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Native Lingo - China

Mandarin Chinese is the native language of two-thirds of China’s people. The Chinese use different characters to represent words. These words are written in English. Try chatting in Mandarin.

Hello.
Nin hao (neen how)
     

Goodbye.
Zai jian (dzai jee-an)
     

Thank you.
Xie xie (syeh syeh)
     

You're welcome
Bu yong ke qi (boo yong ke chi)
     

I'm speaking Chinese!
Wo zai jiang hua yü! (Woh dzai jiang hwa yu)
     

Where is the bathroom?
Ce suo zai naer? (tse suo dzai nah er?)
     

What is your name?
Nin gui xing (neen gway sing)
     

My name is Charlotte.
Wo jiao Charlotte (woh jee-ow Charlotte)
     

Wow, that's so cool!
Hao bang ah! (how bahng ah)
     

Happy New Year!
Xin nian yu kuai (sin nian yu kwai)
     

Special thanks to Juey Ong for making the sound clips possible

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