问好 · First hellos

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大家好

jiāhǎo

Hello everyone

Sounds roughly like dah-jyah how

Literal meaning

  • 大家

    dàjiā

    everyone

  • hǎo

    good

big · family · good

How to pronounce it

  • da4

    44th · falling

    d (unaspirated, like a soft “d”) + ah. Fall.

  • jiā

    jia1

    11st · high

    j (flat-tongue “jee”) + yah, held high and level.

  • hǎo

    hao3

    33rd · dipping

    Dipping 好. This is how you open a group chat or a small talk.

In real life

大家好,欢迎来中国。

Dàjiā hǎo, huānyíng lái Zhōngguó.

Hello everyone — welcome to China.