| 你 好 吗？ | How are you? |
| Nǐ hǎo ma? | |
| 我 很 好, 你 呢？ | I am fine, what about you? |
| Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? | |
| 我 也 很 好。 | I am also very good. |
| Wǒ yě hěn hǎo. | |
Dialogue
Note: "How are you" greetings in Chinese.
Vocabulary
| 吗 | ma | particle, used at the end of the "Yes-No question" | |
| 呢 | ne | particle, "Topic + 呢 " means what about this Topic | |
| 很 | hěn | adv. very | |
| 也 | yě | adv. also | |
Expansion
Other ways to answer “How are you doing?”
Grammar
| Yes-No question ending with 吗 (ma)： |
| A "Yes-No question" is the question which can be answered with either yes or no in English. We also have this type of question in Chinese and to change a statement to a Yes-No question, we only need to place a question particle 吗 at the end of the sentence. Sample Sentences: |
| How are you? | Download | |
| Is Daphne doing well? | Download | |
| Is Jeremy doing well? | Download | |
| Topic + 呢(ne)?= What about this Topic? |
| A Topic can be a person, an object, a time, a place or a sentence etc.You can either use this structure to return the same question asked by another person such as "I'm very well, and you?" "Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?" or simply ask "what about XXX" like we use in English." Sample Sentences: |
| I'm (very) fine, what about you? | Download | |
| How about Daphne? (Where is Daphne?) | Download | |
| What about (going to) Hong Kong? | Download | |
| What about tomorrow? | Download | |
| What about that restaurant? | Download | |
| 也(yě) = also + adj./verb |
| In English, we have also, too and either, all three words mean the same but used differently. Forget about the English words, because in Chinese, we only have one word to express "also", which is "yě 也" and the only way to use it is to put it before the verb and adj." Sample Sentences: |
| I'm also (very) fine. | Download | |
| Daphne | 也 | 很 | 漂 | 亮 | 。 | | Daphne | yě | hěn | piào | liang | . |
Daphne is also very beautiful. | Download | |
| I also go (there). | Download | |
| I also like (it). | Download | |
Exerises
What's the meaning of the word and how to pronounce
| Chinese characters | Show answers | Show pinyin |
| 你 | nǐ | pron. you (informal) |
| 您 | nín | pron. you (courteous) |
| 好 | hǎo | adj. good |
