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