Small Talk Like a Native

Qing Wen - Small Talk Like a Native(QQW0400) General Hello's General Hello's

老师好！ lǎoshī hǎo！ Hi teacher!

伯伯好！ bóbo hǎo！ Hi Uncle!

田欣好！ Tián Xīn hǎo！ Hi Fiona!

早！ zǎo！ Morning!

早！大家好！ zǎo！ dàjiā hǎo！ Morning everyone!

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吃饱了没？ chī bǎo le méi？ Are you full?

吃了没？ chī le méi？ Have you eaten?

还没，还没。 hái méi， hái méi。 Not yet. Not yet.

吃了，吃了。 chī le， chī le。 I've eaten. I've eaten.

下班啦？ xiàbān la？ Finished work?

接小孩啊？ jiē xiǎohái ā？ Picking up your kids?

小孩放学啦？ xiǎohái fàngxué la？

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Kids finished school?

Greetings for close friends: Greetings for close friends:

你变胖了！ nǐ biàn pàng le！ You've got fat!

怎么瘦这么多？ zěnme shòu zhème duō？ How come you've lost so much weight?

你怎么在这里？ nǐ zěnme zài zhèlǐ？ What are you doing here?

你气色真好！ nǐ qìsè zhēn hǎo！ You look great!

你气色不太好，还好吗？ nǐ qìsè bútài hǎo， hái hǎo ma？ You're not looking too good, are you alright?

To close the conversation: To close the conversation:

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下次见！ xiàcì jiàn！ See you next time!

改天聊！ gǎitiān liáo！ Let's chat some other time!

Key Vocabulary 吃饱

chī bǎo

to be full

下班

xiàbān

to get off work

接

jiē

to receive

放学

fàngxué

to get out of school; to finish school

变

biàn

change; to become

胖

pàng

fat

瘦

shòu

thin

气色

qìsè

complexion (in terms of health)

改天

gǎitiān

someday soon

聊

liáo

to chat

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