Zěnme yàng in Chinese 怎么样

Zěnme yàng in Chinese

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Grammar Point:
There are a few ways to express “what do you think” in Chinese. The most common one is by adding 怎么样 zěnme yàng after a statement.

Structure

Statement + 怎麼樣/怎么样 Zěnme yàng

The phrase 怎么样 zěnme yàng is commonly used in Chinese to ask about the opinion of something. It can be translated as “What do you think?”

我们wǒmen改gǎi居家jūjiā办公bàngōng， 怎么样zěnmeyàng？
We switch to working from home, what do you think?

我wǒ星期一xīngqīyī有yǒu事shì， 我们wǒmen星期三xīngqīsān见jiàn， 怎么样zěnmeyàng？
I have something on Monday, shall we meet on Wednesday, how does that sound?

今天jīntiān晚餐wǎncān吃chī火锅huǒguō， 怎么样zěnmeyàng？
Having hot pot for dinner tonight, how does that sound?

九月jiǔyuè一起yìqǐ去qù南京nánjīng玩wán， 怎么样zěnmeyàng？
Let’s go to Nanjing together in September, how does that sound?

我们wǒmen去qù报名bàomíng Tiffany 的de中文zhōngwén课kè， 怎么样zěnmeyàng？
What do you think about signing up for Tiffany’s Chinese class?

In this function, you can also use a more formal phrase (or a shorter form in text) 如何 rúhé to replace 怎么样 zěnme yàng.

我wǒ明天míngtiān把bǎ东西dōngxi拿ná给gěi你nǐ， 如何rúhé？
How about I bring the things to you tomorrow?

我们wǒmen约yuē明天míngtiān12 点diǎn在zài餐厅cāntīng见jiàn， 如何rúhé？
How about we meet at the restaurant tomorrow at 12 o’clock?

Subject + 怎麼樣/怎么样 Zěnme yàng

The phrase 怎么样 zěnme yàng can also used in Chinese to ask about the condition or quality. It can be translated as “How is it?”

昨天zuótiān的de电影diànyǐng怎么样zěnmeyàng？
How was the movie yesterday?

今天jīntiān天气tiānqì怎么样zěnmeyàng？
How is the weather today?

你的nǐde感冒gǎnmào好hǎo了le吗ma？ 现在xiànzài觉得juéde怎么样zěnmeyàng？
Is your cold better now? How do you feel?

你的nǐde新xīn工作gōngzuò怎么样zěnmeyàng？
How is your new job?

Tiffnay 的de课kè怎么样zěnmeyàng？
How is Tiffany’s class?

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