100 Chinese characters (flash)
in 40 most commonly used phrases
The table below contains the total of 100 Chinese characters flash in 40 most commonly used Chinese phrases. Each character flash teaches the standard pronunciation (including multi-tones), strokes, stroke order, indexing component, and phrases, etc. e.g. the sample picture below with English footnotes for Chinese character flash of the word ‘you’. You can click each phrase in the table below to learn standard pronunciation and writting of every single word, meaning that by learning merely 100 Chinese characters you can literately speak and communicate with 40 most commonly used Chinese phrases in daily life.

| English | Chinese Pinyin | Chinese Phrases |
1 | Hello | nǐ-hǎo | 你好 |
2 | How are you? | nǐ-hǎo-ma? | 你好吗? |
3 | I am very well | wǒ-hěn-hǎo | 我很好 |
4 | Thank you | xiè-xiè | 谢谢 |
5 | You are welcome | bù-kè-qì | 不客气 |
6 | Goodbye | zài-jiàn | 再见 |
7 | Sorry | duì-bù-qǐ | 对不起 |
8 | Never mind | méi-guān-xi | 没关系 |
9 | Excuse me | qǐng-wèn | 请问 |
10 | Please sit down | qǐng-zuò | 请坐 |
11 | Yes | shì-de | 是的 |
12 | No | bù-shì | 不是 |
13 | What is your name? | nǐ-jiào-shén-me-míng-zì? | 你叫什么名字? |
14 | My name is … | wǒ-de-míng-zì-jiào … | 我的名字叫… |
15 | I’m English | wǒ-shì-yīng-guó-rén | 我是英国人 |
16 | Nice to meet you | hěn-gāo-xīng-rèn-shí-nǐ | 很高兴认识你 |
17 | How much is it? | duō-shǎo-qián? | 多少钱? |
18 | That’s too expensive | tài-guì-le | 太贵了 |
19 | I don’t want it | wǒ-bù-yào | 我不要 |
20 | I want to rent a car | wǒ-yào-zū-chē | 我要租车 |
21 | Please call Taxi | qǐng- jiào-chū-zū-chē | 请叫出租车 |
22 | Good morning | zǎo-shàng-hǎo | 早上好 |
23 | Good evening | wǎn-shàng-hǎo | 晚上好 |
24 | Good night | wǎn-ān | 晚安 |
25 | I’m lost | wǒ-mí-lù-le | 我迷路了 |
26 | Where is the toilet? | cè-suǒ-zài-nǎ? | 厕所在哪? |
27 | Do you speak English? | nǐ-huì-shuō-yīng-yǔ-ma? | 你会说英语吗? |
28 | I don’t speak Chinese | wǒ-bù-huì-shuō-hàn-yǔ | 我不会说汉语 |
29 | I don´t understand | wǒ-tīng-bù-dǒng | 我听不懂 |
30 | What does it mean? | shén-me-yì-si? | 什么意思? |
31 | I like Chinese food | wǒ-xǐ-huān-chī-zhōng-cān | 我喜欢吃中餐 |
32 | It is delicious | hǎo-chī-jí-le | 好吃极了 |
33 | Wish you good health | zhù-nǐ-jiàn-kāng | 祝你健康 |
34 | One, two, three, four, five | yī-èr-sān-sì-wǔ | 一二三四五 |
35 | Six, seven, eight, nine, ten | liù-qī-bā-jiǔ-shí | 六七八九十 |
36 | 100, 1000, 10000 | bǎi, qiān, wàn | 百,千,万 |
37 | Year, month, day, week | nián, yuè, rì, xīng-qī | 年月日,星期 |
38 | Hour, minute, seconds | xiǎo-shí, fēn-zhōng, miǎo | 小时,分钟,秒 |
39 | East, west, south, north | dōng-xī-nán-bĕi | 东西南北 |
40 | Up, down, left, right | shàng-xia-zuǒ-yòu | 上下左右 |
For other self-directed learning, you can learn about Chinese character traditional classification, character structure, and writing strokes and stroke orders. You can also download 2500 Chinese Characters Flash and study at your own convenience at home. Another great way for self-directed learning is that learning through interactive Chinese movies, with active participation in watching, listening, speaking, reading, and even writing simultaneously.