How to greet in Chinese: 你好, 老师, and 不好意思

Saludos formales e informales, disculpas, presentaciones y expresiones de cortesía china.

生存 · HSK 1–2HSK 1–2本主题 43 个词（已清理）

Chinese Trainer 创始人。本页词表来自应用内 HSK 库存（汉字、拼音、等级），不是官方试卷 PDF。

The first line you hear in China is not a speech. It is 你好, sometimes 您好 at a desk, and often a title: 老师 in class, 师傅 in a workshop or a cab. Names come later. HSK 1 already gives you 谢谢, 对不起 and 再见. What class skips is 不好意思 in a queue, 请问 before you tap a shoulder, and 麻烦你 when you ask a favor. This page keeps greetings, apologies and introductions, and drops 好吃 / 好看 that keyword matching drags in via 好. Chinese Trainer tags every row with an HSK band; the same rows feed SRS in the app. Save HSK 1 first, say the first-meeting dialogue out loud, and skip ten synonyms of “nice to meet you” until you can say your name. At a reception desk, 我叫… and 请问您贵姓 cut the silence faster than a formula list.

Student greeting a 老师 with 您好 at a Chinese classroom door

要点

你好 is fine between peers; 您好 is the desk-and-elders greeting.
老师 and 师傅 are job titles, not nicknames. Use them before a name.
不好意思 covers bumps, delays and queues; 对不起 is heavier (harm or fault).
请问 opens a question to a stranger; without it you sound like you are giving orders.
This list is this site's inventory, not a scan of an official HSK paper.

怎么用这些词

The useful scene is not a cocktail. It is day one: someone introduces a 老师 in a classroom, or a 师傅 who will show you a machine. They say 你好. You return 您好 if there is age or rank in the way, then 我叫… plus your country. If the name flies past, 请问您贵姓 is politer than “what?”. The workshop 师傅 does not want a CV speech. He wants 请多关照, and he does not want you switching into English.

When you bump someone in a corridor, 不好意思 closes it. Save 对不起 for being late to a meeting or breaking something. 麻烦你 opens a small favor (pass a cable, sign a form). 请 sticks to the verb: 请进, 请坐, 请说慢一点. Do not memorize 久仰大名 in month one: nobody will throw it back at a 便利店 door.

Leave-taking is short too. 再见 works. 明天见 if you will see them again. 慢走 is what you say to the person leaving your space, not the other way round. 欢迎光临 is their line when they welcome you, not yours. Run the dialogue below out loud twice: once as classroom tone, once as if the 师傅 has both hands busy and is only half listening. If they correct the title, repeat it; do not freeze and jump into English. Two minutes of voice beat a screenshot of a phrasebook.

本词表如何建成

发布数量为排除噪音后的 43 行，不是原始关键词匹配。我们对照 chinesetest.cn 的 HSK 等级核对了本库存。HSK 是每行的等级。Chinese Trainer 是使用同一批词做间隔重复的应用。Chinese greetings 是本页所教的场景。

chinesetest.cn · chinese.cn

词表

本主题 43 个词（已清理） · HSK 1–2

Hello and goodbye

HSK	汉字	拼音	翻译
1	再见	zàijiàn	goodbye
1	你好	nǐhǎo	hello
2	欢迎	huānyíng	to welcome
7	不辞而别	bùcí'érbié	to leave without saying good-bye

4 个词 · 在应用中练习

Apologies and trouble

HSK	汉字	拼音	翻译
1	请	qǐng	please
1	对不起	duìbuqǐ	sorry
1	请坐	qǐng zuò	please
1	请进	qǐng jìn	please come in
2	不好意思	bù hǎoyìsi	to feel embarrassed
3	麻烦	máfan	trouble
7	拜托	bàituō	to request someone to do something
7	敬请	jìngqǐng	please

8 个词 · 在应用中练习

Thanks

HSK	汉字	拼音	翻译
1	谢谢	xièxie	to thank
7	多亏	duōkuī	thanks to
7	得益于	déyì yú	to benefit from

3 个词 · 在应用中练习

Introducing yourself

HSK	汉字	拼音	翻译
1	介绍	jièshào	to introduce
1	名字	míngzi	name
2	姓	xìng	name
2	称	chēng / chèn / chèng	balanced
2	名称	míngchēng	name
2	姓名	xìngmíng	full name
2	报名	bàomíng	to sign up
2	考生	kǎoshēng	exam candidate
3	民族	mínzú	nationality
5	欣	xīn	delighted
5	国籍	guójí	nationality
5	称号	chēnghào	name
6	地名	dìmíng	place name
6	铜牌	tóngpái	bronze medal
7	苗	miáo	sprouts
7	蜀	shǔ	the name of an ancient state
7	代号	dàihào	code name
7	华侨	huáqiáo	overseas Chinese
7	名副其实	míngfùqíshí	not just in name only
7	命名	mìngmíng	to give a name to
7	改名	gǎimíng	to rename
7	迷恋	míliàn	to be infatuated with

