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Which is the right "How are you" in Korean?

So as I'm learning some Korean Small Talk I stumbled across 2 different ways of saying "How are you?".

One of them is 잘 지냈어요?  /  잘 지났어? and the other option is "어떻게 지내세요?  /  어떻게 지내? 

Is there any difference or can I just use both of them. Or is one of them politer than the other.

And if I get asked this question and answer it, how do I say "And you?" ? 

And could you also give me some examples for answers to this question. I'm good, I'm soso, I'm bad etc. 

Thanks for answering ^-^ 

2016년 11월 15일 오후 11:27
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We use different greetings for different occasions.

1. first time encounter (introduction).

(more formal - preferred by males)
AA: 안녕하십니까? (Hello / How do you do?).  (저는) XX라고 합니다. (I'm XX) 
BB: 네, 안녕하세요. YY 입니다.

(female version)
AA: 안녕하세요.  XX라고 해요.
BB: 네, 안년하세요.  YY예요.

2. with someone we see regularly.
AA: 안녕하세요? (Hi / How are you?) or 안녕? (casual version).
BB: 네, 안녕하세요? (We tend to repeat the same phrase instead of "and you?")

3. with someone we see first time in a long time.
AA: (참 )오랜만이네요. (It's been quite a while since we met). (요즘) 잘 지내세요? (Is everything good with you?)
BB: 네, 잘 지내요(Yes, I'm fine). (XX 씨도) 잘 지내시죠? (Hope you're doing well  too)

어떻게 지내세요? and 어떠세요? are variations on 잘 지내세요?  (어떻게 = how, 잘 = well)
별일 없으시죠? (literally "I hope there isn't anything bad/unusual with you") is another one you can use.

괜찮아요 and 별일 없어요 can also be used for "I'm doing alright".

2016년 11월 17일
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잘 지냈어요? -Have you been doing well? ----------semi formal/polite

잘 지내요? -Are you doing alright? ( how are you?)

어떻게 지내세요? - How are you doing?/ How's it going?  -------------------semi formal/ polite 

어떻게 지내? (Same as 어떻게 지내세요? informal/very casual.)


I hope these help little bit.

2016년 11월 16일
@Tony Thanks a lot! Now I understand it :D
2016년 11월 17일
@Bonniesu Yeah thank you for translating! But so it doesn't matter which one I use right? (besides the honorifics) 
2016년 11월 16일
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