How to Say ‘How is it going?’ in Simplified Chinese
怎么样了？
zěn me yàng le
[dzun-muh-yang le]
💬 Usage Tip: The 了 at the end asks how things stand now compared with before, so it suits checking on something already underway. Without it, 怎么样？ is a plain "how is it?" about something in general.
Phrase Breakdown
怎么样
zěn me yàng
[dzun-muh-yang]
how; how is it
A common question phrase used to ask about condition, quality, or situation.
你觉得公司的文化怎么样？
What do you think of the company's culture?
了
le
[le]
(change of situation particle)
Placed at the end of a sentence to show a new situation or change of state.
天黑了。
It has gotten dark.
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