This is a guide for those who plan to visit China or a martial arts school. On this Flash Mavi sub-page, you will find Chinese expressions you will hear in everyday life. Learn all the words and phrases, and if you have any difficulties in pronouncing them, visit www.zhongwen.com. At Zhongwen.com you will find a pinyin (Chinese phonetic transcription) dictionary, which provides further writing and pronunciation instructions.
Chinese Basic Vocabulary and Phrases
ni hao – HELLO
ni hao ma – HOW ARE YOU?
hen hao – VERY GOOD, FINE
xie xie – THANK YOU
dui bu qi – SORRY
bu dong – I DON’T UNDERSTAND
dong bu dong – UNDERSTAND?
ni dong ma – DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
zhong guo – CHINA
mei guo – AMERICA
ou zhou – EUROPE
ren – PERSON, PEOPLE
zhong guo ren – CHINESE (person)
mei guo ren – AMERICAN
guo jia – COUNTRY
wo – I
ni – YOU
wo de – MY
ni de – YOUR
qu – GO
kan – LOOK
lai – COME
shui jiao – SLEEP
ji quang – WAKE UP
mang – BUSY
chi fan – EAT
chi zao fan – EAT BREAKFAST
chi wan fan – EAT DINNER
chi bao le ma – ARE YOU FULL? / DID YOU EAT ENOUGH?
chi ba – EAT SOMETHING
gong zuo – WORK
zuo – MAKE
shen me – WHICH, WHAT
ni zuo shen me gong zuo – WHAT DO YOU WORK? / WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
shuo – SAY
ni shuo shen me – WHAT DO YOU SAY?
gao su – TELL
gao su wo – TELL ME
qing – PLEASE
ce suo – TOILET
xi zao – BATH, WASH
xiang – THINK / WOULD LIKE TO
wo xiang qu xi zao – I WOULD LIKE TO GO WASH MYSELF
na li – WHERE
na li – THERE
nar – THERE
qing wen – A QUESTION PLEASE
ce suo zai na li – WHERE IS THE TOILET?
piao liang – pretty, good-looking (also if somebody does a Wushu move or form very well)
che – CAR
shu – BOOK
zi xing che – SELF-POWER VEHICLE = BICYCLE
san lun che – TRICYCLE
huo che – TRAIN
huo che zhan – TRAIN STATION
gong gong qi che – BUS
fei ji – PLANE / AIRCRAFT
hui jia – GOING BACK HOME
hui guo – GOING BACK HOME (to your country)
hui qu – GOING BACK (to somewhere)
Chinese Swearing and Slang :)
yang gui zi – FOREIGN DEVIL
sha gua – IDIOT
sha zi – FOOL
ben dan – FOOL
sha bi – STUPID PU.SY
sha diao – STUPID DI.K
da bi zi – BIG-NOSE
lao wai – FOREIGNER (= wai guo ren, not an insult)
nan kan – UGLY
fei pang – FAT
gou – DOG (very bad insult – with this one you can start a fight)
gan ni ma – MOTHERFU..ER (very bad insult – they will try to hit you)
ta ma le ge bi – YOUR MOTHER’S PU.SY (very bad insult – they will try to hit you)
wo zao ni ma – I F..K YOUR MOTHER (very bad insult – they will try to hit you)
wo shi ni de baba – I’M YOUR FATHER (very bad insult – they will try to hit you)
ku – COOL (slang)
ni hao ku – (ironic, you are so cool)
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