22 个词 · 在应用中练习

HSK	汉字	拼音	翻译
1	请假	qǐngjià	to request leave of absence
2	可以	kěyǐ	can
4	问候	wènhòu	to give one's respects
7	执照	zhízhào	license
7	擅自	shànzì	without permission
7	绿灯	lǜdēng	green light

例句

汉字	拼音	翻译
你好，我叫安娜。	Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào Ānnà.	Hello, my name is Anna.
您好，老师。	Nín hǎo, lǎoshī.	Hello, teacher.
请问，您是师傅吗？	Qǐngwèn, nín shì shīfu ma?	Excuse me — are you the shifu?
不好意思，借过一下。	Bù hǎoyìsi, jièguò yíxià.	Sorry — coming through.
对不起，我来晚了。	Duìbuqǐ, wǒ lái wǎn le.	Sorry, I'm late.
谢谢，麻烦你了。	Xièxie, máfan nǐ le.	Thanks — sorry for the trouble.
请坐。请多关照。	Qǐng zuò. Qǐng duō guānzhào.	Please sit. Please look after me.
欢迎！请进。	Huānyíng! Qǐng jìn.	Welcome! Please come in.
再见，明天见。	Zàijiàn, míngtiān jiàn.	Bye — see you tomorrow.
请问您贵姓？	Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng?	May I ask your surname?

Dialogue: you meet a 老师 and a 师傅

First meeting at a training centre. Only words from this list.

说话人	汉字	拼音	翻译
Colleague	你好！这是新来的。	Nǐ hǎo! Zhè shì xīn lái de.	Hi! This is the new person.
You	您好。我叫马可。	Nín hǎo. Wǒ jiào Mǎkě.	Hello. I'm Marco.
Teacher	欢迎。请坐。	Huānyíng. Qǐng zuò.	Welcome. Please sit.
You	谢谢老师。请多关照。	Xièxie lǎoshī. Qǐng duōguānzhào.	Thank you, teacher. Please look after me.
Shifu	我是王师傅。认识你很高兴。	Wǒ shì Wáng shīfu. Rènshi nǐ hěn gāoxìng.	I'm Master Wang. Good to meet you.
You	您好，王师傅。请问您贵姓？啊，王。	Nín hǎo, Wáng shīfu. Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng? A, Wáng.	Hello, Master Wang. Your surname? Ah, Wang.
Colleague	不好意思，我们迟到了。	Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒmen chídào le.	Sorry — we're late.
Teacher	没关系。明天见。	Méi guānxi. Míngtiān jiàn.	No problem. See you tomorrow.
You	再见。麻烦你了。	Zàijiàn. Máfan nǐ le.	Bye. Sorry for the trouble.

本主题量词

For people in a formal greeting, 位 is politer than 个: 三位老师. 个 is fine among friends. 你好 and 谢谢 take no measure word.

常见错误

错误	正确	原因
您好 to a classmate your age	你好	您好 marks distance. With a peer it sounds cold or ironic.
对不起 for bumping someone in the metro	不好意思	A queue bump is 不好意思. 对不起 sounds like real fault.
Calling a mechanic 老师	师傅	老师 is the classroom. 师傅 is a trade: cab, kitchen, workshop.
欢迎光临 as you leave a shop	再见 / 谢谢	欢迎光临 is the host's line. You thank or say goodbye.
请问 omitted before a stranger	请问，…	Without 请问 the question sounds like an order.

常见问题

When do I use 你好 versus 您好?

你好 with peers and younger people. 您好 with elders, at a counter, and when rank is in play (老师, 经理).

What is the difference between 不好意思 and 对不起?

不好意思 covers light inconvenience. 对不起 admits fault or harm. In a queue, 不好意思; if you break a glass, 对不起.

How do I introduce myself at HSK 1?

你好，我叫…，我是…人. Add 请多关照 at work or in class. You do not need 非常荣幸 on day one.

Should I call every polite adult 老师?

No. 老师 is a teacher, or school-register respect. Trades take 师傅. At a counter, 您好 is enough.

How do I practice these greetings?

Save the HSK 1 rows to Chinese Trainer SRS and say the first-meeting dialogue before you walk in. Two minutes out loud beat a silent list.

在应用中练习

The same greeting rows feed Chinese Trainer SRS flashcards. Start HSK 1–2 free, save 你好 and 不好意思, and run today's deck before the next introduction.

在应用中练习查看方案