好 ( hao3 )

好 ( hao3 ), a word that  is widely used in Chinese language. Generally, 好 ( hao3 ) means “Good, Fine”  in English, which express positive emotion or condition.

For instances:

他是好人。(ta shi4 hao3 ren2) = He is a good man.

好吃！(hao3 chi) = Good taste!

做得好！(zuo4 de hao3) = Good job!

However, when 好 ( hao3 ) is added before a noun, it gives a different meaning to the sentence. Now, its role is to emphasize the noun, playing the role as “Very” in English.
For example:

Greeting (Basic)

When learning Mandarin Chinese, you definitely do not want to miss to learn how to greet people.

It is always good and polite to start a conversation with some greeting, it doesn’t matter which language we are using and what people we are dealing with. To be able to build a good relationship with Chinese, “Greeting” must not be ignored. In fact, it is never difficult to learn Greeting in Chinese Language.

早 (zao3) = early, morning

午 (wu3) = noon

晚 (wan3) = late, night

安 (an1) = good, peace

When 安 is added with 早, 午, or 晚 , giving the meaning of greeting that used for different time.

When 吗 (ma) is added to a sentence, it turns a sentence to a question.

5W 1H

It is important to study the most useful words 5W 1H when you are learning Chinese Language. By knowing these 6 Chinese characters, you are able to ask simple question and start simple conversation in Chinese Language.

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To Be (am is are)

In Chinese Language, the “To Be” is used after pronoun to complete the sentence, this is same as in English Language. However, unlike English, there is only 1 Chinese Character to represent all the To Be in English. Or in other word, “am, is and are” are replaced with “Shi4”

Take note that there is no past, past participate “To Be” in Chinese Language, there is only present “To Be” found in Chinese. With this, means “was and were” are also replaced by “Shi4”:

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