how are you

English

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Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /haʊ ˈɑɹ ju/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /haʊ ˈɑː juː/
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Phrase

how are you

(idiomatic) An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include:
I'm very well, thank you. How are you? (formal)

I'm fine, thank you.

Fine, thanks. (informal)

Fine, and you? (informal)
(idiomatic, Ireland) (Following a noun phrase; stress on are) An expression of derision, that the preceding referent is unworthy of the name. In form an exclamation, and thus often followed by an exclamation mark.
- 1967 July 20: Questions. Oral Answers. — Free Travel for Old Age Pensioners. Dáil Éireann debates
  - Mr. Dunne: "A small point", says the Minister for Justice.
  - Mr. Ryan: Justice, how are you! He would not recognise it in this world or the next.
- 2013 December 31 "'Christmas how are you! We'll remember this one for a while'" Gorey Guardian
  'Christmas how are you!' exclaimed Jim O'Hanlon ruefully. 'We will remember this one for quite a while anyway.' He was grateful that at least no one was injured in the incident.

Synonyms

(informal greeting)
- how do you do? (more formal)
- how are you doing? (about same formality)
- how's it going?, how's tricks?, what's up? (more informal)
- how's it hanging? (slang)
- See also Thesaurus:how are you
(expression of derision)
- my foot!, my eye!, my arse!, my ass!
- indeed!

Translations

greeting

Abkhaz: ушԥа́ҟоу (ušpā́q̇ou), бышԥа́ҟоу (bəšpā́q̇ou)
Afrikaans: hoe gaan dit?
Albanian: si jeni? (formal), qysh je? (informal)
Arbëresh: si rrini? (formal) si rri? (informal)
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Amharic: እንደምን አለህ (ʾəndämn ʾäläh) (to a male), እንደምን አለሽ (ʾəndämn ʾäläš) (to a female), እንደምን አላችሁ pl (ʾəndämn ʾälačhu)
Apache:
Jicarilla: haʼáńsį
Arabic: كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟‎ (ar) (kayfa ḥāluka?) (to a male, formal), كَيْف حَالَك؟‎ (ar) (kayf ḥālak?) (to a male, informal); كَيْفَ حَالُكِ؟‎ (ar) (kayfa ḥāluki?) (to a female, formal), كَيْف حَالِك؟‎ (ar) (kayf ḥālik?) (to a female, informal)
Egyptian Arabic: إِزَّيَّك؟‎ m (izzáyyak?) (to a male); إِزَّيِّك؟‎ f (izzáyyik?) (to a female)

Mesopotamian Arabic: شْلُونَك؟‎ m (šlōnak?) (to a male); شْلُونَك؟‎ f (šlōnik?), شْلُونَك؟‎ f (šlōnič?) (to a female)

Moroccan Arabic: لَا بَاس؟‎ (la bas?), كي داير‎ (ki dayr) (to a male), كي دايرة‎ (ki dayra) (to a female)

North Levantine Arabic: كِيفَك؟‎ m (kīfak?) (to a male); كِيفِك؟‎ m (kīfik?) (to a female)
Aramaic:
Eastern: ܕܟ ܐܝܘܬ؟ (dakh ewot?)(singular male), (dakh ewat?)(singular female), (dakh ewoton?)pl

