Hello in Chinese (Mandarin): 你好 (nǐhǎo)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 你好

• 你

  You.

  7 strokes

• 好

  Good.

  6 strokes

你好 is "you good". Two third tones: the first rises, so it sounds like ní hǎo. To a teacher, say 老师好.

More examples with 你好

• 你好，我叫小红。

  你好，我叫小紅。

  Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào Xiǎo Hóng.

  Hello, I'm Xiao Hong.

• 你好！你叫什么名字？

  你好！你叫什麼名字？

  Nǐ hǎo! Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

  Hi! What's your name?

How to write 你好 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.