你好 Mr. Siao! (NI HAO, Mr Siao!) (Mandarin for “Good Day, Mr Siao”) showing adult students from different ethnics in Malaysia learning Mandarin in a classroom setting. This locally produced series shows how non-Chinese and non-Mandarin-speaking Chinese learn Mandarin with hilarious outcomes. The series premiered on 15 April 2009, airing every Wednesday at 9:00pm on ntv7. A 2 CNY special episodes was aired during Chinese New Year 2010. The second season was premiered on 7 April 2010, acquiring its previous slot. This drama series mimics a British drama series named Mind Your English in 1978.

Synopsis

The owner of Dream Big International, Mr. Robert Toh is looking to expand his business and is aiming to the China market. He needs his “diamond-ranking” and “pearl-ranking” leaders to train and guide the China distributors and agents but most of them are not well-versed in Mandarin. So he gets a Mandarin lecturer to teach this selected group proper Mandarin.

Casts

Main Casts

in order of appearance Auguste Kwan Teik Hooi Kee Thuan Chye Soo Wincci Loo Aye Keng Elvanna Raine Steve Yap Ling Tang Tony Ong Alvin Wong Baki Zainal Chai Jen Ramasundran Rengan Cindy Chen

Special appearances