你好

nǐ hǎo

hello

你好，最近怎么样？

Hello, how have you been recently?

informal

A common greeting used to say hello.

你好！见到你很高兴。

Hello! Nice to meet you.

A: 你好！B: 你好！

A: Hello! B: Hello!

Used in both formal and informal settings, though '您好' is more formal.

Collocations

你好 + nameHello + name你好 + 吗？Hello + how are you?

good morning

good evening

goodbye

你好 is universally understood across Mandarin-speaking regions. In southern China, '你好' may sometimes be shortened to '你' in casual speech.

When someone greets you with '你好', you can respond with '你好' or '您好' (more formal).

Composed of '你' (you) and '好' (good), literally meaning 'you good'.

Can be used at any time of day. In written Chinese, it is often followed by a question like '你好吗?' (How are you?).

你

you

root

好

good

root

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