Classic question about accepting compliments in Chinese So, when you are learning Chinese or trying to speak this language, Chinese people always say that your Chinese is good/extremely good and so on. I have been searching for a proper answer to this and have come up with this list. I want to ask native speakers to confirm, whether my findings and thoughts are accurate enough. 哪里哪里 and 过奖了 — these options are a bit too formal and also outdated, it is better to avoid using them, 谢谢 — English “thanks” adopted by Chinese speakers, appropriate option for communication with youngsters, And other examples, that sounds OK to me: 还不够好 还有要学习的地方 // 我还有很多要学 // 我还有很多可以学 还差得远呢 我的路还很长 我不是那么好 那我中文老师特别好 谢谢你的夸奖，但是我离我的目的太很远 - this one feels like modern 过奖了, because it is a bit more sophisticated, that the other ones, listed above.