How to Say "How are you" in Chinese (Mandarin): 你好吗？

The characters in 你好吗？

• 好

  Good.

  6 strokes

• 吗 / 嗎

  Turns a sentence into a yes-or-no question. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

Adding 吗 to the end of a sentence makes it a question. Answer with 我很好 (I'm fine) or 还好 (hái hǎo, okay).

More examples with 你好吗？

• 奶奶，你好吗？

  奶奶，你好嗎？

  Nǎinai, nǐ hǎo ma?

  Grandma, how are you?

• 你好吗？我很好。

  你好嗎？我很好。

  Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ hěn hǎo.

  How are you? I'm fine.