Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including a couple of crucial greetings
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Rui. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Chinese Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
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| 你好。 |
| (Nǐhǎo. ) |
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| "Hello." |
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| 你好。 |
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| 你好。 |
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| Hello. |
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| 第一次与人见面时，我喜欢说，“你好”。 |
| (Dì yī cì yǔ rén jiànmiàn shí, wǒ xǐhuān shuō, "nǐhǎo.") |
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| "When I first meet someone, I like to say, "Hello."" |
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| 第一次与人见面时，我喜欢说，“你好”。 |
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| 不好意思。 |
| (Bùhǎoyìsi.) |
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| "Excuse me." |
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| 不好意思。 |
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| 不好意思。 |
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| Excuse me. |
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| 不好意思， 我过一下。 |
| (Bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ guò yī xià.) |
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| "Excuse me, may I pass?" |
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| 不好意思， 我过一下。 |
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| 对不起。 |
| (Duìbùqǐ.) |
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| "I'm sorry." |
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| 对不起。 |
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| 对不起。 |
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| I'm sorry. |
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| 我让你生气了，对不起。 |
| (Wǒ ràng nǐ shēngqì le , duìbùqǐ.) |
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| "I made you angry. I'm sorry." |
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| 我让你生气了，对不起。 |
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| 晚安。 |
| (Wǎn'ān. ) |
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| "Good night." |
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| 晚安。 |
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| 晚安。 |
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| Good night. |
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| 我先走了。晚安！ |
| (Wǒ xiān zǒu le. Wǎn'ān!) |
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| "I'll go now. Good night!" |
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| 我先走了。晚安！ |
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| 很高兴见到你。 |
| (Hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ.) |
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| "Nice to meet you." |
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| 很高兴见到你。 |
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| 很高兴见到你。 |
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| Nice to meet you. |
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| 你好，皮特，我叫瑞秋德，很高兴见到你。 |
| (Nǐhǎo, Pítè, wǒ jiào Ruìqiūdé, hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐ. ) |
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| "Hello Peter, my name is Richard and it is nice to meet you." |
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| 你好，皮特，我叫瑞秋德，很高兴见到你。 |
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| 你好吗？ |
| (Nǐhǎo ma？ ) |
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| "How are you?" |
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| 你好吗？ |
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| 你好吗？ |
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| How are you? |
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| 好久不见，你好吗？ |
| (Hǎojiǔ bùjiàn, nǐhǎo ma?) |
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| "It's been a long time, how are you?" |
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| 好久不见，你好吗？ |
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| 是的。 |
| (Shì de. ) |
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| "Yes." |
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| 是的。 |
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| 是的。 |
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| Yes. |
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| 是的，麦克。 |
| (Shì de, Màikè.) |
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| "Yes, Mikey." |
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| 是的，麦克。 |
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| 不。 |
| (Bù. ) |
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| "No." |
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| 不。 |
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| 不。 |
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| No. |
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| “不”的手势 |
| ("bù" de shǒushì ) |
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| ""no" sign" |
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| “不”的手势 |
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| 谢谢。 |
| (Xièxie. ) |
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| "Thank you." |
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| 谢谢。 |
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| 谢谢。 |
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| Thank you. |
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| 谢谢你，但 |
| (xièxie nǐ, dàn ) |
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| "thank you, but" |
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| 谢谢你，但 |
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| 我叫…… |
| (Wǒ jiào...) |
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| "I'm..." |
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| 我叫…… |
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| 我叫…… |
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| I'm... |
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| 我叫王国易。 |
| (Wǒ jiào Wáng Guóyì.) |
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| "I'm Wang Guoyi." |
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| 我叫王国易。 |
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| 再见。 |
| (Zàijiàn. ) |
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| "Goodbye." |
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| 再见。 |
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| 再见。 |
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| Goodbye. |
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| 再见，我会想你的。 |
| (Zàijiàn, wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ de.) |
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| "Goodbye, I'll miss you." |
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| 再见，我会想你的。 |
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| 坏 |
| (huài ) |
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| "bad" |
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| 坏 |
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| 坏 |
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| bad |
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| 那个男人很坏。 |
| (Nàge nánrén hěn huài.) |
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| "The man is bad." |
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| 那个男人很坏。 |
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| 好 |
| (hǎo) |
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| "good" |
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| 好 |
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| 好 |
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| good |
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| 蔬菜对你的身体好。 |
| (Shūcài duì nǐ de shēntǐ hǎo. ) |
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| "Vegetables are good for you." |
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| 蔬菜对你的身体好。 |
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| 漂亮 |
| (piàoliang) |
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| "pretty" |
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| 漂亮 |
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| 漂亮 |
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| pretty |
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| 这个帽子很漂亮。 |
| (Zhège màozi hěn piàoliang.) |
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| "This hat is very pretty." |
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| 这个帽子很漂亮。 |
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| 丑 |
| (chǒu) |
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| "ugly" |
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| 丑 |
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| 丑 |
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| ugly |
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| 丑陋的脸 |
| (chǒulòu de liǎn ) |
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| "ugly face" |
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| 丑陋的脸 |
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| 简单 |
| (jiǎndān) |
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| "easy" |
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| 简单 |
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| 简单 |
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| easy |
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| 简单的问题 |
| (jiǎndān de wèntí ) |
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| "easy problem" |
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| 简单的问题 |
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| 难 |
| (nán) |
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| "difficult" |
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| 难 |
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| 难 |
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| difficult |
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| 难题 |
| (nántí) |
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| "difficult problem" |
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| 难题 |
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| 近 |
| (jìn) |
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| "near" |
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| 近 |
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| 近 |
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| near |
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| 我住在大学附近。 |
| (Wǒ zhù zài dàxué fùjìn.) |
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| "I live near the university." |
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| 我住在大学附近。 |
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| 远 |
| (yuǎn) |
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| "far" |
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| 远 |
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| 远 |
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| far |
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| 车站离这里很远。 |
| (Chēzhàn lí zhèli hěn yuǎn. ) |
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| "The station is far from here." |
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| 车站离这里很远。 |
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| 小 |
| (xiǎo) |
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| "small" |
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| 小 |
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| 小 |
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| small |
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| 小鸡 |
| (xiǎojī) |
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| "small chick" |
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| 小鸡 |
| Remember, the goal of this series is to build a vocabulary of the 800 most common words and phrases in Chinese. If that sounds like a lot, don't worry. We can help you. |
| See you next time! |
| 再见。(Zàijiàn.) |
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