Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 330
Today's Chinese characters:
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Characters' Essentials
Description and Examples
The meaning of: 你好! It means "Hi!", "How do you do?", "Hello!" It is an everyday greeting and is used at any time, on any occasion and by a person of any social status. The reply should also be "你好". |
The meaning of: 您 It is a respectful form of the second person pronoun 你. It is normally reserved for old people or elders. To show politeness, you may extend its use to people of your own generation, especially at the first meeting. |
The meaning of: 你早! It is an everyday greeting that is used when people meet each other in the early morning (till 9 a.m.). |
The meaning of: 明早见! 再见 (literally: again-see) means "see you again". Similarly, 明早见 (literally: tomorrow morning-see) means "see you tomorrow morning". |
The meaning of: 不太好 and 太不好 Note the different degree of goodness - or badness - that is expressed by the following phrases: 太好: extremely good. 很好: very good. 好: good. 不太好: not very good. 不好: bad. 很不好: very bad. 太不好: extremely bad. |
The meaning of: 您贵姓? This is a respectful and polite way of asking the name of a person. ATTENTION: The answer is never "我贵姓⋯⋯", but "我姓⋯⋯". |
The meaning of: 他姓什么? It is used for asking another person's name. One shouldn't say "他贵姓?". |
How to say: The two of you 你们两个人 |
How to say: How are you? Just add 吗 to the greeting formula "你好!" changing it into a question! How are you? 你好吗? literally: You good吗? Anyway, please be careful, because its usage actually differs from the English greeting "How are you?" While the English "How are you?" is also an everyday greeting, in Chinese you should ask 你好吗? only if you really want to ask about the state of health or condition of a friend, not just as a greeting. |
How to say: Yes or No Maybe you've already read that one of the meaning of 是 is "yes, right" and that one of the meaning of 不 is "used alone as a negative answer". Anyway, about this simple subject, more must be said. The most common way of simply and politely answering yes in Chinese is by repeating the main element (verb or adjective) of the question's predicate, or its negative form if you want to answer no. Example question: 你认识他吗? answer 1: 认识。 (meaning: Yes, I do) answer 2: 不认识。 (meaning: No, I don't) |
How to say: How are you? - Part 2 When you address two or more people, you should say "你们好吗?". 你好吗? 你们好吗? |
How to write and read a year Simply write the number followed by 年 and read every single figure. NOTE: Number zero (零) can also be written ○. All the following examples are correct: 2000年 二零零零年 二○○○年 The following example is wrong: 两○○○年 ATTENTION: Cannot read 二千年, must read er4 ling2 ling2 ling2 年, every single figure. |
How to write and read a month Simply write the corresponding number (from 1 to 12) followed by 月 and read as normal. |
How to write and read a day Simply write the number of the day followed by 日 or 号 and read as normal. 日 is mainly used in written Chinese, while 号 is preferred in spoken language. |
Exercise
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 967 of 1000
appearance score: # 419
frequency: 0.0520299%
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 968 of 1000
appearance score: # 680
frequency: 0.0289590%
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 969 of 1000
appearance score: # 914
frequency: 0.0187670%
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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