Greetings in Chinese

  1. 你好Nǐhǎo Hi / Hello. (to a person)
  2. 您好Nínhǎo Hello (polite greeting to a person)
  3. 你们好Nǐmen hǎo Hello (to multiple people)
  4. 大家好Dàjiā hǎo Hello everyone
  5. 早上好Zǎo shàng hǎo Hi / Hello (in the morning)
  6. 下午好Xiàwǔ hǎo Hi / Hello (in the afternoon)
  7. 晚安Wǎn'ān Good evening
  8. 你好吗? Nǐhǎo ma ? How are you?
  9. 你怎么样?Nǐ zěnmeyàng ? How are you doing?
  10. 很好。你呢?Hěnhǎo. Nǐ ne ? Very well. And you?
  11. 还行Hái xíng So-so.
  12. 不太好Bú tài hǎo Not great
  13. 好久不见了Hǎojiǔ bú jiàn le ! Long time no see!
  14. 你最近怎么样?Nǐ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng ? How have you been lately?
  15. 再见Zàijiàn Goodbye.
  16. 下次见Xià cì jiàn See you next time.
  17. 明天见Míngtiān jiàn See you tomorrow.
  18. 下星期见Xià xīngqī jiàn See you next week.
  19. 待会儿见Dāi huǐr jiàn See you later.
  20. 后会有期Hòu huì yǒu qī We'll see each other again. (farewell phrase)