Common Chinese Phrases – Greet People

hǎo
早上zǎoshanghǎo
上午shàngwǔhǎo
晚上wǎnshanghǎo
hěn高兴gāoxìng认识rènshi
hǎoma
最近zuìjìn怎么样zěnmeyàng
hěnhǎo 谢谢xièxie
再见zàijiàn
明天míngtiānjiàn

Translation

Hello.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Good evening.
Nice to meet you.
How are you?
How is it going?
I am fine, thanks.
Goodbye.
See you tomorrow.

Keywords

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
1 you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 )
2 hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
3 早上 早上 zǎo shang early morning; Classifiers: 个
4 上午 上午 shàng wǔ morning; Classifiers: 个
5 晚上 晚上 wǎn shang evening; night; Classifiers: 个 ; in the evening
6 高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
7 认识 認識 rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
8 谢谢 謝謝 xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you
9 再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later

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