{"id":14840,"date":"2020-02-16T19:43:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/chinese-dialogue\/conversational-chinese-greeting\/"},"modified":"2020-02-16T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T19:43:14","slug":"conversational-chinese-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/conversational-chinese-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversational Chinese–Greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\tConversation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

lín yuè\uff1an\u01d0 h\u01ceo \uff0cyán\u0261 x\u012b \u3002
\t\u6797\u6708\uff1a\u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u6768\u897f\u3002<\/div>\n
Hello, Yang Xi.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

yán\u0261 x\u012b\uff1an\u01d0 h\u01ceo \uff0clín yuè \u3002
\t\u6768\u897f\uff1a\u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u6797\u6708\u3002<\/div>\n
Hi, Lin Yue.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

lín yuè \uff1an\u01d0 h\u01ceo m\u0251 \uff1f
\t\u6797\u6708\uff1a\u4f60\u597d\u5417\uff1f<\/div>\n
How are you?<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

yán\u0261 x\u012b\uff1aw\u01d2 h\u011bn h\u01ceo \u3002
\t\u6768\u897f\uff1a\u6211\u5f88\u597d\u3002<\/div>\n
I’m fine.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

lín yuè\uff1azài jiàn \uff01
\t\u6797\u6708\uff1a\u518d\u89c1\uff01<\/div>\n
Goodbye!<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

yán\u0261 x\u012b\uff1azài jiàn \uff01
\t\u6768\u897f\uff1a\u518d\u89c1\uff01<\/div>\n
Bye!<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tNotes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\t1. \u4f60\u597d means "Hello!\/Hi!"
\tIt’s an everyday greeting and is used at any time, on an occasion and by a person of any social status. The reply should also be “\u4f60\u597d”.<\/p>\n

\t2. Putting the word “\u5417" at the end of a sentence makes that sentence a question. Example: “\u4f60\u597d” means “Hello” or, literally, “You good (or well). ” Adding the word “\u5417” at the end of the phrase makes it a question: \u4f60\u597d\u5417\uff1fmeans “How are you? ” or “Are you good (or well)?”<\/p>\n

\t3. \u4f60\u597d\u5417 means "How are you?"
\tIt’s an everyday greeting and is usually used between acquaintances. A polite expression such as “\u6211\u5f88\u597d” can be used as a reply.<\/p>\n

\t4. Neutral tone
\tIn common Speech, some syllables are pronounced both light and short. Such a tone called the natural tone, which lacks a tone-graph representation in writing. Example: “\u4f60\u597d\u5417" is pronounced as “n\u01d0 h\u01ceo m\u0251”.<\/p>\n

\t5. Change of tones
\tWhen two 3rd tones come together, the first tone change into 2nd, but it’s tone-graph remains. Example: “\u4f60\u597d n\u01d0 h\u01ceo” is actually pronounced as “ní h\u01ceo”. “\u5f88\u597d h\u011bn h\u01ceo” is actually pronounced as “hén h\u01ceo”.<\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\tSubstitution<\/strong>: turns lined words into the words following the sentences.<\/p>\n

\t1. \u4f60<\/u>\u597d\uff01          \u4f60\u4eec\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6
\t2. \u4f60<\/u>\u597d\u5417\uff1f       \u4f60\u4eec\uff0c\u4ed6\uff0c\u5979\uff0c\u4ed6\uff08\u5979\uff09\u4eec\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6
\t3. \u6211<\/u>\u5f88\u597d\u3002       \u4ed6\uff0c\u5979\uff0c\u4ed6\uff08\u5979\uff09\u4eec
\t <\/p>\n

\tNew Words<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\t\u4f60         n\u01d0          you             \u4f60\u4eec    n\u01d0 mén      you (plural)
\t\u597d        h\u01ceo      good,well
\t\u6211         w\u01d2        I, me
\t\u5f88         h\u011bn       very
\t\u518d\u89c1    zài jiàn   goodbye
\t\u4ed6         t\u0101        he, him         \u5979     t\u0101     she, her        \u4ed6\uff08\u5979\uff09\u4eec     t\u0101 men    they, them
\t\u5927\u5bb6     dà ji\u0101    everyone
\tProper names<\/strong>:
\t\u6768\u897f    yán\u0261 x\u012b
\t\u6797\u6708     lín yuè<\/p>\n

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