Chinese Vocabulary: Greetings
Family vocabulary || Basic sentences
你早 (abbreviation of 早上好) Nǐ hǎo - Good morning
早安 Zǎo’ān! - Good morning
好久不见! Hǎojiǔ bùjiàn - We haven’t seen in a long time! *
您好 Nín hǎo - Hello [Formal]
晚上好 Wǎnshang hǎo! - Good evening
再见 Zàijiàn - Goodbye! / See you!
你好吗? Nǐ hǎo ma? - How are you?
好,谢谢 / 我很好,谢谢 Hǎo, xièxie / Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie. - I’m fine thanks.
请问,你叫什么名字 Qǐngwèn nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? - What’s your name? **
我叫... Wǒ jiào… - My name is...
* 好久不见! Hǎojiǔ bùjiàn - this is an expression that you use when you haven’t seen in a long time. It’s translated, in fact, as “to haven’t seen somebody in a very long time”. The name of the person you’re referring to goes before the whole expression. E.g. 林娜,好久不见! Linna, we haven’t seen in a long time!
**The expression 请问 [Qǐngwèn] is a polite form to introduce a question. It can be translated as “May I ask...?”.