{"id":6320,"date":"2014-04-20T23:01:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/?page_id=6320"},"modified":"2014-06-02T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T03:58:36","slug":"greetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/en\/greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Greetings\"<\/p>\n[ezcol_1half]\n

Greetings (1)<\/span><\/h3>\n

n\u01d0 h\u01ceo
\nhello (can be used anytime of the day)
\n\u4f60\u597d
\nni hao<\/a><\/p>\n

n\u01d0men h\u01ceo
\nhello (to more than 1 person)
\n\u4f60\u4eec\u597d
\nnimen hao<\/a><\/p>\n

d\u00e0ji\u0101 h\u01ceo
\nhello (to everybody)
\n\u5927\u5bb6\u597d
\ndajia hao<\/a><\/p>\n

z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo
\ngood morning (more common in Mainland China)
\n\u65e9\u4e0a\u597d
\nzaoshang hao<\/a><\/p>\n

z\u01ceo’\u0101n
\ngood morning (more common in Taiwan\/ Singapore\/ Malaysia)
\n\u65e9\u5b89
\nzao’an<\/a><\/p>\n

z\u01ceo
\nmorning! (most casual)
\n\u65e9
\nzao<\/a><\/p>\n

xi\u00e0w\u01d4 h\u01ceo
\ngood afternoon
\n\u4e0b\u5348\u597d
\nxiawu hao<\/a><\/p>\n

w\u01d4’\u0101n
\ngood afternoon
\n\u5348\u5b89
\nwu’an<\/a><\/p>\n

w\u01censhang h\u01ceo
\ngood evening
\n\u665a\u4e0a\u597d
\nwanshang hao<\/a><\/p>\n

w\u01cen’\u0101n
\ngood night
\n\u665a\u5b89
\nwan’an<\/a><\/p>\n

n\u01d0 h\u01ceo ma
\nhow are you?
\n\u4f60\u597d\u5417
\nni hao ma<\/a><\/p>\n[\/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]\n

Greetings (2 – casual)<\/span><\/h3>\n

L\u00e1i la!
\nYou’re here!
\n\u6765\u5566\uff01
\nlaila<\/a><\/p>\n

Zh\u00e8me z\u01ceo!
\nThat’s early!
\n\u8fd9\u4e48\u65e9\uff01
\nzheme zao<\/a><\/p>\n

Xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i c\u00e1i l\u00e1i!
\nWhy are you so late? (literally: ‘now finally here’)
\n\u73b0\u5728\u624d\u6765\uff01
\nxianzai cai lai<\/a><\/p>\n

Zu\u00ecj\u00ecn z\u011bnmey\u00e0ng?
\nHow have you been?
\n\u6700\u8fd1\u600e\u4e48\u6837\uff1f
\nzuijin zenmeyang<\/a><\/p>\n

Zu\u00ecj\u00ecn m\u00e1ng ma?
\nHave you been busy?
\n\u6700\u8fd1\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f
\nzuijin mang ma<\/a><\/p>\n

Zu\u00ecj\u00ecn m\u00e1ng sh\u00e9nme?
\nWhat are you busy with?
\n\u6700\u8fd1\u5fd9\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f
\nzuijin mang shenme<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u00e1i h\u01ceo ma?
\nHow are you doing?
\n\u8fd8\u597d\u5417\uff1f
\nhai hao ma<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u00e1i h\u01ceo.
\nOk, so-so.
\n\u8fd8\u597d\u3002
\nhai hao<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u00e1i b\u00facu\u00f2.
\nNot too bad.
\n\u8fd8\u4e0d\u9519\u3002
\nhai bucuo<\/a><\/p>\n

G\u014dngzu\u00f2 z\u011bnmey\u00e0ng?
\nHow’s work?
\n\u5de5\u4f5c\u600e\u4e48\u6837\uff1f
\ngongzuo zenmeyang<\/a><\/p>\n

G\u014dngzu\u00f2 h\u011bn m\u00e1ng.
\nBusy with work.
\n\u5de5\u4f5c\u5f88\u5fd9\u3002
\ngongzuo hen mang<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u00e1ish\u00ec h\u011bn m\u00e1ng.
\nStill as busy.
\n\u8fd8\u662f\u5f88\u5fd9\u3002
\nhaishi hen mang<\/a><\/p>\n

B\u00fa t\u00e0i m\u00e1ng\u3002
\nNot very busy.
\n\u4e0d\u592a\u5fd9\u3002
\nbu tai mang<\/a><\/p>\n[\/ezcol_1half_end]\n

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[ezcol_1half] Greetings (1) n\u01d0 h\u01ceo hello (can be used anytime of the day) \u4f60\u597d ni hao n\u01d0men h\u01ceo hello (to more than 1 person) \u4f60\u4eec\u597d nimen hao d\u00e0ji\u0101 h\u01ceo hello (to everybody) \u5927\u5bb6\u597d dajia hao z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t