Difference between revisions of "Moderating positive adjectives with "hai""

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=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
 
* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2]] (pp. 302) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
 
* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2]] (pp. 302) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
* [[Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese]] (pp. 106-7) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exemplification-Common-Sentence-Patterns-Chinese/dp/7301075405 →buy]  
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* [[Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese 汉语口语常用句式例解]] (pp. 106-7) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exemplification-Common-Sentence-Patterns-Chinese/dp/7301075405 →buy]  
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
 
{{Basic Grammar|还|A2|还 + Adj|<em>还</em> 可以。<em>还</em> 好。|grammar point|ASGAY164}}
 
{{Basic Grammar|还|A2|还 + Adj|<em>还</em> 可以。<em>还</em> 好。|grammar point|ASGAY164}}

Revision as of 06:53, 3 June 2013

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

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

  • 好。I'm OK.
  • 这 个 啤酒 行。This beer is decent.
  • 那 个 乐队 可以。This band is so-so.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books