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!
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Traditional Chinese
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Simplified Chinese
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Phonetic pronunciation
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Merry Christmas
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Sheng dan kuai le
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Happy New Year
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Xin nian kuai le
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Happy Birthday
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Sheng ri kuai le
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Good Morning
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Zao an
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Good Night
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Wen an
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Hello
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Ni hao
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Good bye
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Zai jian
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How are you?
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Ni hao ma?
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