Basic greetings: Greeting your neighbor
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Key Phrases
早上好！ / 你今天怎么样？
zǎo shàng hǎo nǐ jīn tiān zěn me yàng
Good morning! / How are you today?
今天天气不错。 / 很舒服。
jīn tiān tiān qì bù cuò hěn shū fú
The weather is nice today. / Very comfortable.
我去买菜。 / 路上小心。
wǒ qù mǎi cài lù shàng xiǎo xīn
I'm going to buy groceries. / Be careful on the way.
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone politely and asking how they are
礼貌地打招呼并询问对方近况
lǐ mào dì dǎ zhāo hū bìng xún wèn duì fāng jìn kuàng
Talking about the weather and comfort
谈论天气和舒适感
tán lùn tiān qì hé shū shì gǎn
Discussing plans and saying goodbye politely
讨论计划并礼貌道别
tǎo lùn jì huà bìng lǐ mào dào bié
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are having a simple, friendly morning conversation with a neighbor or friend, talking about how you feel, the nice weather, and plans to go out and buy groceries before saying goodbye.
早上好！
zǎo shàng hǎo
Good morning!
早上好！你今天怎么样？
zǎo shàng hǎo nǐ jīn tiān zěn me yàng
Good morning! How are you today?
我很好，谢谢。你呢？
wǒ hěn hǎo xiè xiè nǐ ne
I'm very well, thank you. And you?
我也很好。今天天气不错。
wǒ yě hěn hǎo jīn tiān tiān qì bù cuò
I'm doing well too. The weather is nice today.
是啊，很舒服。你要出去吗？
shì a hěn shū fú nǐ yào chū qù ma
Yeah, it's very comfortable. Are you going out?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
早上
zǎo shàng
Morning
好
hǎo
Good
早上好！
zǎo shàng hǎo
Good morning!
你
nǐ
You
今天
jīn tiān
Today
怎么样
zěn me yàng
How is it going
💬 [怎么样] is a handy pattern for asking how something is: [天气怎么样？] means "How's the weather?" and [工作怎么样？] means "How's work?".
See breakdown →你今天怎么样？
nǐ jīn tiān zěn me yàng
How are you today?
💬 In Chinese, you can ask how someone is by putting the time word before [怎么样]: [你今天怎么样？] = "How are you today?" Swap in another time like [最近] for "How have you been lately?".
See breakdown →我
wǒ
I; me
很好
hěn hǎo
Very good
💬 In [很好], the [很] often just makes the sentence sound complete, not strongly "very." The same pattern works with other describing words too, like [很忙] or [很好吃].
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