How do you say hello in chinese?
2006-07-05 05:47:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hello,
I suppose you mean Mandarin Chinese, well i've decided to include some more dialects
Cantonese Chinese,
hello 你好 nei5 hou2
good-bye 再見 zoi3 gin3
bye-bye 拜拜 baai1 baai3
Mandarin Chinese,
hello 你好 (ní hǎo) knee-how
good-bye 再见 / 再見 (zàijiàn) dzai-jyen
Shanghai Chinese,
Hello, non ho
good-bye: tsewe
Taiwanese Chinese,
Hello. 食飽未? Chia̍h pá boeh?
Goodbye. 平安 Pêng-an
2006-07-05 05:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by kida_w 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Hello - Ni(2) Hao(3)
Bye - Zai(4) Jian(4)
2006-07-05 12:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by Kai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saying you speak chinese is sort of like saying you speak european....but in mandarin chinese hello is 'ni hao'...pronounced like knee how.
2006-07-05 12:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ni hao ma? (pronounced Knee How Mah).
It's not literally hello, but it's a standard greeting. It means "how are you". Literally it says "are you good?"
2006-07-05 12:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by domestic shopaholic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ni Hao is Hello.
Ni Hao Ma is How are you?
2006-07-05 13:22:09 · answer #5 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