99 Must know Chinese words & phrases

Mandarin Blueprint

Nǐ hǎo

Hello

Zàijiàn

Goodbye

Bàibài

Bye-bye

Xièxie

Thank you

Xièxie nǐ

Thank you

Bú xiè

You're welcome

Bú kèqi

Don't be polite / You're welcome

Hǎo

Good / OK

Bù hǎo

Not good

Bù

No / Not

Bù hǎoyìsi

Excuse me / Sorry

Wǒ de Hànyǔ bù hǎo

My Chinese is not good

Hǎo bù hǎo

Is that OK? / How about it?

Wǒmen yìqǐ qù gōngyuán wán

Let us go to the park to play together

Hěn hǎo

Very good

Nǐ de Hànyǔ hěn hǎo

Your Chinese is very good

Zhēn hǎo

Really good

Tài hǎo le

Super good / Excellent

Tài kě'ài le

So cute

Huì

Can / Know how to

Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma

Can you speak English?

Huì bù huì

Can you or can't you?

Tā

He / She / It

Tā huì yóuyǒng ma

Can he/she swim?

Duìbuqǐ

Im sorry

Méi guānxi

No relation / It doesn't matter

Méi shì

No problem / It's nothing

Tīng bù dǒng

Listen but don't understand

Qǐng

Please

Màn

Slow

Qǐng shuō màn yīdiǎn

Please speak a bit slower

Kěyǐ

Can / May

Nǐ kěyǐ zài shuō yī cì ma

Can you say it one more time?

Máfan nǐ

To trouble you…

Tài màn le

Too slow

Tài là le

Too spicy

Zěnme

How

Zěnme shuō

How to say

Yòng Hànyǔ zěnme shuō

How do you say this in Chinese?

Zěnme bàn

What to do? / How to handle this?

Zěnme zǒu

How to get there?

Dào

To arrive / To get to

Wǒ xiǎng dào chāoshì

I want to get to the supermarket

Zǒu

To leave / To walk

Wǒmen zǒu ba

Let's go

Wǒ zǒu le

I'm off / Leaving now

Zhè

This

Zhège

This one

Nà

That

Nàge

That one

Wǒ xǐhuān nàge

I like that one

Nǎ

Which

Nǎge

Which one?

Zěnmeyàng

How is it? / How about it?

Wǒ bù tài xǐhuān

I don't like it that much

Wǒmen yìqǐ chīfàn

zěnmeyàng

Zuìjìn zěnmeyàng

How have you been recently?

Zuìjìn

Recently

Nǐ ne

And you?

Zài

Located at / In the middle of

Nǐ zài nǎli

Where are you?

Nǐ zài nǎ'er

Where are you?

Wǒ zài zhè'er

I'm here

Nǎli

Where

Nàli

There

Nǐ zài zuò shénme

What are you doing right now?

Wǒ zài hē chá

I am drinking tea

Wǒ zài chīfàn

I am eating a meal

Shénme

What

Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò

What work do you do?

Wǒ shì lǎoshī

I am a teacher

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi

What is your name?

Wǒ jiào Luke

My name is Luke

Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén

Which country are you from?

Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén

I am British

Nǐ chī le ma

Have you eaten?

Wǒ chī le

I have eaten

Hái méiyǒu

Not yet

Chīfàn le méiyǒu

Have you eaten or not?

Wǒ è le

I'm hungry

Wǒ xiǎng chī dōngxi

I want to eat something

Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme

What would you like to eat?

Nǐ xiǎng qù nǎ'er chī

Where would you like to go to eat?

Qǐngkè

To treat someone

Wǒ qǐngkè

My treat

Jǐ wèi

How many guests?

Yī wèi

One person

Liǎng wèi

Two people

Yǒu bīng píjiǔ ma

Do you have cold beer?

Yǒu

Have / Yes

Méiyǒu

Don't have / No

Wǒ hái yào zhège

I also want this one

Wǒ bǎo le

I'm full

Fúwùyuán

Waiter / Waitress

Mǎidān

Pay the bill

Duōshao

How much

Duōshao qián

How much money?

Duōshao qián

How much money?

Bǎnbǎn

Boss / Shop owner

Jǐ ge

How many? (for small items)