Greetings in Chinese
The polite essentials - hello, thank you, sorry, goodbye. Tap each to hear it. Watch the tone change in 你好: two third tones in a row, so it sounds like ní hǎo.
🔊 Tap a word to hear it. Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4th
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How do you greet someone in Chinese?
Say 你好 (nǐ hǎo) for hello, 谢谢 (xièxie) for thank you, and 再见 (zàijiàn) for goodbye. For a polite 'you' (elders, formal), use 您 (nín) instead of 你.
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