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"Ma" character
editWhat is the character for "Ma" that is used at the end of "Ni hao ma"? mdkarazim (talk) 19:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
It is just a question word without any meaning. The Chinese character for "Ma" is "吗". And in some other Chinese dialects the question word used is different. For example in Cantonese "吗" is seldom used in daily conversations. 219.77.189.171 (talk) 04:30, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
What is that stuff about WoW? Surely that belongs in an article about computer games rather than the word "hello" in Chinese? Given that 99% of its usage will have nothing to do with a slang and offensive term for "Chinese gold farmers"? And what is an MMO anyway??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.224.87.94 (talk) 00:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I agree, it's a minor usage. There is no negative connotation of the phrase Ni Hao outside of WoW, and I've reverted it. Torc402 (talk) 04:49, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Kazakh
editThere's no such phrase in Kazakh. It might be a dialect spoken by the Kazakhs living in China, but certainly not in the Kazakhstan itself. You should specify that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.213.52 (talk) 20:13, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Pick-up line
edit- In the west, "Ni hao" is used as an informal pick-up line when talking to Asian girls.
Only by clueless people. Most Asian girls will be unimpressed by it, especially if they don't actually speak Mandarin. I've removed this as I think it's not really noteworthy information. - furrykef (Talk at me) 03:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Assessment comment
editThe comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Ni hao/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
| This article was rated as a stub because it is very short with little material. I have rated it as mid-importance as it is the word for 'hello' in Mandarin Chinese. Auroranorth (!) 12:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC) |
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