Basic greetings in Chinese

Chinese has a very simple way to say helloand goodbye:


你好

nǐhǎo

Hello
 

再见

zàijiàn

Goodbye

Besides, there are different alternativeswith some meaning differences:

早上好

zǎoshanghǎo

Good morning

明天见

míngtiānjiàn

See you tomorrow
 

一会儿

yīhuìr

See you later

Finally, if you want to express good evening/night and good weekend:

晚安

wǎn'ān

Good night

周末好

zhōumòhǎo

good weekend

 

 

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