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How to Say ‘Hello, Hao Wei Restaurant.’ in Traditional Chinese

您好,好味餐廳。

nín hǎo hǎo wèi cān tīng

[nín how hǎowèi cāntīng]

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This is how Taiwanese restaurants typically answer the phone: a polite greeting followed straight away by the restaurant's name, so you know you've reached the right place.

Phrase Breakdown

您好,

nín hǎo

Hello (polite)

您 (nín) is the polite form of 'you'. Both syllables are third tone, so the first one changes to a rising tone: ní hǎo.

Example

您好,請進。

Hello, please come in.

Words in this phrase

您

nín

[nín]

you (polite)

Respectful form of 'you', used with customers or elders.

Example

您要幾點來?

What time will you come?

好

hǎo

[how]

good

Means 'good' or 'well'; in greetings like 你好 it helps form 'hello'.

Example

今天天氣很好。

The weather is very good today.

好味餐廳。

hǎo wèi cān tīng

Good Taste Restaurant

This is the restaurant's name. 好味 means 'good taste' and 餐廳 (cāntīng) means 'restaurant'. Keep both syllables of 餐廳 high and level.

Example

好味餐廳很有名。

Good Taste Restaurant is very famous.

Words in this phrase

好味

hǎo wèi

[hǎowèi]

Good Taste (restaurant name)

A name meaning 'delicious flavor', used here as a restaurant's name.

Example

好味的牛肉麵很有名。

Good Taste's beef noodles are famous.

餐廳

cān tīng

[cāntīng]

restaurant

A place where meals are served to customers.

Example

這家餐廳很熱鬧。

This restaurant is very lively.

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