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2 Meet and Greet

2.1 Greetings

2.2 Asking a question

2.3 How to reply

2.4 Thank you

2.5 I’m sorry

2.6 What do you think?

2. Meet and Greet

• It is normal in China to shake hands on meeting and parting company. The strength of the handshake is determined by the level of acquaintance and the importance of the occasion. Generally one should refrain from giving a strong handshake to male or female acquaintances. Hugging is reserved for relatives and kissing on the cheeks is rarely seen among Chinese except perhaps on occasions involving expatriate communities.

2.1 Greetings

Hello/Good morning, Mr Williams

Nǐ hǎo/Zǎo, Wēilín xiānsheng!

你好／早, 威林先生！

Hello/Good morning, Mrs Jones

Nǐ hǎo/Zǎo, Qióngsī tàitai/fūren!

你好／早, 琼司太太／夫人！

Hello, Peter

Nǐ hǎo, Bǐdé!

你好，彼德！

Hi, Helen

Nǐ hǎo, Kǎilún!

你好，凯伦！

Good morning, madam

Zǎoshang hǎo, tàitai/fūren!

早上好，太太／夫人

Good afternoon, sir

Xiàwǔ hǎo, xiānsheng!

下午好，先生！

Good evening

Nǐ hǎo/Wǎnshang hǎo!

你好／晚上好！

Hello/Good morning

Nǐ hǎo/Zǎoshang hǎo!

你好／早上好！

How are you?/How are things?

Nǐ hǎo ma?/Zěnmeyàng?

你好吗／怎么样？

Fine, thank you, and you?

Hái hǎo, xièxie, nǐ ne?

还好, 谢谢, 你呢？

Very well, and you?

Hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?

很好, 你呢？

In excellent health/In great shape

Jīngshén hǎo/Shēntǐ hǎo

精神好／身体好

So-so

Mǎmǎhūhū/Hái xíng/Còuhé

马马虎虎／还行／凑合

Not very well

Bù zěnme hǎo

不怎么好

Not bad

Búcuò/Hái hǎo

不错／还好

I’m going to leave

Wǒ zǒu le

我走了

I have to be going, someone’s waiting for me

Wǒ děi zǒu le, yǒu rén zài děng wǒ

我得走了, 有人在等我

Good-bye

Zàijiàn!

再见！