how are you

Phrase

 * 1)  An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include:
 * 2)  (Following a noun phrase; stress on are) An expression of derision, that the preceding referent is unworthy of the name. In form of an exclamation, and thus often followed by an exclamation mark.
 * 3) * 1967 July 20: Questions. Oral Answers. — Free Travel for Old Age Pensioners. Dáil Éireann debates
 * 4) ** Mr. Dunne: "A small point", says the Minister for Justice.
 * 5) ** Mr. Ryan: Justice, how are you! He would not recognise it in this world or the next.
 * 1) ** Mr. Ryan: Justice, how are you! He would not recognise it in this world or the next.

Synonyms

 * (informal greeting)
 * ?, how's things?, how's tricks?, what's up?
 * See also Thesaurus:how are you
 * (expression of derision)
 * See also Thesaurus:how are you
 * (expression of derision)
 * (expression of derision)

Translations

 * Abkhaz: ушԥаҟоу, бышԥаҟоу
 * Adyghe: дауэ ущыт?
 * Afrikaans: hoe gaan dit?
 * Ainu: エイワンケ ア?
 * Akan: wo ho te sɛn
 * Albanian: si jeni?, qysh je?
 * Arbëresh: si rrini? si rri?
 * American Sign Language: BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward
 * Amharic: እንደምን አለህ, እንደምን አለሽ , እንደምን አላችሁ
 * Apache:
 * Jicarilla: haʼáńsį
 * Arabic: كَيْف الْحال؟,,  ;  ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: ازيك ; ازيك
 * Hijazi Arabic: كيفك ; كيفك
 * Mesopotamian Arabic: شْلُونَك؟ ; شْلُونَك؟, شْلُونَك؟
 * Moroccan Arabic: لا باس؟, كي داير, كي دايرة , كيف عامل , كيف عاملة
 * North Levantine Arabic: كِيفَك؟ ; كِيفِك؟
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܐܟܝ ܝܘܬ, ܕܐܟܝ ܝܘܬܝ , ܕܐܟܝ ܝܬܘܢ , ܕܐܟܝ ܝܠܗ ܟܝܦܘܟ
 * Classical Syriac:
 * Arapaho: kooni'ííni?
 * Armenian: ինչպե՞ս ես, ո՞նց ես , ինչպե՞ս եք , ո՞նց եք
 * Assamese: আপোনাৰ ভালনে?, তোমাৰ ভালনে? , তোৰ ভালনে? , আপুনি ভালে আছেনে? , তুমি ভালে আছানে? , তই ভালে আছনে? , কি খবৰ? , আপুনি কেনে আছে? , তুমি কেনে আছা? , তই কেনে আছ?
 * Asturian: cómo tas, qué faes
 * Atayal: lokah su ga
 * Azerbaijani: necəsən
 * Bashkir: хәлдәр нисек?
 * Basque: zer moduz
 * Belarusian: як спра́вы?, як пажыва́еш?, як пажыва́еце?
 * Bengali:, তুমি কেমন আছ? ,
 * Bikol Central: kumusta na?
 * Bulgarian: как си?, как сте?
 * Burmese: နေကောင်းရဲ့လား။, နေကောင်းလား။
 * Catalan: com estàs?, com està?,  com va?
 * Cebuano: kumusta?, kumusta na ka?
 * Central Dusun: nunu kabar?
 * Central Sierra Miwok: miṭip·kur
 * Chamorro: kao mamaolek ha' hao, håfa tatatmanu hao
 * Chechen: муха ду гӏуллакхаш?
 * Cherokee: ᏙᎯᏧ?
 * Chichewa: muli bwanji?
 * Chickasaw: hallito chokma chinchokma
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Dungan: задини?, задигә?, ни хо ма?, ни җўди хома?
 * Hakka: 你好冇
 * Hokkien: 汝好勢無？, 你好無, 汝較好無？, 汝食未？
 * Mandarin: (informal singular)
 * Wu: 儂好𠲎？
 * Chinook Jargon: qʰata mayka
 * Cornish: fatla genes
 * Crimean Tatar: nasılsıñız?
 * Czech: ? (informal singular), ?
 * Dakota: token yauŋ he?
 * Danish: hvordan har du det?,
 * Deori: dakiya chuina?, noi chuina?
 * Dutch: hoe gaat het?, hoe is het?, alles goed?
 * Esperanto: kiel vi fartas?
 * Estonian: kuidas läheb?, kuidas käsi käib?
