Abstract: Greetings, a kind of social phenomenon, have ubiquitously existed. It is important to build and maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships. And, it is critical to develop preschool children’s abilities. This paper summarizes the influence of Chinese and English greetings on preschool children’s education in detail and puts it forward that learning Chinese and English greetings have a positive significance in the preschool children’s bilingual education. Through the contrast of contents, salutations and courtesy standards of the Chinese and English greetings, we have a better understanding of developing students’ abilities of thinking in English. Besides, we can know more about how to make preschoolers effectively learn the Chinese and English cultures. 

Key words: English and Chinese greetings; contrast; preschool children; education

摘要：问候语作为一种普遍存在的社会现象，对构建和谐的人际关系以及孩童发展至关重要。本文详细地阐述了问候语在学前儿童教育方面的影响，指出了学习问候语对学前儿童双语教育具有积极的指导意义。通过对英汉问候语问候内容、称呼语和礼貌标准等方面的对比，我们对培养幼儿英语思维和如何使其能有效学习英汉文化有了一定的了解。

关键词：英汉问候语; 对比; 学前儿童; 教育