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Open Class Chinese - Daily Mandarin-
Send Someone Your Regards
In English, to send a person your regards is a formal way to say hello to the person. It expresses that you pass on a positive attitude to greet the relevant person(s) whom you remembered. It is often that you give your regards to someone who is not there, you do this via another (third) person to help give someone else your regards. How to express to give someone your regards in Mandarin? Let us talk about it as follows.
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小 李，好 久 不 见 。 最 近 怎 么 样 ?
xiǎo lǐ ， hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn 。 zuì jìn zěn me yàng ?
Xiao Li, long time no see. How have you been recently?
还 不 错 ， 有 一 点 儿 忙 。 你 呢 ?
hái bú cuò ， yǒu yī diǎnr mánɡ。 nǐ ne ?
Not bad, a little bit busy. And you?
我 一 般 般 。 你 这 么 着 急 ! 去 哪 儿 ?
wǒ yì bān bān 。 nǐ zhè me zháo jí ! qù nǎr ?
So-so. You are in such a hurry, where are you going?
我 去 超 市 买 一 点 儿 东 西 。 你 去 哪 儿 ?
wǒ qù chāo shì mǎi yī diǎnr dōnɡ xi 。 nǐ qù nǎr ?
I'm going to shopping in supermarket. Where are you going?
我 去 吃 饭。
wǒ qù chī fàn 。
I'm going to have dinner.
问 你 家 人 好 !
wèn nǐ jiā rén hǎo !
Give my regards to your family!
好，谢 谢。也 问 你 家 人 好 ! 再 见 !
hǎo ，xiè xie 。 yě wèn nǐ jiā rén hǎo ! zài jiàn !
Ok, thank you. Send my regards to your family as well! Good bye!
再 见 !
zài jiàn !
Good bye!
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Vocabulary to know
最近 [ zuì jìn ] (adv)
Lately, recently
你 最 近 怎 么 样 ?
nǐ zuì jìn zěn me yàng ?
How are you these days?
不 [ bù ] (adv)
No, not
你 是 学 生 吗? 不，我 是 老 师。
nǐ shì xué shenɡ mɑ ? bù ， wǒ shì lǎo shī 。
Are you a student? No, I’m teacher.
错 [ cuò ] (adj)
Wrong, incorrect
我 错 了。
wǒ cuò le。
I was wrong.
有 [ yǒu ] (v)
To have, there be
桌 子 上 有 一 杯 水。
zhuō zi shànɡ yǒu yì bēi shuǐ。
There is a glass of water on the table.
一点儿 [ yī diǎnr ]
A little / some
请 给 我 一 点 儿 面 包 吧 !
qǐnɡ ɡěi wǒ yī diǎnr miàn bāo bɑ!
Give me some bread, please！
这么 [ zhè me ] (adj)
So (many, much, etc.)