Here are a few simple Chinese phrases in both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. We also thought some phonetic pronunciations would help; maybe you could try them out on your friends. Zai jian!

English

Traditional Chinese

Simplified Chinese

Phonetic pronunciation

Merry Christmas

merry christmas merry christmas

Sheng dan kuai le

Happy New Year

happy new year happy new year

Xin nian kuai le

Happy Birthday

happy birthday happy birthday

Sheng ri kuai le

Good Morning

good morning good morning

Zao an

Good Night

good night good night

Wen an

Hello

hello hello

Ni hao

Good bye

goodbye goodbye

Zai jian

How are you?

how are you? how are you?

Ni hao ma?

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