 * Faroese: hvussu gongur?
 * Finnish: ?, ? , ? ,
 * French: (formal or plural),  (informal singular),  ,
 * Galician: como vai?
 * Garo: namengama?
 * Georgian: როგორა ხარ?, როგორ ბრძანდებით?
 * German: ?, wie geht es Ihnen? , wie geht es? / , wie geht es euch?
 * Greek:,  τι κάνετε,  πώς είσαι;,  πώς είστε;
 * Ancient: τί πράσσεις, πῶς ἔχεις
 * Green Hmong: koj nyob le caag lawm?
 * Gujarati: તમે કેમ છો? (tame kem chho), કેમ છે? (kem chhe)
 * Hawaiian: pehea ʻoe?
 * Hebrew: מה שלומך (singular male), (ma shlomekh?) (singular female), (ma shlomkhem?) (plural male), (ma shlomkhen?) (plural female)
 * Hiligaynon: kamusta?, kamusta ka?
 * Hindi: क्या हाल है, आप कैसे हैं, कैसे हो , कैसा चल रहा है
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Hunsrik: alles gut
 * Icelandic: hvað segirðu gott?, ? , hvað segiði gott? (informal and plural), hvað segið þið gott? (informal and plural), hvað segið þér gott? (formal, singular and plural), hvað segirðu? (singular and informal), ? (singular and informal), hvernig hefurðu það?, hvað syngur í þér?
 * Ido: ?
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: mitä kuuluu?
 * Irish: conas tá tú, conas taoi, conas tánn tú,  conas tá sibh, conas tánn sibh,  cén chaoi a bhfuil tú,  cén chaoi a bhfuil sibh,  cad é an dóigh atá ort, cad é mar tá tú,  cad é mar tá sibh
 * Italian: come stai?, come sta?
 * Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei saah?, yiem longx nyei fai?
 * Ivatan: ara ca mangu?
 * Japanese:, ご機嫌いかがですか
 * Jeju: 펜안ᄒᆞᆸ데강?, 펜안헨? , 펜안헷인야? , 어떵 살아져ᇝ우과? , 어떵 살아ᇝ어?
 * Jingpho: hkam kaja ai i?
 * Kannada: ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರ?
 * Kapampangan: komusta, komusta naka?, komusta nakayo?, mipakananu naka?, mipakananu nakayo?,
 * Karachay-Balkar: къалайса
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: សុខសប្បាយជាទេ?
 * Kikuyu: wĩ mwega?
 * Konkani: कशें आसति तुम्हि?
 * Korean: 처음 뵙겠습니다, 어떻게 지내세요?, 잘 지냈어요?, , 안녕-하십니까? ,
 * Kumyk: ишлер нечикдир
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چۆنی, چۆنی باشی
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: co vala pa?
 * Lakota: toníkhetu he?, toúŋkhetupi he?
 * Lao: ສະບາຍດີບໍ່?
 * Latgalian: kai vadās?, kai tev vadās?, kai jums vadās? , kai dzeivoj? , kai dzeivojat?
 * Latin: quid agis?, quomodo es?
 * Latvian: kā iet?, kā tev iet?, kā klājas?, kā jums klājas?
 * Lithuanian: kaip tau sekasi?
 * Louisiana Creole French: komen to yê, komen ça va, komen lê zafær
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: woans geiht di dat?, woans geiht?
 * Ludian: kutt elät?
 * Luo: ithi nadi, uthi nadi
 * Macanese: como tá vai?
 * Macedonian: ка́ко си? (informal or singular), ка́ко сте? (formal or plural), што правиш, што правите
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: എങ്ങനെയിരിക്കുന്നു?
 * Maltese: kif int?, kif intkom?
 * Mandinka: i be nyaadi
 * Manx: kys t'ou,  kys ta shiu
 * Maori: kei te pēhea koe?
 * Mapudungun: kümelkaleymi
 * Miskito: nahkisma?
 * Mòcheno: bia geat s?
 * Mohawk: oh niiohtonhátie?, skennen’kó:wa ken?
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, сонин сайхан юу байна вэ?
