'Long time no see'

For meeting friends we haven't met for a while, we may sometimes say 'It's long time we haven't met/ seen . . . '. Nowadays, we may hear people say 'hi, long time no see . . . '. Now the problem is whether 'long time no see' = 'it's long time we haven't met/ seen', or that's not normal english used by native speakers.

Please advice.
Thank you.

IHeyny

The phrase 'long time no see' is indeed native English.

This phrase is a bit informal. Many people would agree that this phrase is also a bit old-fashioned. Nevertheless, it is still commonly used.

Some people has suspected that this phrase is a direct tranlation from the Chinese phrase "好久不見”.

Wikipedia even suggested that this phrase is one example of the so-called 'Chinese
Pidgin English'

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delynea

I've seen tons of people using "Long time no see"
I'm sure it bothers the English teachers because of the grammar, but it's commonly used nowadays.

jaysings

don't worry.im entirely sure that 'long time no see' is available in canada