Hallo is an old way to write hello — the same greeting, not a different word. You use it to say hi, to start a phone call, or to catch someone’s ear.

Hallo is an old way to write hello hallo是hello的舊式寫法 the same greeting, not a different word是同一個問候語，不是另一個詞。 You use it to say hi你可以用它來打招呼 to start a phone call或用來開始一通電話 or to catch someone's ear或是用來引起某人的注意。

English used to spell this call in several ways at once: hello, hullo, hallo, halloo. Hello won, so hallo now looks old on the page.

English used to spell this call in several ways at once英文以前同時用好幾種拼法來寫這個招呼聲 hello, hullo, hallo, halloo像是hello、hullo、hallo、halloo。 Hello won最後hello勝出 so hallo now looks old on the page所以hallo現在看起來就顯得old-fashioned。

You still meet it in old letters, old stories, and when someone is being playful and old-fashioned on purpose. Though actually, hallo was also a shout into the distance — to a person far off, or even to dogs — before it settled as a friendly hello.

You still meet it in old letters, old stories你還是會在舊信件、舊故事裡遇到它 and when someone is being playful and old-fashioned on purpose或是有人故意耍幽默、裝old-fashioned的時候。 Though actually不過其實 hallo was also a shout into the distancehallo以前也是一種對著遠方大喊的叫聲 to a person far off, or even to dogs可以是對著遠方的人，甚至是對狗 before it settled as a friendly hello後來才固定下來變成友善的hello。

German Hallo is their everyday hello; that is their spelling in their language, not a special English meaning.

German Hallo is their everyday hello德文的Hallo是他們日常的hello that is their spelling in their language, not a special English meaning那只是他們語言裡的拼法，不是英文裡有什麼特別意思。