ni3 hao3

ni- you

hao- fine, ok, good

A common greeting.

qing3 wen4

qing- please

wen- ask

Similar to "excuse me, may I please ask..."

A polite formula to get someone's attention.

gui4

gui- honorable; expensive

xing4

xing- (one's) surname, to be surnamed

wo3

wo- I

ni3 ne0

ni- you

ne- question particle

together- "and you?"

xiao3 jie3

together, the two mean "Miss" or "young lady"

jiao4

jiao- to be called, to call

shen2 me0

shenme- what

Note- 'me' has no tone

ming2 zi0

mingzi- name

Note- zi has no tone. This usually is used with shenme. Answer with "jiao" + first name.

xian1 sheng

xiansheng- Mr., husband, teacher

li3 you3

Li You is a common name.

wang2 peng2

Wang Peng is another name.

nin

nin- you.

Same as ni, but polite.

shi4

shi- to be

Very common verb. Comes after subject.

lao3 shi1

laoshi- teacher

ma

ma- question particle.

Note- add at end of sentances.

bu4

bu- not, no.

Note- used as a negation particle. Before shi, after subject (wo).

xue2 sheng0

xuesheng- student

ye3

ye- also, too

As in "wo ye shi xuesheng." I am also a student.

ren2

ren- people, person

zhong1 guo2 ren2

zhongguoren- Chinese

zhongguo- China

mei3 guo2 ren2

meiguoren- American

meiguo- America

bei3 jing1

Beijing- A city

niu3 yue1

niuyue- New York

ying1 guo2

yingguo- England

fa3 guo2

France

ri4 ben3

Japan