How to say hello and hi in Mandarin Chinese

There is a Chinese saying  礼多人不怪.  This Mandarin Chinese phrase actually means it is not strange for one to be extra polite.

礼 politeness

多 many or a lot

人 person / people

不 no / not

怪 strange / weird

Simplest way to say hello in Mandarin Chinese

When you are greeting a person you know or a person you do not know, the simplest Mandarin Chinese phrase to use at anytime of the day is

你好  Nǐ hǎo

The Mandarin Chinese keywords here are

你 = you

好 = good / fine

How to read and write the Mandarin Chinese keywords

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