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Beginner Mandarin Chinese: "How Are Things?" Greeting with eChineseLearning

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Channel: eChineseLearning · 2017 · Education

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Today, Teacher Ellie gives you one more way to greet someone in Chinese:

Zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?
最近怎么样?
How have you been recently? / How are things?

最近 (zuìjìn) = recently 

怎么样 (zěnmeyàng) = How is it? / How are things?
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As a response, you can of course use: 
我很好. (Wǒ hěn hǎo.) = I'm fine.

Since the Chinese are famously modest, the more authentic way to answer this question is: 

还行. (Hái xíng.) = Not bad. / I'm OK.
还可以 (Hái kěyǐ.) = Not bad. / I'm OK.
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