People often exchange a few words of greetings when they meet. Apart from "吃了吗?(Have you had your meal?)" and "出去啊?(Are yougoing out?)" the Chinese also use some expressions similar to "How're you?" "How's it going?" and "What's up" in English. How do yousay them in Chinese? And how do you reply?
重点词 Key Words
怎么样 zěnmeyàng pron. how is...
还 hái adv. fairly; pretty
行 xíng v. OK; all right
可以 kěyǐ adj. not bad; passable
挺......的 tǐng......de IE. rather; quite
不错 búcuò adj. not bad
会话示例 Dialogue
会话
1两位同事在聊天。
Ⅰ (Two colleagues are chatting.)
电影怎么样? A: Diànyǐng zěnmeyàng? How was the movie?
挺不错的,你应该去看。 B: Tǐng búcuò de. Quite good.
2 两个熟人很久没见面了,偶然碰面了。 Ⅱ (Two acquaintances meet after quite a while.)