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