99 Must-Know Chinese Words & Phrases (For Beginners) 

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Actually I'm a native chinese ，And I never be aboard. I watch your video just because I want to pick up some english through your chinese lesson, quite easy to me to understand 😅😅

I'm a native Chinese and I must say this video is very professional. It’s rare to see a non-native speaker speaking Chinese with no accent.

I’m looking for Chinese friends for practice my mandarin. I speak Spanish and English, so we can make a exchange. :)

Hello, I am a college student in China, currently learning English, can carry on some simple English conversation. If you are good at English and want to learn Chinese or practice speaking, maybe we can learn from each other.

by far the best teacher ever ❤

You're great at making mandarin sound easy for learners. I found your videos a few months ago about pronunciation of tones, but i was far too new at the language to soak it in. My girlfriend is from Taiwan and i've gone through the effort to learn Zhuyin on my phone and all the sounds feel much more natural to me now. I wish there was more content to learn mandarin with the zhuyin system, but i understand traditional mandarin is far less used. I'm glad i get to learn pinyin from this awesome content though! I'll just have to learn mandarin with my partner saying "we use this word instead" haha. It's funny how different it can be sometimes

The way you break these characters down and explain it is so helpful. Thank you so much. You’re amazing

your spoken Chinese is fantastic

Absolutely loved this. Watched it twice already. Lol I actually knew a lot of the phrases, but the nuggets in between are so helpful. 谢谢！

I am looking for more chinese friends who we can speak chinese together

For someone just starting out learning basic phrases, this video is perfect. Thank you!

❤The most awesome thing about this video is that it gives both litteral and literature translation of Chinese, which is very helpful in perceiving the language concept!!!👍

Hi Luke, As a subscriber of Mandarin Blueprint since last September, I was listening to this podcast and I remember on a previous podcast, you mentioned Dali as one of the most beautiful cities in China, I must agree as my wife is from Dali and although we live in Southern California, my in-laws still live there as well as we have real estate in Dali. In fact my wife and four year old daughter are there now during construction of our new house. I will be heading there in a couple of weeks and you're right, it is a very beautiful place and this lesson will be a good refresher as my Madarin is still not very good.

I really enjoyed this lesson! Thank you so much! Chinese is such an interesting language! I look forward to the day I will speak it with confidence and fluency. But the journey is long!

Thins video alone has deepened my understanding of Chinese characters and the feelings behind why we use some of the phrases in Chinese! I've leveled up just by watching and I can't wait to start using these with my Chinese friends!

Thanks

我一个中国人看了都觉得醍醐灌顶！很棒，太清晰了

jiāyōu is something we say in Germany as well, gib gas ..give gas..like to a car ..gib gas as in speed up add power :) … I’m just starting Chinese as my fourth language and I love discovering things like these similarities a lot…thank u for the amazing and helpful content

Two times watching....very clear and easy to understand...

谢谢您❤

谢谢你老师!

Top video! 谢谢你

Wow, loved the logical breakdown. I can recall those words without memorization

So many thanks for it, a real great recap for beginners 😃 I do appreciate your efforts to make this video us 🤩🤩

这个video太有用了！

I'm not a big drinker, but i am a line cook learning chinese, with the help of my chinese coworkwers. I'd love to watch more videos and learn about phrases you can use inside a kitchen! ❤ stuff like, "this is priority", or, "cut this", or, "cut straight". We all work in a pizza place and have a great vibe with all the nationalities that work together.

Thanks, very well done . The phrases are very helpful if you are looking for something to talk about and respond to questions. One phrase I had to use frequently was Mei You Chen . Living on a fixed budget. I wish I had known a few more of these when I lived in tiawan for 2 years growing up

I am grateful for the videos MB has put out. If I were going to learn Chinese fully I would use the MB course first and foremost for sure. Thank you for the uploads.

Thanks Luke, i love it

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This video is a masterpiece thank you so much for this effort .

Your contents are even very interesting and useful to me as an English learner.

Thank you

Great video, standard Chinese pronunciation and practical content!👍

You are a great teacher !

You mentioned drinking culture, I think to know a phrase to say that you don't drink would be useful (maybe even more so than a cheers to drinking) haha I can not drink much

Thanks!

Brilliant explanation

This is a nice one xiexie

I love your training, i could follow up with you for 12 minutes, then i got tired. Not of you, but my mind will be digesting these learned so far. It's simply great, the way you put it. I will save it and watch it further til the end. Thank you! 🤍

This was super helpful. Xièxie.

You are a genius!

¡Gracias!

