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  • Question
    How do you greet someone in Cantonese?
    Godspeed Chen
    Native Chinese Speaker & Translator
    Godspeed Chen is a Professional Translator from China. He has been working in translation and localization for over 15 years.
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    In Cantonese, you can say ‘Good morning’ 早晨 (jóusàhn), or ‘Good afternoon’ 午安 (ńgh ōn). Later in the day, you can say, ‘Good evening’ 晚安 (máahn ōn) 晚上好 (máahnseuhng hóu).
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    How do you say goodbye in Chinese?
    wikiHow Staff Editor
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    This answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
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    The most common way to say it is zài jiàn, which means “See you again.” You can also say bài bài, which is simply the English phrase “bye bye.”
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    What is “hǎo” in English?
    wikiHow Staff Editor
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    Hǎo means “good.” “Nǐ hǎo” literally means “you good,” and it’s a shorter form of nǐ hǎo ma, which translates roughly to “How are you?”
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    How do you respond to nǐ hǎo?
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    You can reply by saying nǐ hǎo back, or simply say hǎo, which means “good.”
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    What is the longest Chinese word?
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    Since words in Chinese are written as single characters, there's no such thing as a "longest" word. Instead, you would look at the complexity of strokes required to make a single character. The most complex Chinese character is the one for "biángbiáng miàn," or "bianbiang noodles," which is between 52 and 57 strokes, depending on the version of the character. Since the character hasn't been encoded into Unicode, there's no way to enter it in a standardized form on a computer.
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    How do I write "ni hao" in Chinese characters?
    Community Answer
    The Chinese characters for "ni hao" are 你好.
  • Question
    Doesn't ni hao mean "how are you"? Or am I getting mixed up?
    Life attache
    Community Answer
    You're getting mixed up. "How are you" is ni hao ma. Note the "ma" at the end signifies a question.
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    How do I say thank you?
    Community Answer
    For Mandarin Chinese: "谢谢(xiè xiè)!" After, you can say "非常感谢(fēi chāng gǎn xiè)?"
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    How do I say "good day, all" in Chinese?
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    If you use it when you meet people, use 大家好, "dà jiā hǎo". If you use it as goodbye, use 大家再见, "dà jiā zài jiàn". The mentioned two usages can cover almost every situation when you are with a bunch of people.
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    Is "ni hao" used in Taiwan?
    KiteSiu
    Community Answer
    Yes, but the words in Chinese are simplified, and the typing is different.
  • Question
    How can I say hello in Chinese?
    Community Answer
    For Mandarin Chinese: "Nî Hâo!" After, you can say "Nî Hâo ma?" It will show nice manners. It means "how are you?"
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    How can I say "Good morning" in Cantonese?
    Community Answer
    For Mandarin Chinese: "zao shang hao." For Cantonese Chinese: "zhoou shan hoou." You may also add "Lei gia mou fan zho gaou?" (Cantonese) which means "Did you sleep well?"
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    What is the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
    Sergeantpro
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    Cantonese is a dialect of Mandarin that is spoken in the area which circles Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Macau. Mandarin is the official language of China.
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    How do I say "Nice to meet you" in Chinese?
    Community Answer
    很高興遇見你 (hên gāo xìng yü jiàn nî) in Mandarin Chinese.
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    How do I say hello in China?
    Community Answer
    N î hâu in Mandarin Chinese or níeh hóu in Cantonese Chinese.
  • Question
    What about directions when driving a car, how do I say turn left or right or go straight in Mandarin Chinese?
    HappyWiki
    Community Answer
    In Mandarin Chinese, turn left is 左转(zuo[v tone] zhuan[vtone]), turn right is 右转(you[downwards tone] zhuan[v tone], and go straight is 直走(zhi[v tone] zou[v tone].
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    How do you say "what is your name " in Chinese
    Alex
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    In Mandarin Chinese, “what is your name” is pronounced ‘in de ming is shi shen ma?’. In Chinese characters, it is ‘你的名字是什么?’ .
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