Kāikǒu

Spoken Mandarin

Open your mouth.开口说中文

Hear how it is actually said, see the literal pieces, learn the pinyin — then use it in a real sentence, with English beside it.

Start with 你好Learn the five tones

First words

你好

níhǎo

Hello

Literal: you · good

The path

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  1. 01

    First hellos

    问好

    The first words you actually say when you walk into a room.

    A shop, a class, a dinner, the start of any conversation.

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  2. 02

    Please and thanks

    礼貌

    The small words that make spoken Mandarin feel human.

    Being helped, cutting in, asking a stranger anything.

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  3. 02

    Numbers 1–10

    Count, pay, and tell the time — plus 二 versus 两.

    Prices, phone digits, “how many?”

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  4. 03

    Names and meeting

    介绍

    Who you are, what you’re called, and the line after a handshake.

    First conversations — class, work, a friend’s table.

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  5. 04

    Asking & not getting it

    提问

    How to ask, and how to say you missed it — the survival kit.

    Any real conversation that is moving faster than you are.

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  6. 06

    At the table

    点餐

    Point, order, and get the check — the sentences that feed you.

    A noodle stall, a tea house, a dinner you did not cook.

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