Ok!

[edelweis]

Hello all,

"Communicative Talk" chapter 4 uses "成" and it is translated as "OK", "all right". But yellowbridge does not list this meaning.

- is the translation appropriate

- is it very colloquial or something?

[renzhe]

Yes, it's appropriate, but I wouldn't say that it's the most common way to say "OK".

I've heard it in some TV shows, but don't personally know people who say it.

[edelweis]

成! thank you Renzhe.

[Yezze]

In my Chinese class(es), our teacher told us to use 好(hǎo) when we want to say the English word "Ok".

[adrianlondon]

One of my text books uses 成 but most use 行.

[gougou]

A couple of my friends use it. I tend to think of it as "that works".

[doraemon]

When I was at BCLU on a 4 week course, my speaking/listening teacher told me that 成 is what people from Beijing use, 行,好 are used in most other parts of China.

[roy]

It can be used as "all right", or "acceptable", sometimes it s like saying "deal" when you agree.

[edelweis]

thanks for the replies. So it may be specific to the Beijing area.

[Shi Tong]

OK really doesn't exist. Strangely enough of course people actually say "OK" as a substitute for ok.

[roddy]

If you want to take another step towards the colloquial, don't forget the OK-derived 欧了.