Zhao, a teacher at the training class for foreigners learning Chinese at Good Morning Chinese School in Shanghai, said that the most prominent feature of greetings and farewell messages from China people is that they show more concern for each other's health, work, life and study besides showing respect. For example, when you meet someone, you often say, "How are you?" "How was work?" If you know that the other person is in poor health and the work is not satisfactory, you will often say, "Are you better?" "Take care!" "Open it if you want, don't be angry!" When you say goodbye to an acquaintance, you often say, "Go slowly!" "Go!" "Be careful on the road!" Most of these greetings are out of concern, full of care and affection.
This is very different from English. You need to get used to this process in the training class for foreigners to learn Chinese. When English speakers greet acquaintances, they usually say, "(Good morning! Besides, they often use "nice day, isn't it?" Talk about the weather in this way. ".English speakers say goodbye except" Goodbye! " "goodbye! "Besides, say more words of blessing, such as" Have a nice trip! "Greetings from English speakers are more about respect than concern. Generally, you don't ask other people's health, work, life and other questions. These are private matters.