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How To Say What’s Up In Chinese?

Post by Swing on November 9, 2022, Category: Native Chinese 
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The basic information of what in Chinese

What” is a very important word because many questions begin with it. And if you understand “what” better, you can learn Chinese well. When you look up the dictionary, what is translated into Chinese as 什么 [shén me].
For example:

CharacterPinyinEnglish
这是什么?zhè shì shén me?What is this?
what-is-this
what-is-this

And you can also say:

CharacterPinyinEnglish
这是啥?zhè shì shá?What is this?

The most common and simple way to say what’s up in Chinese

怎么了? [zěn me le?] – What’s up?

what's-up-what's-up
what's-up-what's-up
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:怎么了?zěn me le?What’s up?
B:我病了。wǒ bìng le。I’m sick.

Other ways to say what’s up in Chinese

  1. 怎么回事? [zěn me huí shì?] – What happened? What’s up?
hey-google-what's-up
hey-google-what's-up
  1. 发生了什么事? [fā shēng le shén me shì?] – What happened?
what-happened
what-happened
  1. 最近怎么样? [zuì jìn zěn me yàng?] – How are you doing recently? How is it going recently?
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:最近怎么样?zuì jìn zěn me yàng?How is it going recently?
B:一切都好。yí qiè dōu hǎo。Everything is okay.
  1. 还好吗? [hái hǎo ma?] / 最近还好吗? [zuì jìn hái hǎo ma?]– Are you okay recently?
are-u-okay
are-u-okay
  1. 近来可好? [jìn lái kě hǎo?] – How is everything going? What’s up?
what's-up-in-chinese
what's-up-in-chinese
  1. 一切可好? [yí qiè kě hǎo?] – Is everything okay?
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:一切可好?yí qiè kě hǎo?Is everything okay?
B:是的,一切都好。shì de,yí qiè dōu hǎo。Yes, everything is okay.
  1. 近况如何? [jìn kuàng rú hé?] – How is it going recently? What’s up?
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:近况如何?jìn kuàng rú hé?How is it going recently?
B:不太好。bú tài hǎo。Not too good.
  1. 咋啦? [zǎ lā?] – What’s up? What’s wrong?
okay-what's-up
okay-what's-up
  1. 啥事? [shá shì?] – What’s up? What’s the matter?
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:啥事?shá shì?What’s the matter?
B:我忘记带钱了。wǒ wàng jì dài qián le。I forgot to bring money.

10.作甚?[zuò shèn?] – What’s up? What are you doing?

whats-up-in-chinese
whats-up-in-chinese
  1. 干嘛?[gàn má?] – What’s up? What are you doing?
SpeakerCharacterPinyinEnglish
A:干嘛?gàn má?What’s up?
B:不干嘛,来看看你。bú gàn má,lái kàn kàn nǐ。Nothing, just come and see you.

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