Difference between revisions of "Expressing "not very" with "bu zenme""

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When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of an adjective, it means "not very."
 
When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of an adjective, it means "not very."
  
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
* [[How to do something]]
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{{Similar|How to do something}}
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{{Similar|Asking why with "zenme“}}
* [["Not often" with "bu zenme"]]
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== Sources and further reading ==
 
== Sources and further reading ==
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* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)]] (pp. 139) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00326U9MS →buy]
 
* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)]] (pp. 139) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00326U9MS →buy]
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{{Basic Grammar|不怎么|B1|不怎么 + Adj|这里 的 菜 他 怎么 <em>不怎么 好吃</em> !|grammar point|ASGVYIZT}}

Revision as of 05:04, 13 June 2012

When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of an adjective, it means "not very."

Structure

Object + 不怎么 + adjective

Examples

  • 你 这个 人 不怎么 好。
  • 我 觉得 这个 菜 不怎么 好吃。
  • 你的 孩子 不怎么 可爱。
  • 工作 进行 得 不怎么 顺利。

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Sources and further reading

Books