So you’ve decided to go abroad.
And this isn’t like going to another state in the US or going off to Canada where they all speak English. This is the real deal.
China is a whole another cultural realm and it must be slightly intimidating to go to such a place. But I want to assure you, if you’re not going to be living there, you’ll be fine. Basically 99% of the places you go to in Shanghai, they will be able to speak English to you. Since tourism in Shanghai is very much developed, there are a lot of people that speak English.
However, if you want to try out speaking the land’s mother tongue, give these a try. Here below I listed some basic possible conversations in Chinese that you might come across! (I didn’t put the accents on there)
我们学习汉语吧！
1. Basic conversation phrases
Ni Hao （Hi）你好！
Zai Jian (Bye) 再见！
Da rao yi xia (Excuse me) 打扰一下。
Qing duo guan zhao (thanks in advance) 请多关照。
Xie Xie (Thanks) 谢谢！< fei chang gan xie (Thank you so much) 非常感谢！
Bu ke qi (You’re welcome) 不客气
Xin ku le (Thanks for your hard work) 辛苦了
dui bu qi (sorry) 对不起
mei guan xi (It’s fine) 没关系
wo ke yi qing ni bang mang ma (Can I ask you a favor) 我可以请你帮忙吗？
2. Introducing yourself
ni hao! wo jiao ___ (hi my name is ___ )你好！我叫————.
wo cong __ guo ___ lai. (I am from __ of __ ) 我从—国－来
cf) some examples of coutries: 中国（China）美国（US）英国（England）法国（France）韩国（Korea）加拿大（Canada）
ex) I am from Seoul, Korea. 我从韩国首尔来。
ren shi ni hen gao xing (nice to meet you) 认识你很高兴。
zhe wei shi ~ (This is~) 这位是
ex) 这位是我的妈妈，这位是我的弟弟，这位是我的家庭
3. Time/weather/date
xian zai ji dian le (What time is it now) 现在几点了
jin tian ji hao a (What’s the date today?) 今天几号啊
jin tian de tian qi zenmeyang (How’s the weather today) 今天的天气怎么样
For more Chinese learning and other languages, please comment for more! Until then, good luck!
谢谢大家！我非常喜欢大家！祝你愉快！
－Sally 金佳瑩
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nice of you to share this. but without the intonation (numbers) after each word.. each word will have a different meaning and it can be really funny or give a ‘blur’ look to the listener trying to understand what you are saying. Guess it is based on my experience when I do not speak Mandarin that well…. but it’s fun although Mandarin is not a simple and straight forward language to learn. Again… keep sharing. =)
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yeah so I tried to put the accents on there and it is actually so much easier to do that on mobile compared to my laptop 🙂
I will edit the accents on there eventually 🙂 But thanks for you input I really do appreciate it! And yeah I agree it will be kind of a blur to the listener as I speak Mandarin and the traditional Chinese dialect (traditional Chinese is a pain :P) and know from experience! Thanks for reading the post 🙂
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No problem. Looking forward to more of your postings. =)
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