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mytulip -

People who speak English often end their conversations with "Have a good day!" Since Chinese
people usually don't say that, I am trying to figure out the most appropriate translation for the
phrase. I come up with "祝你一天都愉快/开心”。Do you have a better one? Please feel
free to brainstorm.Thanks!



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gato -

慢走！＝ walk slowly！










againstwind -

Now that the difference of greeting is related to culture, it is likely that some of them can't be
interpretated, even we want to seek "the most appropriate". I think so.

Therefore, I don't really think that Chinese would say "祝你一天都愉快/开心" or something
like that when ending conversations. Perhaps they rarely care whether you're happy or not. They
just care for your safety —— is China a dangerous nation? But why?:—— then they will say
慢走, or 慢点儿(like many Pekinese say), be slowly or walk slowly, with a subaudition that
TAKE CARE!










adrianlondon -

The trouble with "man zou" is that you say this to someone who's leaving. So it really is liek
"Have a nice day!" that Americans use.

If it's you who is leaving then I don't think you can use that.










gato -

You can use "多保重" (i.e. "take care") even if you are the one walking slowly away.










mytulip -

Thank you, guys. That really helps. The Chinese people don't say "have a nice day", but they do
say "have a nice weekend" (周末愉快). Another question. When talking on the phone, "慢走“
wouldn't be right. How about “保重"? How do the Chinese end their phone conversations?










monicamars -

Chinese often say"好了，就这样吧“，“您去忙吧”，“打搅了啊” when finish a
conversation










againstwind -



Quote:

When talking on the phone, "慢走“ wouldn't be right. How about “保重"?

Sometimes people do say 保重 when ending a talk on the phone. But is still not in common use.
Because 保重 means "to take care of your health", but it is used when someone will leave far
away for a long time. If you'll meet your friend tomorrow, obviously it's not proper that you say
保重 to him when ending the call.



Quote:

How do the Chinese end their phone conversations?

Mmm...
再见 (goodbye/ bye) , 回儿见 (see you later) and 明天见 (see you tomorrow) are ok.
In fact, in most of time, I feel we just say nothing except 好 or 就这样吧 when ending a call
(especially between friends).










liuzhou -



Quote:

How do the Chinese end their phone conversations?

They say "Bye Bye!"










heifeng -

保重feels like you are going off into the great unknown....ie you won't see each other for a
while. usually I just hear something like
注意身体啊
over the phone...or something like that...












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