FoundationsLesson 1⏱ 9 min
Greetings, Thanks and Apologies
Hello and goodbye, thank you and you're welcome, sorry and never mind -- the phrases you'll use every day.
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Hello: who + 好
The idea: Chinese greetings are built, not memorised one by one. A greeting is "who you're greeting, or what time it is" + 好 (hǎo) (good): 你好 (nǐ hǎo) is literally "you good." Swap the first part and you have a new greeting.
你好
nǐ hǎo -- hello -- "you good"
大家好
dàjiā hǎo -- hello, everyone
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