Howdy is a friendly way to say hello. You hear it most in the United States, especially in the South and the West — cowboy films love it.

Howdyhowdy is a friendly way to say hello是一種友善的打招呼方式。You hear it most你最常聽到它 in the United States, especially in the South and the West是在美國，尤其是南部和西部——cowboy films love it牛仔電影很愛用。

It is warm and casual; you would not put it in a job letter or say it to a judge.

It is warm and casual它很溫暖、隨性；you would not put it in a job letter你不會把它寫進求職信裡，or say it to a judge也不會對法官這樣說。

Though actually, people far from Texas now say it too, a little for fun, because it sounds so “American.” In Britain it is not the everyday hello.

Though actually不過其實，people far from Texas now say it too現在離德州很遠的人也會說，a little for fun帶點好玩的心態，because it sounds so "American."因為聽起來很「美國」。In Britain在英國，it is not the everyday hello它不是日常打招呼用語。

You can, in old or playful English, use it as a verb (“He howdied us at the gate”), but almost everyone just uses it as a greeting.

You can, in old or playful English你可以在老式或帶點玩笑的英文裡，use it as a verb把它當動詞用 ("He howdied us at the gate")（像是「He howdied us at the gate」），but almost everyone但幾乎每個人 just uses it as a greeting都只把它當招呼語用。

It is a squeezed-down “How do you do?” — so the tidy idea is a polite question, but in real talk it often means no more than “Hi.”

It is a squeezed-down "How do you do?"它是「How do you do?」的濃縮說法——so the tidy idea is a polite question所以整整齊齊的意思是個禮貌性的問句，but in real talk但在實際對話中 it often means no more than "Hi."它常常就只是「嗨」的意思。