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In Standard Mandarin, you can add 好 in front of some verbs. For example 好 and 吃 literally means good to eat. 好 and 看 means good looking. In Taiwanese Mandarin, you can replace 好 with 不错. The following chart shows the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Standard Mandarin.  
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Taiwanese Mandarin differs slightly from Mainland Mandarin. A characteristic of Taiwanese Mandarin is the usage of 不错.
  
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In Standard Mandarin, you can add 好 in front of some verbs. For example 好 and 吃 literally means good to eat. 好 and 看 means good looking. In Taiwanese Mandarin, you can replace 好 with 不错.
  
不错看=好看
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=== Structure ===
Good looking
 
  
不错吃=好吃
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<div class="jiegou">
Delicious (good to eat)
 
  
不错喝=好喝
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不错 + Verb
Tastes good
 
  
不错用=好用
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Useful
 
  
不错玩=好玩
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=== Examples ===
Fun
 
  
http://twtcsl.org/further/Tw+Mandarin_lexicon+and+syntax
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The following examples shows the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Standard Mandarin.
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<tr><th>Taiwanese Mandarin</th><th>Standard Mandarin</th><th>English Translation</th></tr>
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<tr><td>不错看</td><td>好看</td><td>Good looking</td></tr>
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<tr><td>不错吃</td><td>好吃</td><td>Delicious (good to eat)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>不错喝</td><td>好喝</td><td>Tastes good</td></tr>
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<tr><td>不错用</td><td>好用</td><td>Useful</td></tr>
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<tr><td>不错玩</td><td>好玩</td><td>Fun</td></tr>
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</table>
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== Sources and further reading ==
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=== Websites ===
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*http://twtcsl.org/further/Tw+Mandarin_lexicon+and+syntax
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Revision as of 08:16, 8 June 2016

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Taiwanese Mandarin differs slightly from Mainland Mandarin. A characteristic of Taiwanese Mandarin is the usage of 不错.

In Standard Mandarin, you can add 好 in front of some verbs. For example 好 and 吃 literally means good to eat. 好 and 看 means good looking. In Taiwanese Mandarin, you can replace 好 with 不错.

Structure

不错 + Verb

Examples

The following examples shows the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Standard Mandarin.

Taiwanese MandarinStandard MandarinEnglish Translation
不错看好看Good looking
不错吃好吃Delicious (good to eat)
不错喝好喝Tastes good
不错用好用Useful
不错玩好玩Fun

Sources and further reading

Websites

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