Send Someone Your Regards

Open Class Chinese - Daily Mandarin-

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.

Warm Up

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Listen to conversation

Xiao Li and Xiao Wang come across each other in the street. Before the end of their conversation, they both send kind regards to each of their family members.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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我去 吃饭。

wǒ qù chī fàn 。

I'm going to have dinner.

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问你家人好 !

wèn nǐ jiā rén hǎo !

Give my regards to your family!

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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!

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再见 !

zài jiàn !

Good bye!

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Content

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Vocabulary to know

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最近 [ zuì jìn ] (adv)

HSK L3 Unit 3

Lately, recently

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你最近怎么样 ?

nǐ zuì jìn zěn me yàng ?

How are you these days?

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不 [ bù ] (adv)

HSK L1 Unit 2

No, not

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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.

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错 [ cuò ] (adj)

HSK L2 Unit 5

Wrong, incorrect

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我错了。

wǒ cuò le。

I was wrong.

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有 [ yǒu ] (v)

HSK L1 Unit 3

To have, there be

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桌子上有一杯水。

zhuō zi shànɡ yǒu yì bēi shuǐ。

There is a glass of water on the table.

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一点儿 [ yī diǎnr ]

A little / some

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请给我一点儿面包吧 !

qǐnɡ ɡěi wǒ yī diǎnr miàn bāo bɑ!

Give me some bread, please！

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这么 [ zhè me ] (adj)

So (many, much, etc.)

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这件衣服这么贵！

zhè jiàn yī fu zhè me ɡuì！

This dress is so expressive!

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着急 [ zháo jí ] (adj)

HSK L3 Unit 16

Worried, anxious

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别着急，我可以帮助你！

bié zháo jí ，wǒ kě yǐ bāng zhù nǐ！

Don't worry. I can help you！

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去 [ qù ] (v)

HSK L1 Unit 6

To go

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我去图书馆。

wǒ qù tú shū ɡuǎn 。

I’m going to the library.

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哪儿 [ nǎr ] (pron)

HSK L1 Unit 6

Where

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你要去哪儿 ?

nǐ yào qù nǎr ?

Where are you going?

Rules of Grammar

呢 ne

The interrogative particle " 呢 ne " is used after a noun or pronoun, the common sentence pattern is " A..., B 呢 ne? (A..., what about B?) "

Example:

" 我是老师，你呢 ? wǒ shì lǎo shī ，nǐ ne ? " I am a teacher, what about you?
" 他是小王，她呢 ? tā shì xiǎo wánɡ ，tā ne ? " He is Wang, what about her?

哪儿 nǎr

The interrogative pronoun " 哪儿 nǎr " is used to ask about the location of somebody or something.

Example:

" 你去哪儿 ? nǐ qù nǎr ? " Where are you going?
" 张经理在哪儿 ? zhānɡ jīnɡ lǐ zài nǎr ? " Where is Manager Zhang ?

问 wèn ... 好hǎo

" 问 wèn ... 好 hǎo " is a sentence pattern means to send someone your regards.

Example:

" 问你家人好。wèn nǐ jiā rén hǎo 。" Send my regards to your family.
" 问王老师好。wèn wánɡ lǎo shī hǎo。" Send my regards to Teacher Wang.

Recap

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Write Chinese

不 [ bù ] (adv)

HSK L1 Unit 2

有 [ yǒu ] (v)

HSK L1 Unit 3

去 [ qù ] (v)

HSK L1 Unit 6

Extended Learning

" Where one is going, 去哪儿 ? "

It is a popular Chinese greeting that is often used when you run into someone.
It is as common as saying ‘Hello’ in English, and this kind of greeting should not be considered seriously as prying into one’s privacy.
When greeting in such a way, people sometimes simply reply as " 我去那儿 wǒ qù nàr " I’m going to there.

Open Class Chinese - Daily Mandarin-

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