How to Say ‘Pretty good! You?’ in Traditional Chinese
還不錯啊！你呢？
hái bù cuò a nǐ ne
[hái búcuò ah nǐ ne]
Phrase Breakdown
還不錯啊！
hái bù cuò a
Pretty good!
A relaxed way to say you are doing well. 不 is pronounced bú here because the next syllable, 錯, is fourth tone.
我的工作還不錯啊！
My job is pretty good!
Words in this phrase
還
hái
[hái]
quite; fairly
Softens an adjective, meaning 'reasonably' or 'fairly'.
這家店還可以。
This shop is fairly okay.
不錯
bù cuò
[búcuò]
not bad; pretty good
A modest way to say something is good.
這家餐廳不錯。
This restaurant is pretty good.
啊
a
[ah]
ah; sentence particle
A softening particle often used in friendly spoken responses like agreement.
好啊，到時候見。
Sure, see you then.
你呢？
nǐ ne
And you?
呢 after a pronoun bounces the question back to the other person, like 'how about you?'.
我喜歡茶，你呢？
I like tea. How about you?
Words in this phrase
你
nǐ
[nǐ]
you
Refers to the person being spoken to.
你今天看起來很高興。
You look happy today.
呢
ne
[ne]
what about...?
Placed after a noun to ask the same question back about that person or thing.
我很好，你呢？
I'm fine, and you?
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