Western:
Arapaho: kooni'ííni?
Armenian: ինչպե՞ս ես (inčʿpe^?s es) (singular), ո՞նց ես (o^?ncʿ es) (singular), ինչպե՞ս եք (inčʿpe^?s ekʿ) (polite or plural), ո՞նց եք (o^?ncʿ ekʿ) (polite or plural)
Assamese: আপোনাৰ ভালনে? (apünar bhalne?) (formal), তোমাৰ ভালনে? (tümar bhalne?) (familiar), তোৰ ভালনে? (tür bhalne?) (informal), আপুনি ভালে আছেনে? (apuni bhale asene?) (formal), তুমি ভালে আছানে? (tumi bhale asane?) (familiar), তই ভালে আছনে? (toi bhale asone?) (informal), কি খবৰ? (ki khobor?) (familiar, informal), আপুনি কেনে আছে? (apuni kene ase?) (formal), তুমি কেনে আছা? (tumi kene asa?) (familiar), তই কেনে আছ? (toi kene aso?) (informal)
Asturian: cómo tas, qué faes
Atayal: lokah su ga
Azerbaijani: necəsən c ((informal))
Bashkir: хәлдәр нисек? (xäldär nisek?)
Basque: Zer moduz?
Belarusian: як спра́вы? (jak správy?), як пажыва́еш? (jak pažyváješ?) (informal), як пажыва́еце? (jak pažyvájecje?) (formal or plural)
Bengali: (formal) আপনি কেমন আছেন ? (apni kemôn achen ?), (familiar) তুমি কেমন আছো ? (tumi kêmôn acho?), (intimate) তুই কেমন আছিস ? (tui kemôn achis ?)
Bulgarian: как си? (kak si?) (informal), как сте? (kak ste?) (formal or plural)
Burmese: နေကောင်းရဲ့လား။ (nekaung:rai.la:||), နေကောင်းလား။ (nekaung:la:||)
Catalan: com estàs?, (formal) com està?, (informal) com va?
Cebuano: kumusta?, kumusta na ka?
Central Dusun: nunu kabar?
Central Sierra Miwok: miṭip·kur
Chamorro: kao mamaolek ha' hao (informal), håfa tatatmanu hao (formal)
Chechen: муха ду гӏуллакхаш? (muχa du ġullaqaš?)
Cherokee: ᏙᎯᏧ? (dohitsu?)
Chichewa: muli bwanji?
Chinese:
Cantonese: 你好嗎？ (yue), 你好吗？ (nei⁵ hou² maa³?)

Dungan: задини? (zadini?), задигә? (zadigə?), ни хо ма? (ni ho ma?)

Hakka: 你好冇 (ngì-hó-mò / nì-hó-mò / ǹ-hó-mò / ǹg-hó-mò)

Mandarin: 你好嗎？ (zh), 你好吗？ (zh) (nǐhǎo ma?) (informal singular)

Min Nan: 你好無？, 你好无？ (lí hó bô?)

Wu: 儂好𠲎？, 侬好𠲎？ (non hau va?)
Crimean Tatar: nasılsıñız? (formal)
Czech: jak se máš (cs)? (informal singular), jak se máte (cs)? (formal or plural)
Dakota: token yauŋ he?
Danish: hvordan har du det?, hvordan går det?
Dutch: hoe gaat het?, hoe is het?, (informal) alles goed?
Esperanto: kiel vi fartas?
Estonian: kuidas läheb?
Faroese: hvussu gongur?
Finnish: kuinka voitte? (formal), kuinka voit (fi)? (less formal), miten menee (fi)? (informal), mitä kuuluu (fi)?
French: comment allez-vous ? (fr) (formal or plural), comment vas-tu ? (fr) (informal singular), ça va ? (fr) (informal), comment ça va ? (fr) (informal)
Galician: como está?
Georgian: როგორა ხარ? (rogora xar?) (informal singular), როგორ ბრძანდებით? (rogor brʒandebit?) (formal or plural)
German: wie geht es dir? (de) (informal), wie geht es Ihnen? (formal singular/plural), wie geht es? / wie geht’s? (de), wie geht es euch? (informal plural)
Greek: (informal, singular) τι κάνεις; (ti káneis?), (formal, plural) τι κάνετε; (ti kánete?), (informal, singular) πώς είσαι; (pós eísai?), (formal, plural) πώς είστε; (pós eíste?)
Green Hmong: koj nyob le caag lawm?
Gujarati: તમે કેમ છો (tame kem cho)? (tame kem chho) (formal), કેમ છે (kem che)? (kem chhe) (informal)
Hawaiian: pehea ʻoe?
Hebrew: ?מה שלומך‎ (ma shlomkha?) (singular male), (ma shlomekh?) (singular female), (ma shlomkhem?) (plural male), (ma shlomkhen?) (plural female)
Hiligaynon: kamusta?, kamusta ka?
Hindi: आप कैसे हैं ? (āp kaise ha͠i ?) (formal), कैसे हो ? (kaise ho ?) (informal), क्या हाल है ? (kyā hāl hai ?)
Hungarian: hogy vagy? (informal), hogy van? (formal)
Hunsrik: alles gut
Icelandic: hvað segirðu gott? (informal), hvað segir þú gott (is)? (informal), hvað segiði gott? (informal and plural), hvað segið þið gott? (informal and plural), hvað segið þér gott? (formal and singular), hvað segið yður gott? (formal and plural), hvað segirðu? (singular and informal), hvað segir þú (is)? (singular and informal)
Ido: quale vu standas (io)?
Indonesian: apa kabar (id)
Irish: (singular) conas atá tú?, (plural) conas atá sibh?, (singular, Munster) conas tánn tú?, (plural, Munster) conas tánn sibh?, (singular, Connacht) cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?, (plural, Connacht) cén chaoi a bhfuil sibh?, (singular, Ulster) cad é mar atá tú?, (plural, Ulster) cad é mar atá sibh?
Italian: come stai? (informal), come sta? (formal)
Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei saah?, yiem longx nyei fai?
Japanese: お元気ですか (ja) (おげんきですか, ogenki desu ka), ご機嫌いかがですか (ごきげんいかがですか, go-kigen ikaga desu ka)
Jingpho: hkam kaja ai i?
Kannada: ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರ? (nīvu hēgiddīra?)
Karachay-Balkar: къалайса (qalaysa?)

