你好 Nǐ hǎo!

1. Chinese basics

Dialects: Chinese has different dialects. The most widely used is Mandarin or Pǔtōnghuà (common speech)
Tones: There are 4 tones

	Pinyin	IPA	Ejemplos
01	b	[p]	bō bó bǒ bò
02	p	[p']	pō pó pǒ pò
03	m	[m]	mō mó mǒ mò
04	f	[f]	fā fá fǎ fà
05	d	[t]	dā dá dǎ dà
06	t	[t']	tō tó tǒ tò
07	n	[n]	nī ní nǐ nì
08	l	[l]	lū lú lǔ lù
09	g	[k]	gē gé gě gè
10	k	[k']	kē ké kě kè
11	h	[x]	hū hú hǔ hù
12	j	[tɕ]	jī jí jǐ jì
13	q	[tɕ']	qī qí qǐ qì
14	x	[ɕ]	xī xí xǐ xì
15	zh	[ʈʂ]	zhī zhí zhǐ zhì
16	ch	[ʈʂ']	chī chí chǐ chì
17	sh	[ʂ]	shī shí shǐ shì
18	r	[ʐ]	rāng ráng rǎng ràng
			rì
19	z	[ts]	zān zán zǎn zàn
		[ts]	zī zǐ zì
20	c	[ts']	cān cán cǎn càn
			cī cí cǐ cì
21	s	[s]	suī suí suǐ suì
			sī sǐ sì
22	w	[w]	wū wú wǔ wù
23	y	[j]	yī yí yǐ yì

Person	Hanzi	Pinyin	Meaning
Xùdōnɡ	你好	nǐ hǎo [ní hǎo]	Hello
Tínɡnà	你好	nǐ hǎo [ní hǎo]	Hello
Xùdōnɡ	你叫什么名字？	Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?	What is your name?
Tínɡnà	我叫汀娜	Wǒ jiào Tínɡnà	My name is Tínɡnà
Tínɡnà	你叫什么名字？	Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?	What is your name?
Xùdōnɡ	我叫汀娜	Wǒ jiào Xùdōnɡ	My name is Xùdōnɡ
Xùdōnɡ	很高兴认识你	Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ	Nice to meet you
Tínɡnà	很高兴认识你	Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ	Nice to meet you