Hello in Chinese Vocabulary Characters Pinyin Hello (Standard) 你好 nǐ hǎo Hello (Polite) 您好 nín hǎo How are you? 你好吗 nǐ hǎo ma How are you? (Polite) 您好吗 nín hǎo ma what’s up? 你怎么样 nǐ zěnmeyàng nice to meet you 幸会 xìnghuì (Very formal greeting) 久仰 jiǔyǎng Morning! 早 zǎo Have you eaten? 你吃了吗 nǐ chī le ma Hello (answering phone) 喂 wèi