How to Say "Nice to meet you" in Chinese (Mandarin): 很高兴认识你。

The characters in 很高兴认识你。

• 高

  High.

  10 strokes

• 兴 / 興

  Interest, excitement.

  6 strokes

• 认 / 認

  To recognize. 讠 (speech) is on the left.

• 识 / 識

  To know. 讠 (speech) is on the left.

高兴 is "high spirits", glad, and 认识 is to get to know. So this is "very glad to know you". Reply with 我也很高兴认识你.

More examples with 很高兴认识你。

• 我也很高兴认识你。

  我也很高興認識你。

  Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.

  Nice to meet you too.

• 你好，小红！很高兴认识你。

  你好，小紅！很高興認識你。

  Nǐ hǎo, Xiǎo Hóng! Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ.

  Hi, Xiao Hong! Nice to meet you.