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Cantonese Greetings

This is a list of greetings in Cantonese. Helpful when trying to check how others are doing or feeling during different times of the day.

Hi!:
wèi
Good morning!: 早晨!
zǎochén!
Good afternoon!: 午安!
Wǔ ān!
Good evening!: 晚安!
Wǎn'ān!
Welcome!: 歡迎
Huānyíng
How are you? (friendly): 你點呀?
nǐ diǎn ya?
How are you? (polite): 你好嗎?
Nǐ hǎo ma?
What's up? (colloquial) : 咩事呀?
Miē shì ya?
I'm fine, thank you!: 唔錯,有心!
Wú cuò, yǒuxīn!
And you? (friendly): 你呢?
Nǐ ne?
And you? (polite): 你幾好嗎?
Nǐ jǐ hǎo ma?
Good:
Hǎo
Bad:
chà
Happy: 開心
kāixīn
Sad: 傷心
shāngxīn
Thank you!: 多謝(to thank for a gift) 唔該(to thank for a favour)
duōxiè (to thank for a gift) wú gāi (to thank for a favour)
Thank you very much!: 好多謝(to thank for a gift) 真係唔該晒(to thank for a favour)
hǎoduōxiè (to thank for a gift) zhēn xì wú gāi shài (to thank for a favour)
You're welcome!: 唔駛客氣
wú shǐ kèqì
Have a nice day!: 祝你今日過得開心
zhù nǐ jīnrìguò dé kāixīn
Good night!: 早抖
zǎo dǒu
See you later!: 遲啲見
chí dì jiàn
Have a good trip!: 一路順風
yīlù shùnfēng
It was nice talking to you!: 好開心識到你
hǎo kāixīn shí dào nǐ

The above greetings in Cantonese are essential to daily conversations. You are very likely to use at least one of them in any given day. Check out the next topic below or choose your own subject from the menu above.

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