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Study in the app →Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 1
你好 Hello
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.
Dialogue
打招呼 — Saying Hello
- MeiMei 你好! Hello!
- XiaoDong 你好! Hello!
Dialogue
礼貌问候 — A Polite Greeting
- XiaoDong 您好! Hello! (formal)
- MeiMei 你们好! Hello! (to a group)
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 你 | nǐ | pron. | you (informal singular) |
| 好 | hǎo | adj. | good; fine |
| 您 | nín | pron. | you (formal/polite singular) |
| 你们 | nǐmen | pron. | you (plural) |
| 我 | wǒ | pron. | I; me |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 你 | nǐ | you (亻+尔, ch1) 你们 nǐmen — you (plural)谢谢你 xièxie nǐ — thank you (Level 1 revisit) | |
| 好 | hǎo | good (ch1) 好看 hǎokàn — good-looking好听 hǎotīng — nice to listen to好玩儿 hǎowánr — fun to play with | |
| 您 | nín | you (formal/polite singular) | |
| 们 | men | plural suffix (亻+门, ch4) 你们 nǐmen — you (plural)我们 wǒmen — we; us他们 tāmen — they; them (male/mixed) | |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me 我们 wǒmen — we; us给我 gěi wǒ — give me (transactional opener)帮我 bāng wǒ — help me (request opener) |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
yī one Writing
A single horizontal line representing the number "one". The simplest hanzi.
èr two Writing
Two horizontal lines: "two". The lower line is slightly longer than the upper.
sān three Writing
Three horizontal lines. Middle one is shortest, bottom one is longest.
shí ten Recognition
bā eight Recognition
Pronunciation
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