename.com

You find everything about your Chinese name:

• Its meaning;
• Its pronunciation;
• Its Chinese characters;
• Its pin-yin;
• MP3 files;
• Number of strokes of each character;
• Animation showing the correct order of strokes;
• Its simplified Chinese version;
• Its traditional version;
• Curiosities...

I'm also more then willing to add more names.

Add a comment, please, to this post indicating the name you want to be added.

Next week I'll draw a name from those posted in the comments and add it to the list!

Furthermore, if you think I should add more information about Chinese names, please give me your suggestion! I want that "everything about your Chinese name" really means everything!

Be Hanzi Vigilante!

That is: be careful to which Chinese characters you choose and wear!
See some bad experiences at Hanzi Smatter 一知半解: Hanzi Vigilante Blogger

Be ready to lol!!!