When visiting other countries, its really important to partake in the culture as much as possible. Language is clearly a major barrier, especially when visiting China. To be respectful of their culture, and to increase our own fun, we all need to learn and use a few Chinese phrases. Professor Jainbo Liu of Southwest China Normal University in Beibei has kindly recorded a number of phrases, which should prove to be very useful. Please practice these phrases so we can be up and running when we hit the runway in Beijing. Each phrase has been converted to a Real Audio (RA) file and a .wav file. One of these files should work with your internet browser. Good luck.
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Hello, how are you? |
ni hao |
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What's your name, please? |
qing wen nin gui xing |
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My name is …. |
wo xing ……. |
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Please |
qing |
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Thank you |
xie xie |
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No, thank you |
bu yong, xie xie |
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Bye |
zai jian |
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professor |
jiao shou |
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teacher |
lao shi |
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very delicious |
hao chi ji le |
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I'm full |
wo chi bao le |
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very beautiful |
tai mei le |
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excuse me |
dui bu qi |
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It' s OK |
mei guan xi |
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Could you tell me how to get to …? |
qing wen …… zen me zou? |
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Where is the restroom, please? |
qing wen ce suo zai na li? |
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1-2-3-4-5 |
yi, er, san, si, wu |
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6-7-8-9-10 |
liu, qi, ba, jiu, shi |