Chinese symbol for “hello”
你好
nǐ hǎo
hello; hi
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hello is 你好 (nǐ hǎo), defined as: hello; hi.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hello”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喂 | wéi | hello (when answering the phone) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper |
| 哈罗 (哈羅) | hā luó | hello (loanword) |
| 哈啰 (哈囉) | hā luō | hello (loanword) |
| 哈喽 (哈嘍) | hā lóu | hello (loanword) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 你好.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 你们 (你們) | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 迷你 | mí nǐ | (loanword) mini-; miniature; very small |
| 你死我活 | nǐ sǐ wǒ huó | lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist |
| 迷你裙 | mí nǐ qún | miniskirt |
| 你追我赶 (你追我趕) | nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎn | friendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hello”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.