 * Moroccan Amazigh: ⵎⴰⵏⵣⴰⴽⵉⵏ, ⵎⴰⵏⵣⴰⴽⵎⵉⵏ
 * Navajo: ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
 * Ngazidja Comorian: haɓari ?, hufanyiha dje ?, ngawe dje ?, hukaantsi dje?
 * Nootka: wiikšahik
 * Norman: coume tchi que l'affaire va?
 * Northern Qiandong Miao: Mongx vut hol?
 * Northern Sami: mii gullo?, mo manná?
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hvordan står det til?, hvordan går det?, hvordan har du det?
 * Nynorsk: korleis går det?, korleis har du det?, korleis står det til?
 * Occitan: va plan ?
 * Ojibwe: aaniin ezhi-ayaayan?
 * Old English: hū færest þū?, hu eart þu
 * Palauan: ke ua ngerang?
 * Pashto: څنگه يې؟
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: حالِت چِطورِه؟, ;  حالِ شُما چِطورِه؟, حالِتان چِطورِه؟;  حالِ شُما چِطور اَسْت؟, حالِتان چِطور اَسْت؟, حالِت خوبِه؟
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk: whutta-waye?
 * Polish: jak się masz?, jak się macie? ; co słychać?; co u ciebie? , co u was?
 * Portuguese: como vai? como está?, como estás? , como você vai?,
 * Quechua: imainallam kackanki?
 * Romani: sar san, sar sen , so maj keres , so maj keren
 * Romanian: ce mai faceți?, ce mai faci?
 * Russian:, как пожива́ешь? , как пожива́ете?
 * Saanich: ʔéɬəʔ ə sxʷ ʔuʔ ʔə́y̕ ʔal̕
 * Samoan: ʻo ā mai ʻoe?
 * Santali: ᱚᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱢᱟ?
 * Scots: hoo are ye?, whit like?
 * Scottish Gaelic: ciamar a tha thu? (informal singular), ciamar a tha sibh? (plural or formal singular), dè mar a tha thu?,  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
 * 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?, ¿cómo estás? , ¿qué tal?
 * Sranan Tongo: fa a waka?, fa a e go?, fa yu tan?, fa fu yu?, fa yu de?, ofa?, fa
 * Svan: მაგვართ ხარი?, იმჟი ხარი?
 * Swahili: habari gani?,
 * Swedish: hur är det?, hur är läget? , hur står det till?, hur mår du?
 * Tagalog: ?, kumusta ka?, kumusta ka na?, kumusta na?
 * Tamil: எப்படி இருக்கீங்க, சௌக்கியமா?
 * Tashelhit: ⵎⴰⵏ ⵣⴰⴽⵉⵏ ,
 * Telugu: ఎలా ఉన్నారు
 * Tetum:
 * Tetun Dili:
 * Thai: สบายดีไหม
 * Tok Pisin: yu orait
 * Tongan: fēfē hake?
 * Tswana: o tsogile jang
 * Turkish: nasılsınız?, nasılsın?
 * Turkmen: gurgunmyň
 * Ukrainian: як спра́ви?, як ся ма́єш?, як ся ма́єте? , як пожива́єш? , як пожива́єте? , як діла́?
 * Urdu: کْیا حال ہَے؟, آپ کَیسے ہَیں؟, کَیسے ہو؟
 * Uzbek: qalaysan?, qalaysiz?
 * Veps: kut elät?
 * Vietnamese: khoẻ không?, khoẻ chứ?, dạo này sao?, ăn cơm chưa?, ăn cơm chửa?
 * Volapük: lio stadol-li?
 * Võro: kuis lätt?
 * Votic: kui meneb?
 * Walloon:, , ,
 * Welsh: sut wyt ti, sut dach chi
 * West Frisian: hoe giet it?, hoe is it mei dy?, hoe is it mei jo?
 * White Hmong: koj puas nyob zoo?
 * Winnebago: jaanįsge raje?
 * Xhosa: unjani?
 * Yiddish: וואָס הערט זיך בײַ דיר?, וואָס מאַכסטו? , וואָס מאַכט איר? , וואָס מאַכט אַ ייִד? , וואָס טוט זיך? , וואָס הערט זיך?
 * Yoruba: ṣé àlàáfíà l'ẹ wà?, ṣé àlàáfíà ni?, ṣé dáadáa ni?, báwo ni?
 * Yucatec Maya: ¿bix a beel?
 * Yup'ik: qaillun ayuqsit?, cangacit?
 * Zazaki: senin ê?, hal kêf
 * Zulu:, ninjani?