If you had to choose only one Chinese word to learn, what should that be?
I would suggest learning the word ‘hao’, which means ‘good’. There are three reasons behind my choice: It is a greeting word; it is auspicious and it is the root of several Chinese words
If you had to choose only one Chinese word to learn, what should that be?
I would suggest learning the word ‘hao’, which means ‘good’.
There are three reasons behind my choice:
1. It is a greeting word
2. It is auspicious
3. it is the root of several Chinese words
It is a greeting word Mandarin Chinese
It is a good word to learn first, because you can use it immediately to greet the people you meet.
In English, and also many other languages, we like to use the word ‘good’ to greet. It is in standard greetings like ‘Good morning’, ‘good afternoon’ and ‘good night’; and phrases like ‘good to hear from you’ and ‘good to see you’.
Similarly, Chinese like to use the word ‘hao’- which means ‘good’ — when they see one another.
If you want to listen to how the word is pronounced, go to the free tutorials on Mandarin phrases at , learn the word ‘hao’.
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