Hello in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 你好 with this easy mnemonic:

Sometimes when meeting people, the "Hello, how are you (你)?" "Yeah, I am good (好) and you?" seem redundant because they sound like standard opening lines.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 好
• 你

• 美好
• 最好
• 好多
• 好转
• 你好
• 好听
• 修好
• 不好意思
• 好久
• 友好
• 好几
• 不好
• 只好
• 幸好
• 好看
• 好处

The reading of 你好 is nǐ hǎo.

You can remember how to say 你好 with this useful mnemonic:

Sometimes it's hard to show one cares but being more specific like, "Need (nǐ) anything? Let me know how (hǎo) you are settling at your new place." generally helps.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like Hello and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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