Greeting & Parting

 
English Translation                     Mandarin Chinese (Pinyin Romanization)
 
 1. How are you?                        Ni hao! 
 
 2. How are you, Mr. Wang               Ni hao, wang xian sheng! 
 
 3. Good morning!                       Zao chen hao! 
 
 4. Good day!                           Wu an! 
 
 5. Good evening!                       Wan shang hao! 

 6. Glad to meet you!                   Jian dao ni hen gao xing! 
 
 7. What is your name?                  Ni gui xing? 
 
 8. I am John.                          Wo shi yue han. 
 
 9. My first name is John and my last
        name is Smith                   Wo jiao yue han, xing shi mi si. 
 
10. Let me introduce you to each other. Wo gei ni men jie shao yi xia. 
 
11. This is Ms Zhang.                   Zhe wei shi Zhang xiao jie.
 
12. That is Mr Chen.                    Na wei shi Chen xian sheng. 
 
13. Say hi to Prof. Li!                 Dai wen Li jiao shou hao. 

14. Your hair style looks beauiful.     Ni de fa xing hen piao liang. 
 
15. How old are you?                    Ni de nian ling you duo da? 

16. You look pretty young.              Ni kan shang qu mei na me da. 
 
17. You look very young.                Ni de yang zi hen nian qing. 

18. You look smart in that dress.       Ni chuan zhe shen yi fu hen shuai. 
 
19. Welcome to my home.                 Huan ying dao wo jia zuo ke. 
 
20. Stay in, please.                    Qing liu bu. 
 
21. See you again.                      Zai jian! 

22. See you next time.                  Zai hui! 
 
23. Good night!                         Wan an. 
 
24. See you tomorrow!                   Ming tian jian. 

25. Good luck!                          Zhu ni hao yun! 

26. Wish you a happy journey!           Zhu ni luu tu yu kuai! 
 
27. Wish you a safe journey back home!  Zhu ni yi lu ping an! 
 
28. Wish you a plain sailing home!      Zhu ni yi lu shun feng! 
 
29. Hope to see you again next time.    Xi wang xia ci zai jian dao ni.