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Pàlánkǎ: Gǔbō,
nǐ hǎo！ Gǔbō,你好！
Gǔbō: Nǐ hǎo, Pàlánkǎ ！你好，Pàlánkǎ！
The actual pronunciation of Nǐ hǎo is ní hǎo, because some tones change in connected speech.
Chinese spelling system Pinyin uses Roman letters with tone markers
First tone (long and high) - ā
Second tone (long and rising ) - á
Third tone - (short and low) ǎ
Fourth tone - (short and falling) à
New
words
nǐ you
sing./you pl.
hǎo good, well
Gǔbō Gubo, a student's name
Pàlánkǎ Palanka, 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
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