Mandarin

Phrases

1) Hello, how are you doing?

 
Nee how ma?  

2) What is your name?

 
Nee chow shamuh-mingzuh?  

3) Thank you

You are Welcome

Sheah-sheah. Boo-kuh chee

4) Please

Excuse me

Ching Dwyeh boo chee.

5) Goodbye

 
Chye cheein  

"Colorful Facts"

China

China is the world's oldest living civilization-3,500 years old.

Location: China is located in eastern Asia.

Capital: Beijing

Offical Language: Northern China (Mandarin), Southern China and Hong Kong (Mandarin).

Geography: The country covers more than a fifth of Asia.

Population: Estimated 2000 - 1,313,973,713. 1/5 of the world.

Foods: Grains: rice in the south, wheat in the north.

Taiwan

Most Taiwanese are Chinese whose ancestors came to the island from Fujuan and Guangdong provinces on the mainland.

Location: Taiwan is a mountainous island in the South China Sea.

Capital: Taipei

Offical Language: Mandarin

Geography: Swift rivers, gorges, mountainous island in the South China Sea.

Population: Estimated 2000 - 22,200,000.

Foods: Grains, rice.

(Primary Source) World Book Encylopedia, 2006.