Conversational Chinese Survival Phrases

The following Chinese language lesson is an excerpt from Transparent Language's Chinese software, ChineseNow!. The Basic Chinese Phrases and Chinese Phrases for Meeting and Greeting will lead you to the Chinese Language Dialog at the end, which exemplifies how these Chinese survival phrases are used in conversational Chinese. Single click on each phrase to hear the Chinese pronunciation spoken by a native Chinese speaker. Take advantage of this language resource as you learn to speak Chinese!

Note: This Chinese language lesson presents the Chinese phrases both in Chinese characters and in the pinyin transliteration. The ChineseNow! program uses transliterated Chinese.

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(Warning: Each time you click on a phrase a new audio player is opened.)

Basic Chinese Phrases

 


 


 


 


 








 

Chinese Phrases for Meeting and Greeting

 

Chinese Language Dialog

Mrs. Zhuang:
Store Clerk:
Mrs. Zhuang:
Store Clerk: