Foreign Language

• Pu tong hua

  Common language, spoken in mainland china
• Guo yu - national language, taiwan
• Hua yu - Chinese language, Singapore and malaysia
• 1909 - Mandarin became national language
• Qing dynasty fell in 1912
• Renamed pu tong hua in 1955
• 1950's - simplifying characters
• Pinyin - most popular teaching naterials
• Hello - Ni hao
• Hello (phone call) - wei
• How are you - Ni hao ma?
• Very good - hen hao
• Not so good - bu tai hao
• Morning - zao
• Good night - wan an
• Good bye - zaijian
• Thank you - xiexie
• You're welcome - bu keqi
• Please - Qing
• May I ask - Qingwen
• Excuse me - bu hao yisi
• I'm sorry - Duibuqi
• It doesn't matter - Mei guanxi
• No problem - Mei wenti
• I - wo
• It's me - Shi wo
• You - ni
• You (plural) - ni men
• He/She/It - Ta
• This - Zhe ge
• That - Na ge
• Yes - Shi de
• No - Bu shi
• Good/Okay - Hao de
• Not Good/Not Okay - Bu hao
• Maybe - You keneng
• Now - Xianzai
• Today - Jintian
• Yesterday - Zuotian
• Tomorrow - Mingtian