Essential everyday greetings, farewells, and courtesy phrases.
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你好
Hi / Hello (Literally 'you good'.)
早安 / 早
Good morning (早 alone is very casual; 早安 is 'morning-peace'.)
你好嗎？
How are you? (嗎 turns a statement into a yes/no question.)
我很好！你呢？
I'm good! And you? (呢 = 'and what about ___?')
大家晚安！
Good evening, everyone! (大家 — 'big family' = everyone.)
晚安，親愛的
Good night, darling (晚安 covers both 'good evening' and 'good night'.)
你叫什麼名字？
What's your name? (Literally 'you called what name?')
我叫 Alex，你呢？
My name is Alex. And yours? (叫 = 'to be called'.)
對不起，我沒聽懂
Sorry, I didn't understand (聽懂 — 'listen-understand'; 沒 negates past actions.)
不好意思
Excuse me (to get attention) (Literally 'not good meaning' — the everyday 'excuse me'.)
對不起
Pardon me / Sorry (Stronger apology than 不好意思.)
請
Please (Placed before the verb: 請坐 'please sit'.)
謝謝你的幫忙
Thank you for your help (的 marks possession/modification, like 's.)
不客氣
You're welcome (Literally 'don't be polite/guest-like'.)
很高興認識你！
Nice to meet you! (高興 'happy' + 認識 'to know/recognize'.)
再見
Goodbye (Literally 'again see'.)
掰掰
Bye! (casual) (Borrowed from English 'bye-bye'.)
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