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Useful Words and Phrases

English Chinese Character/Pin Yin Phonetic English

nǐ hǎo
Hello/Good Evening 你 好 knee how
nín guì xìng
What is your name? 您 贵 姓 neen gway shing
zài jiàn
Good Bye 再 见 zi gee’en

Important sayings
shì
Yes 是 shr

bú shì
No 不 是 boo shr
duì
Right/ Correct 对 dway
bú duì
Wrong 不 对 boo dway
bú yòng le xiè
No, thanks 不 用 了， 谢 boo yong la, sheh sheh
xiè xiè
Thank you 谢 谢 ！ sheh sheh
bú yòng xiè
You are welcome 不 用 谢 boo yong sheh
duì bu qǐ
Excuse me 对 不 起 dway boo chee

wǒ tīng bù dǒng
I do not understand 我 听 不 懂 wore ting boo dong ？

wǒ yào
I would like 我 要 wore yeow

duō shǎo qián

I How much? 多 少 钱 ?` dor sheow chen
tài guì le
Too expensive 太 贵 了 tie gway la
yǒu méi yǒu
Do you have...? 有 没 有？ yo may yo

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bú yào
I don’t need that 不 要 boo yeow

Directions
tíng
Stop! 停 ！ ting
zuǒ
Turn left 左 zaw
yòu
Turn right 右 yo
qián
Go straight 前 chee’ an

zài nǎ li
Where is...? 在 哪里 zi nar lee

nà li
There 那里 nar lee

zhè lǐ
Here 这 里 jur lee

cè suǒ
Toile t 厕 所 tsur saw

duō jiǔ
How long (Time)? 多 久 dor joe

At the restaurant

Chopstick 筷子 kuài zǐ kwhy za

dao
Knife 刀 dow

cha zi
Fork 叉 子 char z

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shao zi
Spoon 勺 子 sheow z

shuǐ
Water 水 shway
kělè
Coke ` 可乐 kur la

mǎi dān
Bill 买 单 my dan

Pronouns
wǒ
I/Me 我 wore
nǐ
You 你 knee
tā tā tā
He/She/It 他 / 她 / 它 tar

Figures of speech
hǎo
That’s good. 好 how
bùhǎo
That’s not good. 不 好 boo how

hěnhǎo
It was nice. 很 好 hun how

Numbers
yī
1 一 e
èr
2 二 r
sān
3 三 san
sì
4 四 sz
wǔ
5 五 oo
liù
6 六 leo

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qī
7 七 chee
bā
8 八 bah
jiǔ
9 九 jeo
shí
10 十 shr
shíyī
11 十一 shr e
shíèr
12 十二 shr r
shísān
13 十 三 shr san
shísì
14 十四 shr sz
èrshí
20 二十 r shr
sānshí
30 三 十 ` san shr
yībǎi
100 一百 ee bye
yīqiān
1,000 一 千 ee chee an
yīwàn
10,000 一 万 ee wan

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