My father has been in good shape since his operation.
Mandarin
他的状态的确改善了。
他的狀態的確改善了。
tā de zhuàng tài dí què gǎi shàn le 。
His condition has got steadily better.
His state was markedly improved.
Mandarin
他状态真的很好。
他狀態真的很好。
tā zhuàng tài zhēn de hěn hǎo 。
He's really in good shape.
Mandarin
他们在无重力状态下进行了一连串的实验。
他們在無重力狀態下進行了一連串的實驗。
tā men zài wú zhòng lì zhuàng tài xià jìn xíng le yī lián chuàn de shí yàn 。
They conducted a series of experiments under zero gravity.
Mandarin
玛丽娜现在仍是个浪漫的人,她还没有陷入消极的精神状态 -- 那是一种认为一个人必须找一个角落活着,不管哪儿,然后一生就回绕着那个角落的的精神状态。
瑪麗娜現在仍是個浪漫的人,她還沒有陷入消極的精神狀態 -- 那是一種認為一個人必須找一個角落活着,不管哪兒,然後一生就回繞着那個角落的的精神狀態。
mǎ lì nà xiàn zài réng shì gè làng màn de rén , tā hái méi yǒu xiàn rù xiāo jí de jīng shén zhuàng tài -- nà shi yī zhǒng rèn wéi yī gè rén bì xū zhǎo yí gè jiǎo luò huó zhe , bù guǎn nǎ er , rán hòu yī shēng jiù huí rào zhe nà ge jiǎo luò de de jīng shén zhuàng tài 。
Now Marina was a romantic; she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
处于战争状态
處於戰爭狀態
cyu5 jyu1 zin3 zang1 zong6 taai3
to be at war
Cantonese
今晚7号仔状态大勇,已经连中三元喇,厉害厉害!
今晚7號仔狀態大勇,已經連中三元喇,厲害厲害!
Tonight No.7 is so powerful, it's already his third scores, gorgeous !
最终的状态就将是周瑜打黄盖——一个愿打一个愿挨,大家一起参与,图个轻松娱乐。
最終的狀態就將是周瑜打黃蓋——一個願打一個願挨,大家一起參與,圖個輕鬆娛樂。
zuì zhōng de zhuàng tài jiù jiāng shì zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài — yī gè yuàn dǎ yī gè yuàn ái , dà jiā yī qǐ cān yù , tú ge qīng sōng yú lè .
In the end, it's like the story of Zhou Yu attacking Huang Gai: one willingly attacked, and one willingly bore the attack. In other words, both sides are willing accomplices in the pursuit of frivolous entertainment.