"Hello!"
Translation:你好！
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Well you can choose this in settings->language and input->add language->chinese Pinyin (as you type the latin script, it will automatically convert into Chinese ones)
Similarly, go to settings and find "keyboard" to add in the targeted language.
On some phones it would be Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard
The Keyboard settings. You go there and add language. Choose Chinese Pinyin, simplified. Do not choose Traditional. It's not what Duolingo teaches, so you probably won't know it.
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I think Duo should also allow people to type the pinyin version, especially for those who don't want to deal with switching back and forth with their keyboard settings.
Find and install sogou, it is much better than what you get out of the box on your computer.
Good question, I'd like to know too! I've tried writing the answer in the latin script and no luck, and I've also tried following the same advice to change the keyboard as I followed when I was learning Russian, but it doesn't work the same. As it is I'll have to stick to using the word bank instead of the keyboard.
click the keyboard button then it will say do you want to wright in chinese if you have all ready done this it won't work
You just go to keyboard settings if you have an iPad then choose a language, if a laptop, I can’t help you.
I feel like I'm in an endless loop.
你好！
再见！
好！
你好！
你好！
再见！
好！
There are literally only three words in this lesson. [2019/03/26]
It IS the first lesson, and they need to teach you some most commonly used phrases in a way that's easy to remember.
You can install the Chinese keyboard onto your computer, find hanyu pinyin keyboard. And from there you can select the Chinese keyboard from your desktop. (You can Google, or Youtube it for an easy step by step guide).
Then you can type nihao (你好).
你 is you 好 is good.
好 on its own can also be used for good, okay, fine etc.
Will this course repeat the same thing over and over again for each part? I've been getting Hello and goodbye up till now..
Not sure about iOS but if you're are using Android you can download the pinyin input keyboard on the play store also you might be able long press the space bar to switch and download
你好! The 好 character xan be used in the same manner of English or is it wrong to describe food this way??
Both 你好 and 您好 are correct in definition, but the latter is used only when speaking to someone of higher authority, thus it is less common.
You need to change your keyboard language in settings, just add Chinese as the second languagea and then you can write caracteres (hanzi) just tipping their respective pinyin.
Yes, Mandarin, although the symbols themselves are mostly the same. It's just the pronunciations that are different. [2019/03/26]
common greeting - olden times eg. dialects locally spoken:"have you eaten?" due to food scarcity during those times then;Hence it's a showing of courtesy in concern to the other person.
Is there a reason why the male and female pronunciations of 好 differ? To me it sounds like the male is hăo, but the female is only hă
Ive been learning japanese on duolingo for i while. I thought i might try chinese, im already confusion
你好 literally means “You good？” An alternative 嗨 hāi sounds borrowed from the English "Hi"
Is "你" technically pronounced "ní" in this case? Because I've heard that this character can change tones depending on the word that comes after.
Good question,l'd like to know too! l've tried writing the answer in the latin script and no luck, and l've also tried following
Wait, I might sound stupid but chinese language doesnt have an aplhabet? Its really just words? :0
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Alas, no. I believe it used to be (before my time) but Duolingo cancelled that. I think it's a shame. But I suppose they must have their reasons. Otherwise, please may we have it reinstated?
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The "bubble" version has only one thing to click. Add some distractors or something; as it is this problem is brain-dead time wasting.
when i eas doing a lesson that ad this, there was only one answer. arnt there supposed to be more than one answer choices?
Hi Duolingo-team! I wanted to ask if you could add the pinyin translation in the comment section, because sometimes it's pretty difficult to remember how a syllable is pronounced and I am not always able to know it just from hearing. Also, sometimes you need pinyin to write Chinese on your phone, so a solution for that would be nice:)
As a native speaker of Chinese, I think this is a good way to improve my English.
尔好！please help, duolingo keeps sayinf this is wrong for hello. I am using chinese simplified keyboard.
尔好！please help, duolingo keeps sayinf this is wrong for hello. I am using chinese simplified keyboard.
Ni means you and hao means good so they say "you good?" as a greeting
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