Help: the most appropriate translation for "Have a good day"

[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!

[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:mrgreen:

[againstwind]

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.

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]

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...

[gato]

yes, "watch your body" is a good one.

[heifeng]

哈哈对阿， 身体是革民的本钱， 健康是人生的第一财富嘛！

[studentyoung]

哈哈对阿， 身体是革民的本钱， 健康是人生的第一财富嘛！

哈哈对阿， 身体是革命的本钱， 健康是人生的第一财富嘛！

Thanks!

[heifeng]

呵呵，不好意思打错了！

[HashiriKata]

不好意思打错了！

不要客气！你大概是南方人。要是你有时间，看看“应到的未到” 这个笑话（http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/1588-jokes&page=10）

[studentyoung]

呵呵，不好意思打错了！

呵呵，没关系！实不相瞒，我自己也常打错字呢！ (下一回我要是出了错，你就纠我的错得了。 )

Thanks!

[chaptermm]

ming tian jian !

[adrianlondon]

That means "see you tomorrow". I suppose it is wishing someone a day good enough that they survive it ;)

[landyliao]

语言习惯不同，不必太过认真！

走好、 再见、byebye、慢走、回见、

[muyongshi]

One that hasn't gotten up yet (unless I missed it) that is rather frequently used is 我先走了 or 我走了.

I love the whole statement. I say that, my friends may or may not mumble something, and then I grunt and leave.

Here's another one that you won't see used often but it is kind of like "have a nice day" but only some really weird limited group of people would say it. It is 祝福你. Kind of more like bless you but like I said I only now a group of about 10 that would actually say it.