"Hello (daytime greeting)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
午安 wǔ ān Good afternoon! / Hello (daytime greeting)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
日行灯 日行燈 daytime running lights / daytime running lamps
你好 nǐ hǎo hello / hi
您好 nín hǎo hello (polite)
招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn
问好 問好 wèn hǎo to say hello to / to send one's regards to syn
哈罗 哈囉 hā luó hello (loanword)
hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
wéi hello (when answering the phone) syn
哈喽 哈嘍 hā lóu hello (loanword)
凯蒂猫 凱蒂貓 kǎi dì māo Hello Kitty
哈啰 哈囉 hā luō hello (loanword)
白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
白昼 白晝 bái zhòu daytime syn
白日 bái rì daytime / sun / time syn
日间 日間 rì jiān daytime syn
日头 日頭 rì tóu sun (dialect) / daytime / date syn
日里 日裡 rì lǐ daytime / during the day
日场 日場 rì chǎng daytime show / matinee
zhòu daytime syn
suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
化日 huà rì sunlight / daytime
拜忏 拜懺 bài chàn to hold a daytime Buddhist mass / (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins
日间低谷 日間低谷 daytime valley
日间宵禁 日間宵禁 daytime curfew
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) syn
贺卡 賀卡 hè kǎ greeting card / congratulation card
拱手 gǒng shǒu to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) syn
客套 kè tào polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries syn
合十 hé shí to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn
回礼 回禮 huí lǐ to return a greeting / to send a gift in return syn
商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well!
问讯 問訊 wèn xùn interrogation / greeting syn
客套话 客套話 kè tào huà conventional greeting / polite formula syn
下午好 xià wǔ hǎo (greeting) good afternoon
百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
答理 dā li (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer syn
迎客松 yíng kè sōng Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1] syn
贺年卡 賀年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card
长命富贵 長命富貴 cháng mìng fù guì We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
奉申贺敬 奉申賀敬 fèng shēn hè jìng polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
招财进宝 招財進寶 zhāo cái jìn bǎo ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year) / We wish you wealth and success!
岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
请多关照 請多關照 qǐng duō guān zhào please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
贺函 賀函 hè hán letter of congratulations / greeting card (e.g. for New Year) syn
贺卡业务代表 Greeting Cards Operation Representative
贺卡委员会 賀卡委員會 Greeting Card Committee
欧洲贺卡业务处处长 歐洲賀卡業務處處長 Chief, Greeting Card Operations (European Office)
贺卡及有关业务 賀卡及有關業務 Greeting Card and Related Operations
贺卡助理 賀卡助理 Greeting Cards Assistant
长揖 長揖 cháng yī to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
合手 hé shǒu to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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