Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"

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Level

A2 / HSK2
Level

A2
Level

HSK2
Similar to
- Expressing "and also" with "hai" (A2)
- Superlative "zui" (A2)
- Continuation with "hai" (B1)
- Advanced uses of "hai" (B2)
Similar to
- Continuation with "hai" (HSK2)
- Expressing "and also" with "hai" (HSK2)
- Superlative "zui" (HSK2)
- Advanced uses of "hai" (HSK5)
Used for

Adding more explanation, Expressing quality
Keywords

还

Whenever you want to imply that something is "meh", you can use 还(hái).

Contents

1 Structure
2 Examples
3 See also
4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Books

Structure

As well as continuation, 还 (hái) can also be used to weaken positive adjectives. This is similar to saying "quite" or "reasonably" in English.

Subject + 还 + Adjective

Examples

我还好。I'm OK.
这个啤酒还行。This beer is decent.
那个乐队还可以。This band is so-so.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

A2 grammar points

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