Actually, contrary to the previous poster. It does not mean no.Just the opposite, 'hao' means good/fine. "Ni hao" (Chinese greeting) means "You good/fine.""Ni hao, ma?" literally means "You good?"A possibly response would be hen hao, or "very good." Hen (very) Hao (good/fine).
wo hen hao is one possible answer
Both 妈妈 (ma ma) and 母亲 (mu qin) mean mom in Mandarin. 妈妈 (ma ma) is less formal than 母亲 (mu qin).
Hao! wo hen hao, ni zhenme yang ?
'Ni hao' or 你好 is Chinese for 'hi' or 'hello'.Ni hao is a Chinese greeting like hello. It literally means 'you good'. If you add ma at the end that turns Ni hao into a question: Ni hao ma?
Tamen dou hao ma?
Ni hao ma ? ( how are you ) or Ni zui jin mang ma ? ( have you been busy lately ) or chi fan le ma ? ( literally , have you eaten ? ) although they may sound strange to your ear they are all accepted forms of asking ' how are you ' or how is it going '
Mang Ma has written: 'Guan yu ren kou wen ti de guan cha yu si kao' -- subject(s): Population
hello, speak chinese? means hello, do you speak chinese?
Actually, contrary to the previous poster. It does not mean no.Just the opposite, 'hao' means good/fine. "Ni hao" (Chinese greeting) means "You good/fine.""Ni hao, ma?" literally means "You good?"A possibly response would be hen hao, or "very good." Hen (very) Hao (good/fine).
:p it means How are you? the correct pinyin though is "Ni hao ma?"
ni hao ma Ma indicates a question in Chinese so this is really - 'how are you?' Hen gao xing jia dao ni - is nice to meet you. A typical greeting could be: Ni hao, hen gao xing jia dao ni. - Hello, nice to meet you.
Ma is something that you put at the end of a question in Chinese. There is nothing like it in English. It would be like saying You good ma? instead of you good. Ni hao=you good. Ni hao ma?=Are you good? I guess it's sort of like a question mark.
"Ma" itself is 妈
wo hen hao is one possible answer
yu ma ma
Both 妈妈 (ma ma) and 母亲 (mu qin) mean mom in Mandarin. 妈妈 (ma ma) is less formal than 母亲 (mu qin).