<p>It's correct. It sounds native enough. <br>
"怎么样" in this sentence is used for asking how the things are. i.e. Are they good or bad? It's the same in "你过得怎么样" (literally "How are you getting along (these days)? ")<br>
Your friend could answer "还行" ("not so bad") "很好" ("very well") or "不怎么顺利" ("not so well"), as a few examples. </p>

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There's a subtle difference between "你英文学得怎么样?" and "你英文学得怎么样了?" For the first question, I will answer the level of my English, something like "Not bad, I've passed CET6"; however for the latter one, I would consider that's a question for "how's my recent English study going", and then I would answer something like "I've finished all the word lists in the textbook, so I think the exam won't be a problem for me."
Stan
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So is "___怎么样" similar to saying "___好不好"?
Meta
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2015-10-15T02:08:30.270Z
No. "怎么样" is closer to "how's it going?" as described in your question. "好不好" seems to be a word asking for (his Chinese) level.
Winfred Huang
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Winfred Huang
<p>I would just say this: 你最近中文学习怎么样？</p>

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Angus
<p>你的中文学得怎么样？colloquial<br>
你的中文学得咋样？dialect<br>
你的中文学得如何？style of written language  </p>

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Nigel Naigang Zhai
<p>I have a friend who has started learning Mandarin, and I want to ask them how their Mandarin studies are going. The first phrase that comes to mind is this:</p>

<p>你中文学习得怎么样？</p>

<p>I'm not sure, however, if 怎么样 is correct. I don't actually know its exact meaning, but I've always thought of it as "how's it going?", such as in “你过得怎么样？”. Therefore, in this case, "it" would be the person's Chinese studies.</p>

<p>Is this correct? If not, what would be a better way to ask this question?</p>

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2015-10-13T15:12:45.483Z
If you're using 得 it should be more like, 学习中文学得怎么样？or 学得怎么样？for short
Mou某
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2015-10-13T15:56:42.837Z
Understandable and grammatical, but doesn't sound native enough. I wound say "你中文学得怎（么）样了？" Different from "你过得怎么样？", 了 here implies you're asking "the result after a period of learning" but not "the status of the listener's Chinese level (in a long-term sense)".
Stan
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2015-10-14T07:21:03.143Z
big agree with @Stan, in the sentence, add a 了 is sound more like a native  style
xiaoniumumu
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中文學得怎樣 or 中文學得如何
RexYuan
<translation><grammar><sentence-structure>
Asking Someone How Their Chinese Studies Are Going
# Asking Someone How Their Chinese Studies Are Going

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-13)

I have a friend who has started learning Mandarin, and I want to ask them how their Mandarin studies are going. The first phrase that comes to mind is this:

你中文学习得怎么样？

I'm not sure, however, if 怎么样 is correct. I don't actually know its exact meaning, but I've always thought of it as "how's it going?", such as in “你过得怎么样？”. Therefore, in this case, "it" would be the person's Chinese studies.

Is this correct? If not, what would be a better way to ask this question?

**Tags:** translation, grammar, sentence-structure

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you're using 得 it should be more like, 学习中文学得怎么样？or 学得怎么样？for short  
> **username_2**: Understandable and grammatical, but doesn't sound native enough. I wound say "你中文学得怎（么）样了？" Different from "你过得怎么样？", 了 here implies you're asking "the result after a period of learning" but not "the status of the listener's Chinese level (in a long-term sense)".  
> **username_3**: big agree with @username_2, in the sentence, add a 了 is sound more like a native  style  
> **username_4**: 中文學得怎樣 or 中文學得如何  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2015-10-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It's correct. It sounds native enough.   
"怎么样" in this sentence is used for asking how the things are. i.e. Are they good or bad? It's the same in "你过得怎么样" (literally "How are you getting along (these days)? ")  
Your friend could answer "还行" ("not so bad") "很好" ("very well") or "不怎么顺利" ("not so well"), as a few examples.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: There's a subtle difference between "你英文学得怎么样?" and "你英文学得怎么样了?" For the first question, I will answer the level of my English, something like "Not bad, I've passed CET6"; however for the latter one, I would consider that's a question for "how's my recent English study going", and then I would answer something like "I've finished all the word lists in the textbook, so I think the exam won't be a problem for me."  
> **username_0**: So is "___怎么样" similar to saying "___好不好"?  
> **username_5**: No. "怎么样" is closer to "how's it going?" as described in your question. "好不好" seems to be a word asking for (his Chinese) level.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2017-12-06. Score: 0

I would just say this: 你最近中文学习怎么样？


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### Answer by username_7 on 2017-08-30. Score: -1

你的中文学得怎么样？colloquial  
你的中文学得咋样？dialect  
你的中文学得如何？style of written language


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