Kazakh: қалайсың? (qalaysıñ?)
Khmer: សុខសប្បាយជាទេ? (sok sapbaay ciə tei?)
Kikuyu: wĩ mwega?
Korean: 처음 뵙겠읍니다? (Cheo-eum boepgesseumnida?) (formal), 어떻게 지내세요? (Eotteoke jinaeseyo?), 잘 지냈어요? (Jal jinaesseoyo?)
Kurdish:
Sorani: چۆنی‎ (çoní), چۆنی باشی‎ (çonî başî)
Lakota: toníkhetu he?, toúŋkhetupi he? pl
Lao: ສະບາຍດີບໍ່ (sa bāi dī bǭ)?
Latgalian: kai vadās?, kai tev vadās? (informal), kai jums vadās? (formal), kai dzeivoj? (informal), kai dzeivojat? (formal)
Latin: quid agis?, quomodo es?
Latvian: kā iet?, kā tev iet? (informal), kā klājas?, kā jums klājas? (formal)
Lithuanian: kaip tau sekasi?
Low German:
German Low German: woans geiht di dat?, woans geiht?
Ludian: kutt elät?
Luo: ithi nadi (to one person), uthi nadi (to multiple people)
Macedonian: ка́ко си? (káko si?) (informal or singular), ка́ко сте? (káko ste?) (formal or plural)
Malay: apa khabar
Malayalam: എങ്ങനെയിരിക്കുന്നു? (eṅṅaneyirikkunnu?)
Maltese: kif int? sg, kif intkom? pl
Mandinka: i be nyaadi
Manx: (singular informal) kys t'ou, (plural or formal singular) kys ta shiu
Mapudungun: kümelkaleymi
Miskito: nahkisma?
Mongolian: сайн байна уу? (mn) (sajn bajna uu?), сонин сайхан юу байна вэ? (sonin sajhan juu bajna ve?)
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵎⴰⵏ ⵣⴰⴽⵉⵏ (to a male)
Navajo: ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Ngazidja Comorian: haɓari ?, hufanyiha dje ?, ngawe dje ?, hukaantsi dje?
Nootka: wiikšahik
Norman: coume tchi que l'affaire va? (Guernsey)
Northern Qiandong Miao: Mongx vut hol?
Northern Sami: mii gullo?, mo manná? (informal)
Norwegian: hvordan har du det
Occitan: va plan ?
Ojibwe: aaniin ezhi-ayaayan?
Old English: hū færst þū?
Palauan: ke ua ngerang?
Persian: (familiar and colloquial) حالت چطوره؟‎ (hâlet četor-e?), چطوری؟‎ (fa) (četóri?); (polite and colloquial) حال شما چطوره؟‎ (hâl-e šomâ četor-e?), حالتان چطوره؟‎ (hâletân četor-e?); (polite and formal) حال شما چطور است؟‎ (hâl-e šomâ četor ast?), حالتان چطور است؟‎ (hâletân četor ast?), حالت خوبه؟‎ (hâlet xube?)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: whutta-waye?
Polish: jak się masz?, co słychać?
Portuguese: como vai? como está? (formal), como estás? (informal), como você vai?, tudo bem? (pt)
Quechua: imainallam kackanki?
Romanian: ce mai faceți? (formal), ce mai faci? (informal)
Russian: как дела́? (ru) (kak delá?), как пожива́ешь? (kak poživáješʹ?) (informal), как пожива́ете? (kak poživájete?) (formal or plural)
Samoan: ʻo ā mai ʻoe?
Scots: hoo are ye?, whit like?
Scottish Gaelic: ciamar a tha thu? (informal singular), ciamar a tha sibh? (plural or formal singular), (singular, Argyll) dè mar a tha thu?, (plural, Argyll) dè mar a tha sibh?
Semai: ma igah
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: како си? (informal singular), како сте? (formal or plural)

