ma is a question word~"ni hao ma"is like that u r asking someone whether he is good or not ~so， we often use it to greet someone who you long time no see~ "ni hao a " is just a greeting,no questions to ask so we use it more in our daily greeting. June 13, 2012. 1. Is "你们好" (nǐmen hǎo) in actual use for greeting multiple people at once? I just felt like typing "hello" in Chinese in a chat room (with no Chinese speakers in it but what the hey) If you ask how someone is, you turn the greeting into a question by adding the question word ma, you say Ni hao ma. More formal greetings include: Ni zao! A morning greeting. Zao! A morning 1) Nǐ hǎo (你好) vs. Nín hǎo (您好) Nín (您, you) is the polite form of nǐ (你, you). Instead of saying "nǐ hǎo" (你好, hello), one should say "nín hǎo" (您好, hello In today's lesson, we are going to learn how to say "how are you" and how to answer it in Chinese. more. More text content: Hey guys, nǐ hǎo Jika dalam bahasa Mandarin, apabila kamu mengucapkan 你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma), artinya kamu benar-benar ingin menanyakan tentang keadaan atau kondisi kesehatan dari lawan bicaramu. Lantas, apa perbedaannya dengan 你好(nǐ hǎo)? Nah, kata 你好 (nǐ hǎo) merupakan kata sapaan yang umum digunakan dalam bahasa Mandarin. Adding the question particle (character) 吗 (ma) turns the statement "you well" 你好 (ni hao) into a question "(are) you well?" (ni hao ma). A few points: Both 你好 (ni hao) and 你好吗？ (ni hao ma) are acceptable ways of saying "hello" in Chinese. 你好 (ni hao) is a statement literally meaning "you well/good", a way Recently I started getting questions and comments from people concerned about whether or not it is ok to say "ni hao ma" in Chinese, and if ni hao ma is even Greetings: "你好!. (Nǐ hǎo!)" or "你好吗？. (Nǐ hǎo ma)?". 25/12/2013 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseSentences, #GreetingsNihAOnIhaOma. Please choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. Annie: ___. Zhāng Lì: Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie! 张丽: 我很好，谢谢!. Zhang Li: I'm fine, thank you! A direct translation is 你好吗？ ni hao ma? But you will find Chinese native speakers never use it to greet people, generally, they will use 你怎么样？ ni zen me yang? or 你最近怎么样？ ni zui jin zen me yang? t64eF.