How Do You Say Hello In Chinese

When we start to learn a language, the most basic and quite important thing is to learn to say hello and say hello. In this article we give you an introduction by teaching you how to say hello in Chinese.

Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world and is one of the most important in the economic field. Learning this language will help to have an excellent resume.

Although there are many types of Chinese, usually when we hear about this language, it refers to standard Mandarin Chinese.

What do you need to say hello in Chinese?

• Want to learn to say hello in Chinese

Instructions for saying hello in Chinese

1. Greetings, Hello: n ǐ h ǎ o (ní jáo) – 你好. This is an informal greeting. This is the way of greeting, but it can be said that the literal translation is “are you fine” or “you are fine” this basic greeting is then as if you were saying Hello, how are you? Hello in its plural form: there is a different way to say hello, if you are addressing several people:  N ǐ men h ǎ o -你 们 好 (ni-mehn jaou). Nǐmen is the plural of nǐ which means you.
   Good morning, in the morning hours: zǎo shàng hǎo (tsáo-shán jáo) – 早上好
   Good morning : nǐ hǎo (ní jáo) -你好. As you can see there is no difference between good morning and hello.
   Good afternoon/ good evening: wǎn shàng hǎo -晚上好
   Good afternoon: Xiàwǔ hǎo -下午好
   Good evening: wǎn ān -晚安
2. The greetings are generally accompanied by the question  how is the person? How are you? Nǐ hǎo ma (ni hao ma)-你好吗? This is the informal way.
   How are you? Nǐmen hǎo ma -你们好吗?
   Very good thank you: Hěn hǎo , xìe xie -很好，谢谢
   How are you? Nǐ zěnme yang -你怎么样
3. Formal Greetings. Hello:Nín hǎo (ni – ín jaou) -您好 is a formal greeting. It is less used than the informal hello.
   How is it?: Nín hǎo ma (niín jaó ma) -您好吗?. formal form.
   Very courteous greeting: it is a form that occurs between professionals who meet for the first time and therefore it is not common to see its use among family and friends. Jiǔyǎng久仰
   I’ve heard a lot about you: it’s another rather formal greeting, directed towards people who deserve a lot of respect. Jiǔwén Dàmíng久闻大名
   Nice to meet you: Xing hui! -幸会!
4. Answering the phone: If you are going to say hello when you answer the phone, the word to use will be “ wéi ( wehy)喂 instead of hello.

Tips for saying hello in Chinese

• Wéi is only used for phone calls.
• The most common Chinese language and the one we usually learn is Mandarin, but you cannot forget that there are other types of Chinese languages. Let’s remember that Chinese languages ​​as such are a set of various languages ​​spoken made up of 56 ethnic groups. Within China there are currently 292 languages ​​in use.
• Ni hao, lao pengyou! It means hello old friend
• 早上好 Zǎoshàng hǎo, the greeting for the morning hours is not widely used in the Republic of China, in Taiwan it is more used; 早Zǎo; or 早安 a Zǎo the latter means peace in the morning.
• To say good night you can also use 晚安 Wǎn An which means peace at night.
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