English to Mandarin Greetings and Goodbyes
On this page, you'll find a number of ways to say hello and goodbye in Mandarin. The hellos are listed first and include some ways to say hello when answering the phone.
By scrolling down to the second group, you will find some ways to say timely greetings like good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
Further down you'll find some translations for saying goodbye. All of the translations have been listed in order from English to Mandarin in case this is the way you prefer to learn.
Greetings from English to Mandarin:
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from Mandarin to English.
English to Mandarin Hellos
Hello ➔ Ni hao
Hello ➔ Hā luō (informal, between friends)
Hello ➔ Wéi (informal, when answering the phone)
Hello ➔ Wéi ni hao (formal, when answering the phone)
Nice to meet you. ➔ Hěn gāo xīng rèn shí ni.
Timely Greetings from English to Mandarin
Good morning ➔ Zăo shang hăo
Good afternoon ➔ Xià wŭ hăo
Good evening ➔ Wăn shàng hăo
Good night ➔ Wan ān
English to Mandarin Goodbyes
Good bye / See you again ➔ Zài jiàn
Bye for now ➔ Zhàn shí zài jiàn
See you later. ➔ Dāi huì jiàn.
See you tomorrow. ➔ Míng tiān jiàn.
Bye bye ➔ Bái bái
Have a nice day. ➔ Zhù nĭ yú kuài.
*English to Mandarin greetings last updated: February 2, 2025.
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