Is "你们好" (nǐmen hǎo) in actual use for greeting multiple people at once? I just felt like typing "hello" in Chinese in a chat room (with no Chinese speakers in it but what the hey) Recently I started getting questions and comments from people concerned about whether or not it is ok to say "ni hao ma" in Chinese, and if ni hao ma is even ma is a question word~"ni hao ma"is like that u r asking someone whether he is good or not ~so， we often use it to greet someone who you long time no see~ "ni hao a " is just a greeting,no questions to ask so we use it more in our daily greeting. June 13, 2012. 1. How to use ni hao And ni hao ma. It's a greeting used by someone who meets others for the first time or comes across an acquaintance. The response is also " 你好 ". A : 你 好，Susan!. (Hello Susan ) ~ nǐ hǎo, Susan! B : 你 好，James !. ( Hello James ) ~ nǐ hǎo, James! If you ask someone " 你好吗？. " ,that people Synonym for Ni hao hello. are you ok？ English (US) French (France) German Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Russian Simplified Chinese (China) Spanish (Mexico) Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) Turkish Vietnamese A direct translation is 你好吗？ ni hao ma? But you will find Chinese native speakers never use it to greet people, generally, they will use 你怎么样？ ni zen me yang? or 你最近怎么样？ ni zui jin zen me yang? .

ni hao vs ni hao ma