Chinese Phrase - Good Afternoon
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English:
Good Afternoon
Chinese:
下午好
Pinyin:
xiàwǔhǎo
Literal:
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.
Check out this group of phrases too. You might find more useful phrases. The current phrase Good Afternoon appears in this group.
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