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ID: 0804 Newbie
If we were slangpod.com, this lesson would be called 'whattup.' But for the sake of warding off potential improper English critics, we'll stick to the Queen's English just this once. Enough about English, what about Chinese? How do you greet your peeps? Listen in to this podcast and get the lingo down, bro, in Mandarin. Word.
Tue Feb 26 2008 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
好久不见 hǎojiǔbùjiàn long time no see
最近 zuìjìn recently
怎么样 zěnmeyàng how are things
还好 hái hǎo passable; not bad
你好！好久不见！
nǐhǎo ！hǎojiǔbùjiàn ！
Hey! Long time no see!
你好！最近怎么样？
nǐhǎo ！zuìjìn zěnmeyàng ？
Hi! How have you been lately?
还好。你怎么样？
hái hǎo 。nǐ zěnmeyàng ？
OK. How have you been?
不错！
bùcuò ！
Not bad.
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