Chinese Language, General Knowledge

This is a guide for those who plan to visit China ar a martial arts school. On this Flashmavi sub-page you will find Chinese expressions you will in everydays life. Learn all the words and phrases and if you have any dificulties in pronouncing them, visit www.zhongwen.com. At zhongwen.com you will find a pinyin (Chinese phonetic transcription) dictionary, from which you can find futher writing and pronounciation instructions.

Chinese basic vokabulary and phrases:

  • ni hao - HELLO
  • ni hao ma - HOW ARE YOU?
  • hen hao - VERY GOOD, FINE
  • xie xia - THANK YOU
  • dui bu ji - SORRY
  • bu dong - I DONT 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
  • shuo - SAY
  • ni shuo shenme - WHAT DO YOU SAY?
  • gao su - TELL
  • gaosu wo - TELL ME
  • qing - PLEASE
  • ce suo - TOILET
  • xi zao - BATH, WASH
  • xiang - THINK and also WOULD LIKE TO
  • Wo xiang qu xi zao - I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO WASH MYSELF
  • na li - WHERE
  • na li - THERE
  • nar - THERE
  • qing wen - A QUESTION PLEASE
  • ce suo zai na li - WHERE IS THE TOILET
  • paio liang - pretty, good looking (also if somebody does a wushu move or form very good looking)
  • che - CAR
  • shu - BOOK
  • zi xing che - SELF POWER VEHICLE = BICYLE
  • 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, no insult)
  • nan kan - UGLY
  • fei pang - FAT
  • gou - DOG (very bad insult - with this one you can start a fight)
  • gan ni ma - MOT..RFU..ER (very bad insult - they will try to hit you)
  • ta ma le ge bi - YOUR MOTHERS 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)