12 Chinese Phrases to Say Hello and Goodbye

Greetings are important for all of us. It is useful to know some greeting phrases in various languages even if we do not know the languages. So even if you don’t want to learn Chinese, it is good to know some phrases to say hello and goodbye. And they are quite easy. Here are 7 Chinese phrases to say Hello and 5 to say Goodbye.

Hello in Chinese

1. 你好
Nǐ hǎo!
Hello (It is a casual expression to say Hello.)
2. 您好
Nín hǎo!
Hello (It is a formal or polite expression to say Hello.)
3. 你们好
Nǐmen hǎo!
Hello to a group of people . (It literally means, hello to all of you .)
4. 大家好
Dàjiā hǎo!
Hello to everybody.
5. 早上好
Zǎoshang hǎo!
Good morning.
6. 晚上好
Wǎnshàng hǎo!
Good evening.
7. 早安
Zǎo ān!
Good morning.

Goodbye in Chinese

1. 晚安
Wǎn’ān!
Good night. (Normally it is used when it is time to say Goodbye at night. )
2. 再见
Zàijiàn!
Goodbye.
3. 回头见
Huítóu jiàn!
See you later.
4. 明天见
Míngtiān jiàn!
See you tomorrow.
5. 拜拜
Bàibài!
Bye bye.