Learn Greetings and Goodbyes in Mandarin
This page will teach you a variety of greetings in Mandarin. First up you will find some ways to say Hello (including a couple of ways for answering the phone), then later, you'll find some ways to say Goodbye.
Scroll down for our full list of greetings and goodbyes, all presented from Mandarin to English in our Mandarin language learning dictionary.
Greetings in Mandarin:
Here is our list of greetings in Mandarin. You can also view this list with translations from English to Mandarin.
(Words in bold added during the last update.)
Hello in Mandarin:
Ni hao ➔ Hello
Hā luō ➔ Hello (informal, between friends)
Wéi ➔ Hello (informal, when answering the phone)
Wéi ni hao ➔ Hello (formal, when answering the phone)
Goodbye in Mandarin:
Zài jiàn ➔ Good bye / See you again
Zhàn shí zài jiàn ➔ Bye for now
Bái bái ➔ Bye bye
*Mandarin greetings last updated: November 7, 2024.
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