Chinese-Basic Greetings, Classroom Expressions, numbers 1-10 in characters and pinyin, pinyin in general

Xué

To learn

weí shé me

why

Hān zì

Chinese characters

Jī běn wèn hòu yǔ

basic greeting

Nǐ hǎo

hello(informal)

nìn hǎo

hello（formal）

nǐ jiào shénme min zi

What is your name?

Wǒ jiào

my name is (full name)

wǒ xìng

My last name is (last name)

Rén shi

To recognize(personally)

hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ

nice to meet you

Xiè xiè

Thank you

Zài jiàn

See you again

Míng tiān jiàn

See you tomorrow

Kè táng yòng yǔ

Classroom Expressions

Tóng xué

Classmate(singular)

tóng xué hǎo

Hello class mate

Lǎo shī

teacher

lǎo shī hǎo

hello teacher

zǎoshang hǎo

Good morning

Shàng kè le

Class starts

Bú kè qí

You’re welcome

Bú yòng xiè

No need to thank

Dù bù qǐ

I’m sorry

měi guān xi

It’s okay

Xià kè le

Class ends

Pinyin

Chinese phonetic

Fā yīn

pronounciation

21

How many initials are there

16

How many sounds are there

4 tones + neutral

How many tones are there

409 total sounds

How many sounds are there in Chinese

ē

First tone

é

Second tone

ě

Third tone

è

Fourth tone

shēng mǔ

initial

Yùn mǔ

final

shēng diaò

tone

Dān yùn mǔ

single final（6 sounds)

Shuāng yùn mǔ

Compound final(18 sounds)

Yī 一

one

er 二

Two

三 Sān

Three

四 sì

Four

五 wǔ

Five

六 liù

Six

七 qī

Seven

Bā 八

Eight

九 jiǔ

Nine

十 shí

Ten