Basic Mandarin Greetings and Phrases

80 vocabulary flashcards covering greetings, polite expressions, directions, shopping language, and common phrases, with Chinese terms matched to their Pinyin pronunciations.

hello

nǐ hǎo

Good Morning

zǎo shàng hǎo

Good Evening

wǎn shàng hǎo

How are you?

nǐ hǎo ma

I’m Fine

wǒ hěn hǎo

Have You Eaten?

nǐ chī le ma

I ate

chī le

and you?

nǐ ne

welcome

huān yíng

Pleased to meet you

hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ

thank you

xiè xiè

your welcome

bù kè qì

please

qǐng

excuse me?

qǐng wèn

Sorry

bào qiàn

I’m Sorry

duì bù qǐ

No problem

méi guān xì

Excuse Me

bù hǎo yì si

Please excuse me

jiè guò yī xià

good bye

zài jiàn

good night

wǎn ān

see you later

huí tóu jiàn

have a nice day!

zhù nín yǒu gè měi hǎo de yī tiān

have a nice weekend!

zhōu mò yú kuài

keep in touch

bǎo chí lián xì

have a smooth and safe journey!

yí lù shùn fēng

take care

màn zǒu

My name is….(name), what about you?

wǒ jiào…, nǐ ne

what is your name?

zěn me chēng hū

may i have your family name？

qǐng wèn nín guì xìng

i don’t speak chinese

wǒ bù huì shuō zhōng wén

do you speak english?

nǐ huì shuō yīng yǔ ma

我会说一点中文

wǒ huì shuō yī diǎn zhōng wén

请说慢一点

qǐng shuō màn yī diǎn

请写下来

qǐng xiě xià lái

请你再说一遍好吗？

qǐng nǐ zài shuō yī biàn hǎo ma

我明白

wǒ míng bái

我不明白

wǒ bù míng bái

我不知道

wǒ bù zhī dào

我知道

wǒ zhī dào

什么意思？

shén me yì si

入口

rù kǒu

出口

chū kǒu

紧急出口

jǐn jí chū kǒu

推

tuī

拉

lā

厕所

cè suǒ

空的

kōng de

禁止吸烟

jìn zhǐ xī yān

打折

dǎ zhé

促销

cù xiāo

买一送一

mǎi yī sòng yī

对

duì

不

bù

也许吧

yě xǔ ba

请问，厕所在哪里？

qǐng wèn, cè suǒ zài nǎ lǐ

多少？

duō shǎo

太贵了

tài guì le

便宜点

pián yi diǎn

你是本地人吗？

nǐ shì běn dì rén ma

我从…来

wǒ cóng… lái

你经常来这吗？

nǐ jīng cháng lái zhè ma

我会想念你的

wǒ huì xiǎng niàn nǐ de

我爱你

wǒ ài nǐ

别管我

bié guǎn wǒ

救命啊！

jiù mìng a

停下

tíng xià

生日快乐

shēng rì kuài lè

恭喜

gōng xǐ

这个用中文怎么说

zhè gè yòng zhōng wén zěn me shuō

叫警察

jiào jǐng chá

你做什么样的工作？

nǐ zuò shén me yàng de gōng zuò

好搞笑

hǎo gǎo xiào

新春快乐

xīn chūn kuài lè

等一下

děng yī xià

结账，谢谢

jié zhàng, xiè xiè

我要

wǒ yào

一瓶啤酒

yī píng pí jiǔ

一杯咖啡

yī bēi kā fēi

一瓶水

yī píng shuǐ