你好嗎

See also: 你好吗

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		hello; hi	(question tag); morphine
trad. (你好嗎)		你好	嗎
simp. (你好吗)		你好	吗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ hǎo ma

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄏㄠˇ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ hou² maa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ hǎo ma [Phonetic: níhǎoma]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄏㄠˇ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ hǎo må
    • Wade–Giles: ni³ hao³ ma⁵
    • Yale: nǐ hǎu ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii hao .ma
    • Palladius: ни хао ма (ni xao ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴ mä⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ hou² maa³
    • Yale: néih hóu ma
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ hou² maa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ hou² ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ hou̯³⁵ maː³³/

Phrase

1. how are you? (greeting)

Usage notes

A literal translation of English how are you? Not commonly used among native speakers of Chinese, though sometimes spoken when inquiring about the health of the interlocutor.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 你好無／你好无
• (Hakka) 你好冇
• (Wu) 儂好𠲎／侬好𠲎