also: ニイハオ
Chinese greeting used in Japanese, often in contexts related to China or Chinese language. Not a standard Japanese greeting.
from Chinese nǐ hǎo
In Chinese, '你好' means 'hello'.
He greeted me with 'nǐ hǎo'.
Variant katakana spelling with a long vowel; less common than ニーハオ.
Katakana spelling is the usual written form in Japanese, reflecting its status as a loanword.
Borrowed from Mandarin Chinese 你好 (nǐ hǎo, 'hello').