Listen to the text recording Watch video clip (Real player needed) Pàlánkǎ: Gǔbō, nǐ hǎo Gǔbō: Nǐ hǎo, Pàlánkǎ New words nǐ you sing./you pl. hǎo good, well Gǔbō Gubo, a student's name PàlánkǎP alanka, a student's nameSounds and Syllables of this Lesson b p n l g k h a i u o ao an nǐ hǎo gǔ bō pà lán kǎ Note Nǐ hǎo literally means 'you good'. It is a common greeting in Chinese. A person's name can precede or follow it. The original tone of nǐ is in 3rd tone. It changes to the 2nd tone before another 3rd tone syllable. So nǐ hǎo becomes ní hǎo.
Gǔbō: Nǐ hǎo, Pàlánkǎ
New words nǐ you sing./you pl.
hǎo good, well
Gǔbō Gubo, a student's name
PàlánkǎP alanka, a student's name
Sounds and Syllables of this Lesson
b p n l g k h a i u o ao an nǐ hǎo gǔ bō pà lán kǎ
Note