Roman: kako si? (informal singular), kako ste? (formal or plural)
Sinhalese: කොහොමද සැප සනිප (kohomada sæpa sanipa)
Slovak: ako sa máš? (informal or singular), ako sa máte? (formal or plural)
Slovene: kako si? (informal or singular), kako ste? (formal or plural)
Southern Qiandong Miao: Moux chud jib nangd?
Southern Sami: guktie veasoeh
Spanish: ¿cómo está? (formal), ¿cómo estás? (informal), ¿qué tal? (informal)
Svan: მაგვართ ხარი? (magvart xari?), იმჟი ხარი? (imži xari?)
Swahili: habari gani?, hujambo
Swedish: hur är det? (informal), hur är läget? (informal), hur står det till?, hur mår du?
Tagalog: kumusta (tl)?, kumusta ka?, kumusta ka na?
Tamil: எப்படி இருக்கீங்க (eppaṭi irukkīṅka), சௌக்கியமா? (caukkiyamā?) (literally "are you well"?)
Tashelhit: ⵎⴰⵏ ⵣⴰⴽⵉⵏ (man zakin) (to a male)
Telugu: ఎలా ఉన్నారు (elā unnāru)
Thai: สบายดีไหม (sà-baai dii mǎi)
Tongan: fēfē hake?
Tswana: o tsogile jang
Turkish: nasılsınız? (formal), nasılsın? (informal)
Ukrainian: як спра́ви? (jak správy?), як ся маєш? (jak sja maješ?) (informal), як ся маєте? (jak sja majete?) (informal plural)
Urdu: کیسا هے‎ (kaisa hai?), کیا حال هے‎ (kyā hāl hai?), کیسے مزاج ہیں؟‎ (kaise mizaj h͠ai?), (informal) کیسے ہو‎ (kaise ho?)
Uzbek: qalaysan?
Veps: kut elät?
Vietnamese: bạn khỏe không?, bạn có khỏe không?, (informal) khỏe chứ?
Volapük: lio stadol-li?
Votic: kui meneb?
Võro: kuis lätt?
Walloon: ké novele? (wa), ké novele a Lidje? (wa) (informal), ça vos va? (wa)
Welsh: sut wyt ti? (informal), sut dach chi? (formal)
West Frisian: hoe giet it?, hoe is it mei dy?, hoe is it mei jo? (formal)
White Hmong: koj puas nyob zoo?
Winnebago: jaanįsge raje?
Xhosa: unjani?
Yiddish: וואָס הערט זיך בײַ דיר?‎ (vos hert zikh bay dir?) (informal), וואָס מאַכסטו?‎ (vos makhstu?) (familiar), וואָס מאַכט איר?‎ (vos makht ir?) (formal)
Yucatec Maya: ¿bix a beel?
Yup'ik: qaillun ayuqsit?, cangacit?
Zulu: unjani? (zu) (singular), ninjani? (plural)

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