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Greetings

    
 
wèn
hòu
yǔ
 
Greetings

 
xué
huì

wǒ
jiè
shào

 
Learn how to introduce yourself
 

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  • Text  课文
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kǎi

西


hǎo


Kathy: Hello! / Hi!

mài
kè

zǎo
chén
hǎo


Mike: Good morning!

kǎi

西

wǒ
shì
kǎi

西
jīn


Kathy: I'm Kathy King.

kǎi

西


shì

dé
shǐ


ma


Kathy: Are you Peter Smith?

mài
kè

bù

wǒ
bù
shì


Mike: No, I'm not. 

mài
kè

wǒ
shì
mài
kè


Mike: I'm Mike.

kǎi

西

hěn
gāo
xìng
rèn
shí



Kathy: Nice to meet you!

mài
kè

hěn
gāo
xìng
jiàn
dào



Mike: Nice to see you! 
 
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  • New Words  词语
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hǎo

Hello! / Hi!

zǎo
chén
hǎo

Good morning
   
hěn
gāo
xìng
rèn
shí


Nice to meet you!

hěn
gāo
xìng
jiàn
dào


Nice  to see you

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  • Sentence Pattern  句型
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First meeting


hǎo

hěn
gāo
xìng
rèn
shí



Hello! Nice to meet you!


hǎo

hěn
gāo
xìng
jiàn
dào



Hello! Glad to see you! 


Everyday greeting

Meeting people everyday

chī
le
ma


Have you eaten? (between acquaintances before or after the meal)

chū
qù



Are you going out? (between acquaintances, when the person addressed is going out)

Meeting after not seeing each other for some time
hǎo
jǐu
bù
jiàn

zuì
jìn
zěn
me
yàng


It's a long time since we met. How are you doing?

hǎo
jǐu
bù
jiàn

zuì
jìn
máng
shí
me
ne


It's a long time since we met. What have you been up to?

jìn
lái
shēn

hǎo
ma


How is your health lately?

jìn
lái
gōng
zuò
shùn

ma


How has work been going lately?

Greeting to and from the third party

qǐng
dài
wǒ
xiàng

fù
mǔ
wèn
hǎo


Please say hello to your parents for me.

qǐng
dài
wǒ
wèn
hòu
tā
men


Please say hi to them for me.


Self-introduction
wǒ
jiè
shào

xià
wǒ




Allow me to introduce myself (to start a conversation)

wǒ
xìng


wǒ
jiào



My surname is____my first name is____

wǒ
shì



I am..

wǒ
shì



guó

rén


I am a____(nationality)

wǒ
shì
cóng


lái
de


I am from (a place or country)

wǒ
shì

gè





I am a ____(career).

wǒ
zài


gōng

gōng
zuò


I work at____ company

wǒ
de
jiè
shào
wán
le


That's all for my self-introduction (to end the introducation)


Introducing people to each other

wǒ
jiè
shào

xià

Let me introduce (add a person name or title)

zhè
shì

This is____(add a person name)

tā
shì

He is____

tā
shì

She is____

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