Ni hao, Mandarin – Workshop 2 CESC Asian Studies Term 1, 2015 Greeting Ni hao, Mandarin – Workshop 2 CESC Asian Studies Term 1, 2015

Vocabulary list 1 你 你 你 好 好 好 吗 吗 吗 我 我 我 很 很 很 nǐ hǎo ma wǒ hěn Pinyin character English nǐ 你 你 你 you hǎo 好 好 好 good ma 吗 吗 吗 a question mark for YES/NO questions wǒ 我 我 我 I,me hěn 很 很 很 very

谢谢 再见 再 见 xiè xie zài jiàn zài jiàn Pinyin character English Thanks See you later zài 再 again jiàn 见 see

Dialogue: Greeting A: nǐ hǎo. B: nǐ hǎo. A: nǐ hǎo ma? B: wǒ hěn hǎo. nǐ hǎo ma? A: wǒ hěn hǎo. xiè xie. zài jiàn. B: zài jiàn.

Vocabulary List 2 zǎo shàng 早 上 shàng wǔ 上 午 zhōng wǔ 中 午 xià wǔ 下 午 Mandarin English zǎo shàng 早 上 In the morning shàng wǔ 上 午 A few hours before midday zhōng wǔ 中 午 The middle of the day, time for lunch and rest xià wǔ 下 午 The afternoon wǎn shàng 晚 上 The evening and night

早 zǎo 午 wǔ 晚 wǎn 上 shàng 中 zhōng 下 xià Characters Pinyin English 早 zǎo Morning 午 wǔ Midday 晚 wǎn Night 上 shàng Top (above) 中 zhōng Centre 下 xià below http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_05/no_05.htm

Greetings around the clock! zhōng wǔ hǎo 中 午 好 About 12am-2pm shàng wǔ hǎo 上 午 好 About 9-12am xià wǔ hǎo 下 午 好 About 2-6pm wǎn shàng hǎo 晚 上 好 About 6-12pm zǎo shàng hǎo 早 上 好 About 6-9am

http://www.vsl.vic.edu.au/chinese7/t_login.aspx (greetings lesson 2)  1. nĭ hăo Hello (you good?) Use with ‘equals’ or with people you know very well Hello Use when greeting more than one person 2. nĭ men hăo you Use with your ‘superior’ in age or status  3. nín Hello Use with your ‘superior’ in age or status 4. nín hăo

Language Online Games! Which greeting? http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_01/no_01.htm Match the greetings http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_02/no_02.htm Drag the correct words http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_03/no_03.htm Hunt the words http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_04/no_04.htm Jump! http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/sect01/no_06/no_06.htm

Extension Read this online article and find out how Chinese people greet each other in their daily life  http://yoyochinese.com/blog/how-chinese- people-want-to-be-greeted