hi,
I'm from australia im 14 and My schools orchestra is going to the Wangfujing internation music festival in august and i would like to know if these words are correct. I got these from a hand out my school gave me and it said that i need to know these, do you know any other words that i might need to know when i go to china?
Yes: Dwee
No: Boo dwee
Okay: Shing
Please: Ching
Thankyou: Shie-shie
Thankyou very much: Fay-charng gang-shie
do you know any other words i might need to know?
Going to china need to know manners
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Dylan
Re: Going to china need to know manners
Thankyou very much: Fay-charng gan-shie
(gan not gang)
jyow ming ahhhhhh == help! (in case of danger)
Dyl
(gan not gang)
jyow ming ahhhhhh == help! (in case of danger)
Dyl
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angler4
Re: Going to china need to know manners
Melissa, I hope you have lots of fun in China.
I am also a Mandarin student so others online will probably give you better
advice but I'll take a crack at a few words I learned.
First, you were probably given a list of phonetics (sounds like the word...)
This is easier at first but your ear needs to be adjusted because they will
speak much faster than you or I could understand. So here are a few
tricks that you could practice.
English : Mandarin : sounds like
YES: DUI : DOOEEE
NO : BU : BOO
OK : (stick to DUI otherwise your pronounciation may come out like XING which can mean SEX)
PLEASE : QING : CHING (as in KA-CHING) and WEN : when
or May I ask : QING WEN
or excuse me please :QING WEN
just QING means please or ask but saying "May I ask" is much more appreciated. Pause two seconds after saying QUIG WEN to make sure they look at you before you ask your question in English.
Other nice words to use include:
HELLO : NI HAO : think of your knee and how
HOW ARE YOU : NI HAO MA? : MA is pronounced like MAMA (MA turns any sentence into a question).
HELLO EVERYONE : da jia hao : DA (DAH) JIA (GIA) HAO (how)
and my favorite
I DON'T UNDERSTAND : WO BU DONG : WO (whoa) BU (boo) DONG (as in ding 'DONG').
SORRY : DUIBUQI : Dui ( DOOEEE) BU (BOO) QI (CHEE as in 'chee'se)
note: Put Sorry and I don't understand together and watch the chinese people smile (DUIBUQI, WO BUDONG!)
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? : NI CONG NA LI LAI : Knee KONG (like King Kong) na ( nah!) li (lee) lai ('lie' as in you 'lie')
MY NAME IS MELISSA : WO DE MING ZI JIAO MELISSA :
by now, the only words you may have a problem with is ZI which sounds like DZE and JIAO which sounds like GEE A-OU
GOOD BYE : Zai Jian : zai jan
and have a good trip,
P.S. some nice gifts you could bring to give to someone special you meet is a painted boomerang or something native. Small Australian flags and pins are greatly appreciated by people of your age you will meet (your member of parliament should have a bunch just for the asking).
Paul.
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I am also a Mandarin student so others online will probably give you better
advice but I'll take a crack at a few words I learned.
First, you were probably given a list of phonetics (sounds like the word...)
This is easier at first but your ear needs to be adjusted because they will
speak much faster than you or I could understand. So here are a few
tricks that you could practice.
English : Mandarin : sounds like
YES: DUI : DOOEEE
NO : BU : BOO
OK : (stick to DUI otherwise your pronounciation may come out like XING which can mean SEX)
PLEASE : QING : CHING (as in KA-CHING) and WEN : when
or May I ask : QING WEN
or excuse me please :QING WEN
just QING means please or ask but saying "May I ask" is much more appreciated. Pause two seconds after saying QUIG WEN to make sure they look at you before you ask your question in English.
Other nice words to use include:
HELLO : NI HAO : think of your knee and how
HOW ARE YOU : NI HAO MA? : MA is pronounced like MAMA (MA turns any sentence into a question).
HELLO EVERYONE : da jia hao : DA (DAH) JIA (GIA) HAO (how)
and my favorite
I DON'T UNDERSTAND : WO BU DONG : WO (whoa) BU (boo) DONG (as in ding 'DONG').
SORRY : DUIBUQI : Dui ( DOOEEE) BU (BOO) QI (CHEE as in 'chee'se)
note: Put Sorry and I don't understand together and watch the chinese people smile (DUIBUQI, WO BUDONG!)
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? : NI CONG NA LI LAI : Knee KONG (like King Kong) na ( nah!) li (lee) lai ('lie' as in you 'lie')
MY NAME IS MELISSA : WO DE MING ZI JIAO MELISSA :
by now, the only words you may have a problem with is ZI which sounds like DZE and JIAO which sounds like GEE A-OU
GOOD BYE : Zai Jian : zai jan
and have a good trip,
P.S. some nice gifts you could bring to give to someone special you meet is a painted boomerang or something native. Small Australian flags and pins are greatly appreciated by people of your age you will meet (your member of parliament should have a bunch just for the asking).
Paul.
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melissa
Re: Going to china need to know manners
Thankyou very much for that.
It helps to know what I'm saying to them... I'LL STUDY UP
Thankyou again.
Melissa
It helps to know what I'm saying to them... I'LL STUDY UP
Thankyou again.
Melissa
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Karolina
Re: Going to china need to know manners
Melissa......are those words u posted in Chinese?
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Henry Townshend
Re: Going to china need to know manners
The most important thing if you go to any shopping places or touristy places (Great wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, etc) is Boo Yao, Shie Shie. It means I don't want it, thank you...Very useful.
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Dyl.
Re: Going to china need to know manners
Yes, some store assistants can be a little pushy.
Dyl.
Dyl.
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zhu lihua
Re: Going to china need to know manners
I am a Chinese girl.
many people in beijing speak good English,if you need help ,go to young people .And many TAXI drivers can speak a little English,too.
many people in beijing speak good English,if you need help ,go to young people .And many TAXI drivers can speak a little English,too.