HEYGOW ASMR

Time of day

10 phrases
HD
zǎo.
早。
ENmorning
HD
nǐ zǎo.
你早。
ENgood morning
HD
zhōngwǔ hǎo.
中午好。
ENgood afternoon (midday)
HD
xiàwǔ hǎo.
下午好。
ENgood afternoon
HD
wǎnshang hǎo.
晚上好。
ENgood evening
HD
zuò ge hǎo mèng.
做个好梦。
ENsweet dreams
HD
zǎodiǎn xiūxi.
早点休息。
ENget some rest
HD
nǐ qǐ de zhēn zǎo.
你起得真早。
ENyou're up early
HD
wǒ gāi shuì le.
我该睡了。
ENI should go to bed
HD
míngtiān jiàn.
明天见。
ENsee you tomorrow

Chinese greets the clock more explicitly than English does. 中午好 and 下午好 mark parts of the day that English lumps into "afternoon", and 早 on its own - one syllable, no 好 - is what colleagues actually say to each other in a corridor at nine in the morning. The evening pair is worth learning together: 早点休息 is what you say to someone who should stop working, and 做个好梦 is warmer, for someone you are close to.