Chinese Live Class: Chinese Greetings

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你	nǐ	you
您	nín	you
你们	nǐmen	you (plural)
好	hǎo	good
你好	nǐhǎo	How do you do?
您好	nín hǎo	How do you do?
老师	lǎoshī	teacher
晚上	wǎnshang	night

Description

Today we'll come to learn how to greet to a Chinese friend with some common Chinese expressions. Genuine Chinese greetings are the fisrt step for you to make Chinese friends and immerse yourself in the Chinese culture. The common greetings include: "你好！(Hello!) 你吃了吗？(Have you had dinner?) 你身体好吗？(How are you?) 好久不见了! (Long time no see!) 最近在忙些什么？(What are you doing recently?) 最近怎么样？(How is it going recently?) 你爸妈好吗？(How is your parents?)"and so on. These greetings indicate how you concern over the person you are talking to. On completion of this lesson, when meet Chinese friends next time and say "嘿！你好吗？(Hi, how are you?)", you are sure to surprise them a lot, I bet. Is it fun? Let's stop chat and start to learn them right now!

本课主要学习中国人见面如何打招呼以及一些常用的招呼语。学会打招呼是你介入中国人生活的第一步。中国的常用招呼语有：你好！你吃了吗？你身体好吗？好久不见了! 最近在忙些什么？最近怎么样？你家人好吗？等等。学完这一课，等你下次遇到中国朋友的时候，就可以大声地问他：嘿！你好吗？他一定会大吃一惊，对你刮目相看。闲话少说，现在就来学习吧！

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frani, you need more practice. In our Live conversation class, our teacher will teach you reading Pinyin, I think this will be helpful to your accent.^_^

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