Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"

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.

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