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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Chinese Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone when you arrive and what to say when you part in Chinese.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to say "Hi." in Chinese.
Cho: [Normal] 你好。(nǐhǎo)
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning "Hi"
Cho: [Normal] 你好。 [Slow] 你好。 (nǐhǎo)
Eric: Listen again to the informal way to say "Hi."
Cho: [Slow] 你好。 [Normal] 你好。
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say "Good day."
Cho: [Normal] 您好。(nín hǎo.)
Eric: First is a formal pronoun meaning "you.”
Cho: [Normal] 您 [Slow] 您 (nín)
Eric: Last is the word meaning "good”
Cho: [Normal] 好 [Slow] 好(hǎo)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "Good day."
Cho: [Slow] 您好。 [Normal] 您好。
Eric: Next up is the formal way to say "See you."
Cho: [Normal] 再见。(zàijiàn)
Eric: First is a word meaning "again"
Cho: [Normal] 再 [Slow] 再(zài)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning "to meet"
Cho: [Normal] 见 [Slow] 见(jiàn)
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "See you."
Cho: [Slow] 再见。 [Normal] 再见。
Eric: Finally, here is an informal way to say "See you later."
Cho: [Normal] 回头见。(huítóu jiàn.)
Eric: First is a phrase meaning "in a while"
Cho: [Normal] 回头 [Slow] 回头(huítóu)
Eric: Last is the verb meaning "to meet"
Cho: [Normal] 见 [Slow] 见(jiàn)
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "See you later."
Cho: [Slow] 回头见。 [Normal] 回头见。
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Cho: When meeting someone for the first time, some Chinese people will ask Nǐ shì zuò shénme de ? This question generally means "What do you do?" or "What is your job?" Don't be surprised if you get asked this by someone you’ve just met; it’s a common icebreaker that people in China use to get to know each other better.

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Cho: 再见。

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