goku4eternity Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:19 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:19 PM this is pinyin ni first tone, hao 1st tone, what does that translate to in english? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:34 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:34 PM How sure are you of your tones? [And I think we're gonna need some context here....] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:37 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:37 PM this is pinyin ni first tone, hao 1st tone, what does that translate to in english? If it's both *first* tones, it's someone saying hello and mocking a foreign accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:43 PM ni =you, hao= good means hello my book and Pleco both use 3rd tone not sure what it is in 1st tone couldn't make any sense of the responses i got from my referance books. Maybe some of the more advanced members will be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku4eternity Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:43 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:43 PM what does ni 1st tone mean in english? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:52 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 09:52 PM The short answer is "nothing". It is almost never used alone. The fact is that 你好 is an extremely common word, while both 妮 and 蒿/薅 are quite rare. Imron is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku4eternity Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:12 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:12 PM is anything chinese 1st tone 1st tone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:13 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:13 PM Yes. Many words are. Here is a partial list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:19 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:19 PM More context would be good, Why would you want to know this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goku4eternity Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:28 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:28 PM I wanted to know what hello was in 1st tone 1st tone, i am assuming that everything said in english is 1st tone 1st tone, so, i already know that ni 1st tone, hao 1st tone is wrong, i still want to know what that means, even its gibberish. Can any sentence in chinese be all first tones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM i am assuming that everything said in english is 1st tone 1st tone Not necessarily, and if you're just saying it in English it won't really be 1st tone as the 1st tone has a high pitch, so really it will just be a flat tone. But anyway, saying things all in first tone is how quite a few Chinese people will speak if they try to fake a foreign accent when speaking Chinese. So, it won't mean anything bad saying it all first tones, but it will just be saying hello in a way that conforms to the stereotypical pronunciation of a non-Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM Can any sentence in chinese be all first tones? 今天星期一 (I'm sure there are others). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giraffe Posted January 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM ni1hao1 together doesn't have any particular according to MDBG http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=ni1hao1 Separately ni1: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=ni1 and hao1 http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=hao1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giraffe Posted January 18, 2012 at 11:46 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 11:46 PM And everything said in English does not come out in the first tone. English speakers (when they are speaking English) use a constantly shifting tone that is pretty much unrelated to the meaning of specific words (in English, a change in pitch just helps to convey a general shift in emotion or to draw attention to certain ideas.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted January 19, 2012 at 12:50 AM Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 at 12:50 AM 今天星期一 The Taiwanese standard strikes again! jīntiān xīngqíyī Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 19, 2012 at 01:10 AM Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 at 01:10 AM 今天周一 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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