Chinese Phrase - Good afternoon

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English

Good afternoon

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xià
hǎo
Chinese

下午好

Pinyin

xiàwǔhǎo

Literal meaning: Afternoon Good
Usually you'd go with 你好 (nǐhǎo), since that wouldn't cause any confusion. If a foreigner suddenly throws around with uncommon phrases, the native Chinese may not readily understand you. They may even pretend to understand what you said, even though they really thought you said some fancy English word.
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