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你好 is the day-to-day way to say hello in Chinese.
The characters literally mean, “You good?” It's the equivalent of “What's up?” in English, where nobody expects an actual answer.
This explanation is here for educational purposes only. 你好 is an oral word that is not appropriate for a scroll (not a bad meaning, just very odd for a wall scroll).
The word namaste comes from Sanskrit and is a common greeting in the Hindi and Nepali languages exchanged by devout Hindu or Buddhist people in Southern Asia (especially India).
合十 is the Chinese form (not well-known in Japan) of this word which is used to describe a Buddhist (or Hindu) greeting with palms closed together prayerfully, generally at chest level. However, this selection of characters describes the act and is not a word spoken during the greeting. Words or a greeting are seldom spoken when two Buddhists meet. The greeting is silent and respectful but composed completely of body language.
Note that the greeting namaste and the act of placing palms together are used both as a hello and goodbye (like the word aloha in Hawaiian).
If you are looking for a welcoming hello and goodbye, you may want to consider gassho or a simple welcome.
These search terms might be related to Hello:
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hello search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
你好 see styles |
nǐ hǎo ni3 hao3 ni hao niihao; niihao / nihao; nihao ニーハオ; ニイハオ |
More info & calligraphy: Hello / Ni Hao(interjection) (kana only) hello (chi: nǐ hǎo) |
こにちわ see styles |
konichiwa こにちわ |
More info & calligraphy: Konichiwa |
エロ see styles |
ero エロ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (abbreviation) (See エロチック,エロチシズム) erotic; pornographic; obscene; (prefix noun) (2) perverted; horny; dirty; (personal name) Hello |
やあ see styles |
yaa / ya やあ |
(interjection) (1) yo!; hello there!; hi!; (interjection) (2) wow!; oh!; ah!; (interjection) (3) (See えいや) yah! (yell) |
午安 see styles |
wǔ ān wu3 an1 wu an |
Good afternoon!; Hello (daytime greeting) |
哈嘍 哈喽 see styles |
hā lóu ha1 lou2 ha lou |
hello (loanword) |
哈囉 哈啰 see styles |
hā luō ha1 luo1 ha lo |
hello (loanword) |
哈羅 哈罗 see styles |
hā luó ha1 luo2 ha lo |
hello (loanword) |
問好 问好 see styles |
wèn hǎo wen4 hao3 wen hao |
to say hello to; to send one's regards to |
您好 see styles |
nín hǎo nin2 hao3 nin hao |
hello (polite) |
招呼 see styles |
zhāo hu zhao1 hu5 chao hu |
to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not |
物申 see styles |
monomou / monomo ものもう |
(interjection) (abbreviation) (archaism) (See 物申す・3) hello!; is anyone home?; may I come in?; (surname) Monomousu |
どうも see styles |
doumo / domo どうも |
(interjection) (1) (abbreviation) (See どうも有難う) thank you; thanks; (adverb) (2) much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret); (adverb) (3) quite; really; mostly; (adverb) (4) somehow; (adverb) (5) (See どうしても・1) in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to); (interjection) (6) greetings; hello; goodbye |
ハロワ see styles |
harowa ハロワ |
(colloquialism) (abbreviation) (See ハローワーク) Hello Work (official nickname for the Public Employment Security Office) |
今日は see styles |
konnichiha こんにちは |
(interjection) (kana only) (は is pronounced as わ; used during daytime) hello; good day; good afternoon |
今日わ see styles |
konnichiwa こんにちわ |
(interjection) (colloquialism) (kana only) (daytime greeting; phonetic spelling of こんにちは) (See 今日は) hello; good day; good afternoon |
凱蒂貓 凯蒂猫 see styles |
kǎi dì māo kai3 di4 mao1 k`ai ti mao kai ti mao |
Hello Kitty |
案内申 see styles |
annaimou / annaimo あんないもう |
(interjection) (archaism) hello!; is anyone home?; may I come in? |
あか組4 see styles |
akagumifoo あかぐみフォー |
(group) Akagumi 4 (Hello! Project subgroup) |
こにちは see styles |
konichiha こにちは |
(ik) (interjection) (colloquialism) hello; good day (daytime greeting) |
ニーハオ see styles |
niihao / nihao ニーハオ |
(interjection) hello (chi: nihao) |
はいさい see styles |
haisai はいさい |
(interjection) (rkb:) hello; hi |
はいはい see styles |
haihai はいはい |
(interjection) (1) (colloquialism) (See はい・2) yeah, yeah; whatever; sure; (interjection) (2) (colloquialism) yes; sure; gotcha; (interjection) (3) (on phone, as a reply to もしもし) hello; (interjection) (4) (said to a horse) (See はい・3) giddy-up; gee-up; giddap |
ほいほい see styles |
hoihoi ほいほい |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) recklessly; thoughtlessly; carelessly; readily; blithely; willingly; easily; (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) pamperingly; indulgently; carefully (not angering); (interjection) (3) shoo!; (4) heave-ho; (5) hallo; hello; (6) (archaism) novice; beginner |
ポケハロ see styles |
pokeharo ポケハロ |
(abbreviation) "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi |
もしもし see styles |
moshimoshi もしもし |
(interjection) (1) hello (e.g. on phone); (interjection) (2) excuse me! (when calling out to someone) |
こんにちわ see styles |
konnichiwa こんにちわ |
(ik) (interjection) (colloquialism) hello; good day (daytime greeting) |
アニョハセヨ see styles |
anyohaseyo アニョハセヨ |
hello (kor: annyeonghaseyo); hi |
キティちゃん see styles |
kitichan キティちゃん |
(product) Hello Kitty (Sanrio product line); (product name) Hello Kitty (Sanrio product line) |
ハローキティ see styles |
harookiti ハローキティ |
(product name) Hello Kitty (Sanrio product line) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Hello | ハロー | haroo / haro | ||
Hello Ni Hao | 你好 | nǐ hǎo / ni3 hao3 / ni hao / nihao | ||
Konichiwa | こにちわ | konichiwa | ||
Namaste - Greeting | 合十 | gou juu / goujuu / go ju | hé shí / he2 shi2 / he shi / heshi | ho shih / hoshih |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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