Daily Chinese Conversation Phrases & How to Create Custom Audio Materials [With Audio]

I want to try chatting with my Chinese friends in Chinese!

I want to memorize phrases and communicate!

For those who feel this way, we will introduce everyday Chinese conversation phrases and example sentences that you can use right away, categorized by specific scenes.

All audio used in this article is AI voice from Ondoku. They are pronounced in both male and female voices.

If any pronunciation is difficult to hear, please try having it pronounced with a different voice type. It will be even easier to understand if you have it pronounced by a voice of your preference.

We will also introduce how to create your own original audio teaching materials using the convenient "Ondoku," which allows you to turn Chinese text or images into audio and even download them as MP3s just by entering them.

Please make use of it!

1. Greetings

2. Buying Groceries at the Supermarket

3. Dining with Friends

4. Asking for Directions

5. Apologizing for Mistakes

6. Common Phrases

7. Conversation between 2 People

A conversation between two people who met by chance in the city

A (Li Lei): 嗨，你好！好久不见了！
Hāi, nǐ hǎo! Hǎojiǔ bújiàn le!
"Hi, hello! Long time no see!"

B (Han Meimei): 啊，李雷！是你啊！真没想到在这里碰到你！
A, Lǐ Léi! Shì nǐ a! Zhēn méi xiǎngdào zài zhèlǐ pèngdào nǐ!
"Ah, Li Lei! It's you! I really didn't expect to run into you here!"

A (Li Lei): 我也是！你最近怎么样？
Wǒ yěshì! Nǐ zuìjìn zěnme yàng?
"Me neither! How have you been lately?"

B (Han Meimei): 挺好的，谢谢！你呢？忙吗？
Tǐng hǎo de, xièxiè! Nǐ ne? Máng ma?
"Pretty good, thanks! How about you? Are you busy?"

A (Li Lei): 有点忙，但是都还好。对了，下个星期六有空吗？我们可以一起吃饭。
Yǒudiǎn máng, dànshì dōu hái hǎo. Duìle, xià gè xīngqīliù yǒu kòng ma? Wǒmen kěyǐ yīqǐ chīfàn.
"A bit busy, but everything's alright. By the way, are you free next Saturday? We can have a meal together."

B (Han Meimei): 好主意！我也想和你见面。下个星期六见！
Hǎo zhǔyì! Wǒ yě xiǎng hé nǐ jiànmiàn. Xià gè xīngqīliù jiàn!
"Good idea! I also wanted to see you. See you next Saturday!"

A (Li Lei): 好的，下周六见！保重！
Hǎo de, xià zhōu liù jiàn! Bǎozhòng!
"Okay, see you next Saturday! Take care!"

B (Han Meimei): 你也是，再见！
Nǐ yěshì, zàijiàn!
"You too, goodbye!"

Ondoku, a service for easily reading aloud in Chinese

Ondoku Official HP

Ondoku is a service that can read aloud text or images when you input them. It is simple and easy to operate.

This service is perfect for people like us who are studying Chinese to check their pronunciation!

It supports both simplified and traditional characters, and there are multiple speakers, including women and men, so you can choose your preferred voice.

Ondoku's Chinese Voice Types

Voices include those of women, men, girls, and boys.

• Mandarin (Mainland China)
  Men: 10 types
  Women: 16 types
  Boys: 3 types
  Girls: 3 types
• Cantonese (Hong Kong)
  Men: 1 type
  Women: 2 types
• Taiwanese Mandarin (Taiwan)
  Men: 3 types
  Women: 3 types

Each human speaker has their own unique pronunciation, allowing you to hear realistic Chinese.

• Features to make the speech faster or slower
• Features to make the voice higher or lower

It also has these features. Changing the settings changes the impression and the ease of listening.

Ondoku >> Chinese Audio Sample Page

When I had a Chinese friend listen to the audio, they said, "Amazing! Sounds like a native speaker!"

You can listen to free samples of Chinese audio in this article, so please take a look!

For Chinese language learning pronunciation check and listening! Listen to native pronunciation, 41 speakers (trial) female, male, girl voices

Here, you can sample (listen to) Ondoku's Chinese voices. Chinese audio can be selected from the regional languages of Mandarin (Mainland China), Cantonese (Hong Kong), and Taiwanese Mandarin (Taiwan). Voices include those of women, men, girls, and boys.

In addition to this, it supports 80 languages, so it can be used for language learning other than Chinese.

【Ondoku】Listen to voice types and sample audio of supported languages

Here we will introduce Ondoku's supported languages and sample audio.

It can be used basically for free, and if you want to increase the number of characters read aloud, a paid subscription is required.

However, the free range is sufficient just for checking Chinese pronunciation.

How to use Ondoku

How to use Ondoku for free is very simple.

There is no need to download apps or software. One of the attractions is that everything can be done in a web browser.

How to use:

1. Access the Ondoku site
2. Enter the characters you want to read aloud in the text box (copy and paste is also OK)
3. Adjust your preferred settings, such as language, voice type, and voice speed
4. Click "Read aloud"

That's all it takes.

Furthermore, audio can be downloaded in MP3 format.

Textbooks and Handouts Can Also Be Read Aloud

A hidden convenient feature of Ondoku is

The feature that "reads the text aloud when you upload an image."

This is a feature that allows you to read aloud text from images taken with a smartphone or similar device.

You can take photos of picture books, books, textbooks, etc., and have Ondoku read them aloud.

Since there are some Chinese characters that cannot be entered from Japanese smartphones or computers, this is very convenient!

This feature instantly solves the problem of "not knowing how to read it" when teaching children Chinese at home or reading Chinese textbooks.

What's more, it's very convenient because you don't have to enter words one by one yourself.

【How to Use the Image → Text-to-Speech Function】

1. Access the Ondoku top page
2. There are "Text" and "Image" tabs above the text box
3. Click the "Image" tab
4. Click image upload and choose the image you like
   *On a smartphone, you can also start the camera here and take a photo directly.
5. After selecting the image, adjust the speed and pitch of the reading.
6. Click the read aloud button

Then, in a few seconds, it will analyze the image and read the text aloud.

After scanning the image, the recognized characters will be displayed in the text box.

If the reading is strange due to recognition errors, you can edit it here.

Detailed usage is introduced here.

How to Use Image Reading | How to free OCR text in photos into audio

Explains the features of "Ondoku" which can recognize characters in images and photos (OCR) and read them aloud. It can be used for free. On both PC and smartphone, reading is completed in just a few seconds simply by uploading the image.

Ondoku is Perfect for Chinese Language Learning

Checking Chinese pronunciation and reading Chinese sentences. Furthermore, it can even recognize characters from images and read Chinese aloud...! Ondoku is very convenient.

It's a truly great time to be able to use so many features for free.

Because it's free, you can try it right now!

May the excellent Ondoku, which reads aloud with Chinese pronunciation, help you in your Chinese studies.

Please give it a try.

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