Hello, 您好, Nín Hâo!

Interested in learning some Chinese? Here’s a chance.

The Times is having a ChinaWeek, featuring some good articles and videos about China, as well as short lessons to learn Mandarin Chinese. For example, the first lesson is about Greeting People:

In Chiese (to view Chinese, set your browser character encoding to Chinese Simplified (GB2312)

Wang Nín hâo! (您好!)
Brown Nî hâo! (您好!)
Wang Nín shì Bùlâng xiânsheng ma? (您是布朗先生吗？)
Brown Shì. (是)
Wang Wô jiào Wáng Lìlì. (我叫王丽丽)
Brown Wô jiào Peter Brown. (我叫皮特.布朗)
Wang Bùlâng xiânsheng, huânyíng nín lái Bêijîng. (布朗先生欢迎你来北京)
Brown Xièxie. (谢谢)

In English

Wang Hello.
Brown Hello.
Wang Are you Mr Brown?
Brown Yes.
Wang My name is Wang Lili.
Brown My name is Peter Brown.
Wang Mr Brown, welcome to Beijing.
Brown Thank you.

The website also has video streams for each lesson and the four tones in Chinese pronuciation. Of course, you can always learn Chinese from me and it’s FREE :D.

This Saturday will be the Chinese Lunar New Year and the picture above the search box on the right is for the new year celebration. What does it say? “Happy New Year (Gong hè xin chun)!”

And do you know what year 2007 is?

*Photo from The Times

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