How do Chinese greet each other? 中国人是怎么见面打招呼的？
当中国人第一次见到一个人的时候通常会说：“你好，我叫……，请多关照。”
当中国人早上起来碰到每天见面的人，比如同学或者同事，通常会说“早” shortened from “早安”。
如果你和那个人关系特别好，你通常还会问他“吃早饭了吗”。
当中国人碰到很久不见面的同学或者朋友，通常会说：“好久不见，最近怎么样？”
回答通常是，“挺好的，还行吧, 马马虎虎。有空出来聚聚啊”。
但是中国人的日常问候语从来不说“你好吗？”
你会跟中国人打招呼了吗？
How do Chinese greet each other?
When a Chinese meets someone for the first time, they normally start from “Hello, I am called, please….”
When a Chinese meets someone they see every day, for example, classmates or colleges, they normally say “morning” or “good morning”, which is similar to English convention. If you have a good relationship with that person, normally you will ask something more like “Have you had brekkie?” to show that you care about that person.
When Chinese happens to meet someone whom they hasn’t seen each other for a long time, they normally say “Long time no see, how are you doing recently? We should hang out sometime.”
The answer would be “good”, “not bad”, or “so so”.
But “How are you” would never be used in Chinese daily greetings.
Do you know how to greet Chinese people now?
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