Vocabulary: Your First Words (词汇 - cíhuì)
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Characters
Pinyin
English / Notes
你you (singular, informal)
好good, well, fine
你好hello (literally "you good")
我I, me
是to be (am, is, are)
老师teacher
学生student
吗question word (yes/no questions)
不not, no
再见goodbye (literally "again see")
谢谢thank you
他he, him
她she, her
很very
叫to be called, to call
什么what
名字name
一one
二two
三three
〇zero
中国China (literally "middle country")
人person, people
美国America (literally "beautiful country")
不客气bú kèqi
you're welcome
While 你 () is standard for "you", 您 () is a more formal and respectful version used for elders, teachers and people in authority.
您好！ (Nín hǎo! – Formal ‘Hello!’)