| English |
Chinese Pronunciation |
Sound |
| Can I practice Chinese with you? |
Wo3 he2 ni3 lian4
xi2 zhong1 wen2 hao3 ma? |
 |
| Could you please call (name of person) for me? |
Qing3 nin2 ti4 wo3
gei3 (name of person)
da3 ge4 dian4 hua4, hao3 ma? |
|
| Do you know how to speak Cantonese also? |
Ni3 ye3 hui4 shuo1
Guang3 Dong1 hua4 ma? |
|
| Glad to meet you! |
Jian4 dao4 ni3 hen3 gao1 xing4!
|
|
| Goodbye! |
Zai4 jian4! |
|
| Good day! |
Wu3 an1! |
|
| Good evening! |
Wan3 shang4 hao3! |
|
| Good luck! |
Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4! |
|
| Good morning! |
Zao3 chen2 hao3! |
|
| Good night! |
Wan3 an1. |
|
| Greeting someone in a slang manner. |
Hei4,
ger1 menr! (to a peer male with whom you
must be very familiar, or it is considered to be very rude.) |
|
| Hi, is (name of person) Home (here)? |
Wei4,
(name of person) zai4
jia1 ma? |
|
| Hope to see you again next time. |
Xi1 wang4 xia4 ci4 zai4 jian4
dao4 ni3. |
|
| How are you, Mr. Wang |
Ni3 hao3, wang2 xian1 sheng! |
|
| How are you? |
Ni3 hao3! |
|
| How do you say ... in Chinese? |
... (an English word or phrase) de
zhong1 wen2 zen3 me shuo1? |
|
| How's your dad and mom? |
Ni3 de ba4 ba ma1
ma hao3 ma? |
|
| How old are you? |
Ni3 de nian2 ling2 you3 duo1
da4? |
|
| I am John. |
Wo3 shi4 Yue1 Han4. |
|
| I don't speak English. |
Wo3 bu2 hui4 jiang3
ying1 yu3. |
|
| I think you are cute. |
Wo3 jue2 de ni3
hen3 ke3 ai4. |
|
| kind regards |
wen4 hao3 |
|
| Let me introduce you to each other. |
Wo3 gei3 ni3 men jie4 shao4 yi2
xia4. |
|
| May I speak with (name of person)? |
Wo3 ke3 yi3 he2 (name
of person) shuo1 hua4 ma? |
|
| Mr./Mrs/Ms./Prof. (to a teacher) |
Lao3 shi1 |
|
| My first name is John and my last name is Smith |
Wo3 jiao4 Yue1 Han1, xing shi
mi si. |
|
| Say hi to Prof. Li! |
Dai4 wen4 Li3 jiao4 shou4 hao3.
|
|
| See you again. |
Zai4 jian4! |
|
| See you next time. |
Zai4 hui4! |
|
| See you tomorrow! |
Ming2 tian1 jian4.
|
|
| So-so. |
Ma3 ma3 hu1 hu1. |
|
| Speak slowly so that I can learn it. |
Shuo1 de man4 dianr3,
wo3 hao3 xue2. |
|
| Stay in, please. |
Qing3 liu2 bu4. |
|
| Sorry! |
Dui4 Bu4 Qi3! |
|
| That is Mr Chen. |
Na4 wei4 shi4 Chen2 xian1 sheng.
|
|
| This is Ms Zhang. |
Zhe4 wei4 shi4 Zhang4 xiao3
jie3. |
|
| Welcome to my home. |
Huan1 ying3 dao4 wo3 jia1 zuo4
ke4. |
|
| What is your name? |
Ni3 gui4 xing4? |
|
| Wish you a happy journey! |
Zhu4 ni3 luu3 tu2 yu2 kuai4! |
|
| Wish you a plain sailing home! |
Zhu4 ni3 yi2 lu4 shun4 feng1! |
|
| Wish you a safe journey back home! |
Zhu4 ni3 yi2 lu4 ping2 an1! |
|
| You look pretty young. |
Ni3 kan4 shang qu4 mei2 na4 me
da4. |
|
| You look smart in that dress. |
Ni3 chuan1 zhe4 shen1 yi1 fu hen3
shuai4. |
|
| You look very young. |
Ni3 de yang4 zi hen3 nian2 qing1.
|
|
| Your hair style looks beautiful. |
Ni3 de fa4 xing2 hen3 piao4 liang4. |
|
; 2, the rising tone 
;
3, the falling-rising tone 
and
4, the falling tone 
. Absence of numerals represent light or no tone. 
