Chevere

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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From :   Shelby LaMonica

Date : 2009-02-18 / 08:28AM

Ni hao benny!
well, I had this Chinese friend and I was practicing my Mandarin with him and I asked him how he was and he said “wo hao bu hao.” I didnt get it!

Whats it mean? “Im good not good?”
or is it a way to say so-so? Becuase I thought so-so was “ma ma hu hu”
or something like that.

Xie xie!
XaiJian!

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Jenny

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2009-02-18 / 09:47AM

Hi Shelby,
It is a Chinese way to reply others greetings. For instance:
—ni zui jin hao ma=how is everything goes on recently?
—wo hen hao, ni hao bu hao=I am fine, what about you?

And soso does mean “ma ma hu hu”.

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Athena

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Athena hotmail.com 
2009-02-19 / 09:45AM

Hi Shelby,ni zui jin hao ma ?

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