Please advise on how to master chinese tones when writing pinyin

Good 👍

Tysm

Your mandarin pronunciation is better than many native speakers. No kidding, many Chinese spoke mandarin with noticeable local accent. Your accent is less pronounced

Can somebody give a hint about the Xiexie. I think it was in one of the videos where people explain cultural differences between the West and China, it was pointed out that in China it's rather seen as a bit impolite if you say "thank you", because it suggests that helping each other isn't the default. It actually makes sense to me. And also a friend who worked in China for several months confirmed this. However, i watch a lot of China travel vlogs and there i often see Chinese people saying Xiexie, too. So now i don't know, how accurate the above claim is. Maybe it's more like a regional thing if Xiexie is seen as polite or in contrary impolite? Or maybe they wouldn't say Xiexie to other Chinese, but they use it because they know that those Western tourists want to hear it? Or does it depend on who you talk to, if it's friends, family, colleagues?

It is good video, but in my work I need to know numbers and directions more so it would be good to include that in the video

谢谢老师我听懂❤

Have just decided to ,learn mandarin

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I am looking for Chinese friends interested in learning English we can do language exchange as i am learning Chinese

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这口音真的好地道

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I've heard 不客气 far more often than 别客气 in daily use. Maybe a regional thing? Generally I only heard 别客气 when people were being exaggeratedly formal as a joke.

