Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being

💬 [最近] often means "lately" with people and situations, not just "recently" in a past-time sense. You can reuse it in questions like [你最近忙嗎？] (Have you been busy lately?).

💬 [好嗎？] is a very common way to ask if something is okay or how someone is doing: [你好嗎？] [身體好嗎？]. Here [嗎] turns it into a yes/no question.

💬 [最近] often goes before the comment or question, so [你最近好嗎？] is literally "you lately good?" You can swap in other endings: [你最近忙嗎？] [你最近怎麼樣？].

💬 With adjectives like [好], Chinese does not need a word for "am": [我很好] is naturally "[I] [very] good." Here [很] often just makes the sentence sound complete, not strongly "very."

🇹🇼 [謝謝你關心] is warmer and more personal than just [謝謝]. It fits especially well when older relatives ask about your health or daily life.

💬 [怎麼樣] is a flexible "how is it / how are things" phrase. You can use it for people or situations: [你最近怎麼樣？] or [工作怎麼樣？].

💬 [怎麼樣] is less literally about health than [好嗎], and more like "how have things been?" It works well with [最近]: [你最近怎麼樣？].