Sentence pattern · Band 1

怎么样: how is it, how about it

…… 怎么样?

怎么样 asks for a review: how is it, what do you think. Point it at anything, a book, a movie, a plan, and the listener hands over an opinion. Stick it after a proposal and it becomes how about it: tomorrow, my place, dinner, 怎么样? It also asks how someone is doing, the how have you been of a friendly text.

Hear it in a sentence

那个电影怎么样?Nàge diànyǐng zěnmeyàng?How was that movie?
明天来我家吃饭,怎么样?Míngtiān lái wǒ jiā chī fàn, zěnmeyàng?How about coming to my place for dinner tomorrow?
你的手机怎么样?Nǐ de shǒujī zěnmeyàng?How is your phone?
你觉得汉语怎么样?Nǐ juéde Hànyǔ zěnmeyàng?What do you think of Chinese?

Mistakes people make

Not this你怎么样去学校?Nǐ zěnmeyàng qù xuéxiào?Say this你怎么去学校?Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?

Asking by what method is 怎么; 怎么样 asks for an opinion or a condition, not a route.

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Quick answers

What does 怎么样 mean?

怎么样 asks for a review: how is it, what do you think. Point it at anything, a book, a movie, a plan, and the listener hands over an opinion. Stick it after a proposal and it becomes how about it: tomorrow, my place, dinner, 怎么样? It also asks how someone is doing, the how have you been of a friendly text.

How do you build it?

…… 怎么样?

What is the most common mistake?

你怎么样去学校? → 你怎么去学校?

Asking by what method is 怎么; 怎么样 asks for an opinion or a condition, not a route.

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