Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"
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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。
- 这 个 啤酒 还 行。
- 那 个 乐队 还 可以。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 302) →buy
