Chinese Link Lesson I Vocabulary 你好

Joanne ChenIVC Chinese Instructor

Greetings! Nǐhǎo! Hello!

Characters

人 (Form )

•rén (Sound)

•Person, human (meaning)

Chinese LinkLesson 1 Vocabulary

Textbook Page 2

你 nǐNǐ = You

Nǐ hǎo! How are you?

好 hǎoHǎo = Good

Nǐ hǎo!Hello!

是 shì shì = to be, is, are, yes Wǒ shì xué shēng. I am student.

学生xuéshēng

xuéshēngStudent

吗ma

Nǐ hǎo ma?How are you?

Nǐ shì xuéshēng ma?Are you a student?

Ending word for a question

wǒ 我Wǒ = I, me

Wǒ shì lǎoshī .I am a teacher.

呢 neWǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?I am fine, how about you?

A ending particle for tag question

也 yěNǐ shì xuéshēng,Wǒ yě shì xuéshēng.You are a student, and I am also a student.

Also

他 tā tā He

tā

不 bù or bú bú = No, notWǒ bú shì lǎoshī.I am not a teacher.

老师lǎoshī TeacherTā shì lǎoshī.He is a teacher.

很hěn

Hěn =Very Hěn hǎo!Very good.

Hěn hǎo!

他是老师吗？tā shì lǎoshī ma?Is he a teacher?

是，他是老师。Shì ， tā shì lǎoshī. Yes, he is a teacher.

他是学生吗？ tā shì xuéshēng

ma?Is he a student?

是， 他是。Shì,tā shì.

Yes, he is.