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hello

Chinese translation: 你好

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English term or phrase:hello
Chinese translation:你好
Entered by: Stefanie Sendelbach

01:09 Dec 9, 2003
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: hello
chinese words
Raquel
你好
Explanation:
pronunced: ni3 hao3

I'd say this is the most commonly used Chinese greeting, representing "hello".

luzhou's 您好 (nin2 hao3) is the formal version of the rather informal 你好.

and clearwater's "haluo" is an imitation of the English word, but not originally a Chinese greeting.

All these answers can be correct. It only depends on your context and how formal you need the greeting to be.

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Note added at 50 mins (2003-12-09 02:00:26 GMT)
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sorry luzuo, I didn\'t mean to misspell your name!!

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Note added at 52 mins (2003-12-09 02:02:22 GMT)
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well...I did it again, luzou ...:) forgive me.
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Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Local time: 05:32
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8你好
Stefanie Sendelbach
5 +5喂/嘿/您好
Lu Zou
5 +3ni hao
Will Matter
5 +2哈罗
clearwater


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
哈罗


Explanation:
哈罗 ha1 luo2
招呼语

clearwater
China
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 2358

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Will Matter: prefer 'ni hao' myself.
5 mins
agree  Chinoise: 都对。
8 mins
agree  Weiyong
1 day 18 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
喂/嘿/您好


Explanation:
喂/嘿/您好

Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 5743

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  HymnLau
27 mins
agree  Will Matter: 'nin hao' is more polite.
46 mins
  -> you are right, as Hello is more polite than Hi
agree  Chinoise
56 mins
agree  Danbing HE
59 mins
agree  Weiyong
1 day 6 mins
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
你好


Explanation:
pronunced: ni3 hao3

I'd say this is the most commonly used Chinese greeting, representing "hello".

luzhou's 您好 (nin2 hao3) is the formal version of the rather informal 你好.

and clearwater's "haluo" is an imitation of the English word, but not originally a Chinese greeting.

All these answers can be correct. It only depends on your context and how formal you need the greeting to be.

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Note added at 50 mins (2003-12-09 02:00:26 GMT)
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sorry luzuo, I didn\'t mean to misspell your name!!

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Note added at 52 mins (2003-12-09 02:02:22 GMT)
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well...I did it again, luzou ...:) forgive me.

Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 44
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
13 mins
agree  Will Matter: see first response to first answer.
14 mins
agree  Chinoise
26 mins
agree  Danbing HE
29 mins
agree  pleasure
1 hr
agree  Denyce Seow: (Sorry, this comment was originally for you but I gave it to will... anyway, I agree with will on his comment too) I am staying in China now and I don't quite like it when they use 哈罗. Very weird.
3 hrs
neutral  Lu Zou: 你最终还是对了，谢谢。哈哈
19 hrs
agree  Weiyong
23 hrs
agree  Xiang Ding
3 days 12 hrs
  -> Thank you everybody!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ni hao


Explanation:
Ni=you Hao=good. Basic Chinese.


    experience.
Will Matter
United States
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chinoise: 这是拼音。
8 mins
  -> xie xie
agree  Denyce Seow: I am staying in China now and I don't quite like it when they use 哈罗. Very weird.
3 hrs
  -> reminds me of 'bai bai' (bye bye) in Japan in the 80's, very weird indeed. Ni hao is BEST!
agree  Weiyong
23 hrs
  -> Xie xie
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