Mandarin phrase guide

How to say nice to meet you in Chinese

很高兴认识你 is a friendly, standard phrase for expressing pleasure after being introduced to someone.

Chinese

很高兴认识你

很高興認識你

Pinyin

hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ

Sounds like

hun gow shing run shir knee

Read it piece by piece

很

hěn

hun

English IPA /hun/

高

gāo

gow

English IPA /gow/

兴

xìng

shing

English IPA /ʃɪŋ/

认

rèn

run

English IPA /run/

识

shi

shir

English IPA /ʃɜːr/

你

nǐ

knee

English IPA /niː/

Pronunciation notes

x sounds close to "sh", with the tongue forward.

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When to use 很高兴认识你

Neutral and warm

Say it during or just after a first introduction.
Replace 你 with 您 when speaking respectfully to an older person, client, or senior colleague.

Other ways to say it

认识你很高兴

認識你很高興

rèn shi nǐ hěn gāo xìng

I am glad to meet you

Neutral

幸会

幸會

xìng huì

Pleased to meet you

Formal or literary

Example conversations

Hello, nice to meet you.

你好，很高兴认识你。

你好，很高興認識你。

nǐ hǎo, hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ

I am also very happy to meet you.

我也很高兴认识你。

我也很高興認識你。

wǒ yě hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ

Common mistakes

认识 means becoming acquainted with a person; use 见到你很高兴 when emphasizing seeing someone.

Related Chinese phrases

How to say hello 你好 · nǐ hǎo How to say what is your name 你叫什么名字？ · nǐ jiào shén me míng zi How to say my name is 我叫 · wǒ jiào