When learning how to say dates in Chinese, one must first know the words for 1st year, 2nd month and 3rd date (day). Dates in Chinese are read from the largest unit of time to the smallest:

The Chinese business culture is different from many other countries. For companies to communicate well with Chinese business relationships, they must have knowledge of the Chinese culture of courtesy. In this article, we discuss the ritual of exchanging business cards during business meetings in China and come up with 10 tips on how this should be done.

Chinese tourism in Norway

In 2017, Chinese tourists spent $ 258 billion while traveling abroad, which was 20% of what all tourists traveling internationally spent the same year (Source: World Tourism Organization, UNWTO). Chinese people now get easier travel visas, and several of them travel individually and find information about destinations on the internet. If we look at the travel pattern of Chinese people, there are more Chinese people who now seek out exclusive destinations: culture, traditional food / drink and unique nature experiences. These are areas we in Norway are good at, and there will therefore be many opportunities for both large and small tourist companies in the years to come.

1. Hi Nǐ hǎo! 你好!

This is the most common way to say hello to others in Chinese. If one wants to say "Hi" in an even more polite way, one can say Nín hǎo 您好. The sign nín 您 (you, polite [nin]) is a sign composed of 'heart' xīn 心 and 'you' nǐ 你.