"greetings" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
慰问 慰問 wèi wèn v. to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc syn
寒暄 hán xuān v. to exchange conventional greetings / to exchange pleasantries
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings / to send one's best regards / to devote attention to syn
致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn
套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
寒喧 hán xuān to exchange conventional greetings / to exchange pleasantries / variant of 寒暄[han2 xuan1]
贺年 賀年 hè nián to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit / see 賀歲|贺岁[he4 sui4] syn
拜 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn
受礼 受禮 shòu lǐ to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
恭贺佳节 恭賀佳節 gōng hè jiā jié season's greetings (idiom)
拝 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) / Japanese variant of 拜[bai4]
通问 通問 tōng wèn to mutually send greetings / to communicate / to exchange news
安安 ān ān (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute)
团拜 團拜 tuán bài to gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year) syn
起居万福 qǐ jū wàn fú (idiom) A formula expressing respectful greetings and good wishes. It was chiefly used by younger people in letters to elders or respected persons.
驿使梅花 yì shǐ méi huā (idiom) Expresses greetings and thoughts sent to distant relatives or friends.
驿路梅花 yì lù méi huā (idiom) Expresses greetings and longing sent to distant relatives or friends.
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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