How To: Speak to Chinese

[Ronguts]

Heres some basic phrases.

Ni hao – hello

Zai jian - good bye

Ni shi zhong guo ren ma? – are u Chinese

Wo shi mei guo ren - I am American

Ni zai zheng qian ma? - are you farming (are you making money)

Xiang he wo yi qi da gui shou ma – do you want to group wit me to kill some monsters
{this is VERY useful for getting a grp, some ppl who are Chinese are power levelers, some are smart and will group wit u to kill elites, which get more xp and cash}

yao dou shao jing zi? – how much gold?

Man dian zuo – walk slower (slow down)

Kuai dian zuo – walk faster (faster)

Deng deng wo – wait for me


Ive gotten farmers to run my alts thru low lvl instances and group for quests (to them its grindin) many times doin this, so it helped me A LOT. Hope u ppl like it

xing = "yes this is ok"
bu xing = "that's not ok"
hao = "good" or "ok I agree" or "yes"
bu hao = "not good" or "bad"
bu cuo = "not bad" (like when we say something is "not bad"
dui = "yes" or "correct"
mei you = "no" or "I don't have"
bu yao = "I don't need"
yao = "I need"

shenme = "what"
weishenme = "why"
zenme = "how"
na li (or) nar = "where"

zhe ge = "this"
ne ge = "that"
zher = "here"
nar = "there" (* not a typo, where and there are "spelled" the same, just pronounced differently)

wo = "I" or "me"
wo de = "my"
ni = "you"
ni de = "yours"
ta = "he" or "she"
tamen = "they"
women = "we"

dui bu qi = "I'm sorry"
mei guanxi = "that's ok"

hui = "can" as in "I'm able"
keyi = "can" or "possible"
bu hui = "I can't" (it's not in my power)
bu keyi = "I can't" (I can't because I'm choosing not to or because it's not ok)

ke neng = "maybe"
bu ke neng = "impossible" or "maybe not"

gei = "give"
qian = "money"

duo shao = "how much?"
ji ge = "how many?"

yi ge = "one" of something
liang ge = "two" of something
san ge = "three" of something

shi = "is" (this is contextual, so can mean "I am" or "it is" etc.

yingyu = "English"
hanyu = "Chinese" (language)
zhongguo = "China"
meiguo = "America"
ren = "person"


Also try the Google converter.
http://www.google.com/language_tools

[Alkhara Majere]

This is very useful, +rep

[loopoo]

i did a few mandarin lessons

ni hao ma? - how are you (you good in chinese)
gege - older brother
dede - youger brother

thats all i remember lol :P

[Glynbeard]

You kno this may come in handy some day....im just not sure when :P