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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 1

你好 Hello

Nǐ hǎo

What pinyin is — and that you can just read it like you see it. Learn to say "Hello". No grammar point yet — this is a pronunciation-foundation chapter.

打招呼 — Saying Hello

  1. MeiMei hǎo! Hello!
  2. XiaoDong hǎo! Hello!

礼貌问候 — A Polite Greeting

  1. XiaoDong nínhǎo! Hello! (formal)
  2. MeiMei menhǎo! Hello! (to a group)
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
pron. you (informal singular)
hǎo adj. good; fine
nín pron. you (formal/polite singular)
你们 nǐmen pron. you (plural)
pron. I; me
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
you (亻+尔, ch1) 你们 nǐmen — you (plural)谢谢你 xièxie nǐ — thank you (Level 1 revisit)
hǎo good (ch1) 好看 hǎokàn — good-looking好听 hǎotīng — nice to listen to好玩儿 hǎowánr — fun to play with
nín you (formal/polite singular)
men plural suffix (亻+门, ch4) 你们 nǐmen — you (plural)我们 wǒmen — we; us他们 tāmen — they; them (male/mixed)
I; me 我们 wǒmen — we; us给我 gěi wǒ — give me (transactional opener)帮我 bāng wǒ — help me (request opener)

one Writing

1 strokes single-component

A single horizontal line representing the number "one". The simplest hanzi.

èr two Writing

2 strokes single-component

Two horizontal lines: "two". The lower line is slightly longer than the upper.

sān three Writing

3 strokes single-component

Three horizontal lines. Middle one is shortest, bottom one is longest.

shí ten Recognition

2 strokes single-component

eight Recognition

2 strokes single-component

什么是拼音 What is Pinyin?

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