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99 Most Common Words & Phrases: 你好 níhǎo you - good Hello 哈喽 hālóu hello Hello 嗨 hāi hi Hi 再见！ zàijiàn again - see Goodbye 拜拜 bāibāi bye-bye Bye-Bye 谢谢 xièxie thank - thank thank you 不用谢 búyòng xiè no need thank you you're welcome 别客气 bié kèqi don’t polite you're welcome 好 hǎo good good 不好 bùhǎo not good not good 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi not good meaning Excuse me / Sorry 不好意思，我的中文不好 bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ de zhōngwén bùhǎo not good meaning, my Chinese not good Sorry, my Chinese isn't good 好不好？ hǎobuhǎo? good not good? Ok? 我们一起去公园玩儿，好不好？ hǒmen yīqǐ qù gōngyuán wánr, hǎobuhǎo? we together go park play, good not good? Let's go hang out in the park, alright? 很好 hén hǎo very good very good 你的中文很好 nǐ de zhōngwén hén hǎo yours Chinese very good Your Chinese is very good 真好 zhēn hǎo really good really good 超好 chāo hǎo super good awesome / amazing 会/不会 huì/búhuì know/don't know how to Know / Don't know how to 你会说英语吗？ nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma? You can speak English? Can you speak English? 不好意思，我不会说中文 bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ búhuì shuō zhōngwén not good meaning, I not can speak Chinese Sorry, I can't speak Chinese 没关系 méi guānxi no relationship It’s okay / No Problem 没问题 méi wèntí no problem No Problem 听不懂 tīngbudǒng listen no understand I don't understand 不好意思，我听不懂。请慢 慢说 bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ tīngbudǒng. qǐng mànman shuō not good meaning, I listen not understand. Please slowly speak Sorry, I don t understand. Please speak slowly 可不可以再说 遍？ kě bù kéyǐ zài shuō yíbiàn? can cannot again speak one time? Can you say that again? 麻烦你说慢 点 Máfan nǐ shuō màn yìdiǎn trouble you speak slow a bit Could you please speak slower 太慢了! 太辣了! tài màn le! tài là le! too slow! too spicy! Too slow! Too spicy! 太好了! 太可爱了! Tài hǎo le! Tài kě ài le! too good! too cute! Wonderful! So cute! 怎么 zěnme how say How 怎么说 zěnme shuō how say How do you say 用中文怎么说？ yòng zhōngwén zěnme shuō? use Chinese how say? How do you say this in Chinese? 怎么说呢 zěnme shuō ne how say How should I put it (Place) 怎么走 (e.g. 超市) (Place) zěnme zǒu (Place) how go How do I get to + Place 我们走吧 wǒmen zǒu ba we go Let's go 走了！ zǒu le! gone! I’m off! 这个 zhège/zhèige this This 那个 nàgè/nèige that That 我喜欢那个 wǒ xǐhuan nèige I like that one I like that one 哪个？ něige?/nǎge? which one? Which one? 怎么样？ Zěnmeyàng? how appearance? How is it? 怎么样？ 喜欢吗？ Zěnmeyàng? xǐhuan ma? how about? Like? How is it? Do you like it? 不喜欢 bù xǐhuan not like No (I don't like it) 我们一起吃饭，怎么样？ wǒmen yìqǐ chīfàn, zěnmeyàng? we together eat meal, how about it? How about we have dinner together? 最近怎么样？ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng? recently how? How have you been recently? 很好，谢谢，你呢？ hěn hǎo, xièxiè, nǐ ne? very good, thank you, you? Very good, thank you, and you? 你在哪儿？ Nǐ zài nǎr? you at where? Where are you? 我在这里 Wǒ zài zhèlǐ I at here I'm here 你的朋友呢？ nǐ de péngyou ne? your friend? How about your friend? 她在那里 tā zài nàlǐ she at there She's there 你在做什么？ nǐ zài zuò shénme? you located do what? What are you doing? 我在喝茶/吃饭 wǒ zài hē chá / chīfàn I at drinking tea / eating meal I'm drinking tea / eating 你做什么工作？ Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò? you do what work? What is your job? 我是老师 wǒ shì lǎoshī I am teacher I am a teacher 你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? you called what name? What is your name? 我叫小王。 wǒ jiào xiǎo wáng. I called Xiao Wang My name is Xiao Wang 你是哪个国家的？ Nǐ shì něige guójiā de? you are which country (of)? Which country are you from? 我是美国的。 Wǒ shì měiguó de. I am America (of). I am American. 你吃饭了吗？ Nǐ chīfàn le ma? you eat meal already? Have you eaten? 我吃了。你呢？ wǒ chī le. nǐ ne? I ate. You? I ve eaten. And you? 吃饭了没有？ chīfàn le méiyou? ate meal or not? Have you eaten? 我饿了 wǒ è le I hungry I am hungry 我想吃东西 wǒ xiǎng chī dōngxi I want eat things I want to eat something 想吃什么？ xiǎng chī shénme? want eat what? What would you like to eat? 去哪儿吃？ 我请你。 Qù nǎ'er chī? Wǒ qǐng nǐ. go where eat? I treat you. Where shall we eat? It's my treat. 几位 jǐ wèi how many guests How many people 一位/两位 yī wèi / liǎng wèi one seat / two seats One person / Two persons 有冰啤酒吗？ 有。 Yǒu bīng píjiǔ ma? Yǒu. have ice beer? have. Do you have cold beer? Yes. 要两杯吧 yào liǎng bēi ba want two cups Lets have two cups 我还要这个和那个。你还在那儿吗？ Wǒ hái yào zhèige hé nèige. Nǐ hái zài nà'er ma? I still want this and that. You still at there? I want this and that. Are you still there? 不要了，谢谢。我吃饱了 búyào le, xièxie. wǒ chī bǎo le no want, thank thank. I eat full No more, thanks. I’m full 买单！ Mǎidān! buy bill! Check, please! 多少钱？ Duōshao qián? how much money? How much does it cost? 老板，香蕉多少钱？ Láobǎn, xiāngjiāo duōshao qián? boss, bananas how much money? Boss, how much for the bananas? 你要几个？要五个吧? Nǐ yào jǐge? Yào wǔ gè ba? you want how many? Want five? How many do you want? How about five? 一共10块钱 yígòng 10 kuài qián total 10 pieces of money 10 Yuan in total 快过来看这个 kuài guòlai kàn zhèige quick come over look this Come over and look at this quickly 过马路 guò mǎlù pass(ing) horse road Cross(ing) the road 小心！ xiǎoxin! small heart! Careful! 小心！小心点儿啊 xiǎoxin diǎr a small heart a bit ah Be a little more careful 我打算明年去 wǒ dǎsuàn míngnián qù I plan next year go I plan to go next year 这个你吃过吗？ zhèige nǐ chī guò ma? this you eaten? Have you eaten this before? 去过/没去过 qù guò / méi qù guò been (before) / no been (before) Yes. (I ve been here before) / No. (I ve not been here before) 没去过 但是我要去 méi qùguo dànshì wǒ yào qù not gone but I want go Never gone before but I want to go 你要什么时候去中国？ Nǐ yào shénme shíhou qù zhōngguó? you want what time go China? When do you want to go to China? 你为什么喜欢中国？ Nǐ wèishénme xǐhuan zhōngguó? you why like China? Why do you like China? 因为中国菜好吃 yīnwèi zhōngguó cài hǎochī because Chinese food delicious Because Chinese food is delicious 中国人友好 zhōngguó rén yǒuhǎo China people friendly Chinese people are friendly 中国文化有意思 zhōngguó wénhuà yǒu yìsi China culture has meaning Chinese culture is interesting 他是谁？ tā shì shéi? he is who? Who is he? 你认识他吗？ Nǐ rènshi tā ma? you know him? Do you know him? 认识呀 rènshi ya know ah Yes, I do know him 我们认识已经十年了（吧） wǒmen rènshi yǐjīng shí nián le (ba) we know already ten years We ve known each other for ten years already 很高兴认识你/认识你很高兴 hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ / rènshi nǐ hěn gāoxìng very happy know you / know you very happy Happy to meet you 慢走 màn zǒu slow walk Take care 好久不见 háojiǔ bú jiàn very long no see Long time no see 知道了 zhīdào le known Got it 我的天啊 wǒ de tiān a my god ah Oh my god 干杯 gānbēi dry cup Cheers

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I really love your tutorials but the pricing is too high

If you really want to put a smile on people's face when they ask you "Why do you like China", tell them 中国安全

是不是→is not is=is it or not? 好不好→good not good=good or bad/may I 会不会→can not can=can you? 傻不傻→silly not silly= are you a fool? So "X不X"= X or not?

Origin of 好，when a girl 女 meets a boy 子，something thing good will happen, hence 好！😅

With this man....I think I may be able to learn Chinese🤪😝🫣

大帅哥。聪明 气质文雅 。光头都那么好看。人间美男子。

你的华文水平已经是好到不得了了。😂