Good morning — Introductory Chinese #1

早上好 means “good morning!”

Welcome to our online audio lesson series for newcomers to Mandarin and simplified Chinese characters. In this lesson you will learn how to exchange greetings. Ken and Jenny will walk you through it slowly and clearly.

Zǎo shang hǎo!
早上好！
Good morning!

Zǎo shang hǎo!
早上好！
Good morning!

Nǐ hǎo ma?
你好吗？
How are you?

Wǒ hěn hǎo.
我很好。
I’m very good.

Nǐ ne?
你呢？
And you?

Wǒ yě hěn hǎo.
我也很好。
I’m very good too.

Xiè xie.
谢谢。
Thanks.

[end of lesson]

Zài jiàn!
再见！
Good bye!

The text above is a transciption of the lesson phrases in Pinyin, Simplified Chinese and English. Pinyin is a transliteration system for representing Chinese character sounds as Roman characters. Simplified Chinese is the official character set for mainland China. Mandarin is the main dialect of Chinese and is the official language of mainland China.

If you see question marks or squares instead of pretty Chinese characters, you probably need to install Asian language support on your computer.

Transcription by Mi Kai Lee. Audio lesson produced by clearchinese.com, a great resource for learning Chinese. You will find other audio lessons in the section Chinese MP3 Lessons for Newbies.

Free online resources for learning Chinese:

• Learn Chinese Online Everyday
• Learn Chinese – Clear and Easy Mandarin Lessons