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Chinese Phrases to Talk to Your Farmers

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It is widely known that a lot of farmers are Chinese, and as such I have included a list of Chinese to English phrases for you to use when talking to Chinese farmers.

You can use other online sources of translation in different languages but be aware that some of them are very inaccurate.

Before starting to use these, first ask “Ni hui jiang zhong wen ma?” which is “Do you speak written Chinese?” If they don’t then these sentences are useless to you!

English Chinese
Greetings
Hello, how are you? Ni hao ma
I am very happy to meet you Hen gao xing ren shi nin
Good morning Zao an
Good afternoon Wu an
Good evening Wan shan hao
Please don’t bother me Qing bu yao fan wo
Greeting Response
Very well, and you? Hen hao, nin ne?
Not up to much Bu zen meyang
Goodbyes
Goodbye Zai jian
Goodnight Wan an
I hope you have a good day Wo xi wang ni you hen hao de yi tian
Buying
I need [item] wo xu yao [item]
How much gold for [number] [item]? Zhe ge [item] yao [number] ge, yao duo shao qian
I’ll pay [number] gold per [item] Mei ge [item] wo hui fu [number]
I have no money Wo mei you qian le
Too expensive ( please give me a better deal) Hen gui
Understanding
Do you speak Chinese? Ni hui jiang zhong wen ma?
Do you speak English? Ni hui jiang yingyu ma?
Do you understand? Ni ming bai ma?
Okay? Ni Mei Shi ma?
I don’t understand what you are saying wo bu ming bai ni shuo shen me
I don’t understand [what you mean] Wo bu dong [ni de yi si]
I am still learning Chinese Wo zheng zai xue hua yu
I can only speak English and a few Chinese phrases Wo zhi hui jiang ying wen. Wo hui jiang yi dian dian zhong wen
Yes, No, Thank You and Sorry
Yes (it is) Shi
Yes (that’s correct) Dui
No Bu
Thank you Xie xie ni
I’m sorry Dui buqi
Deal! (We had a deal now) Shuo ding le!
Don’t want Bu yao
Excellent! Bang ji le!
That’s great! Na hao ji le!

I owe a great deal of thanks to Zekta from Phase 3 : Profit! for this list – as he had a friend spell check the entire thing for me and add a few corrections for me.

So thank you Zekta!

For more information on getting farmers and talking to them check out my post Finding Farmers and Communicating With Them

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