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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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=== Structure ===
  
不错看=好看
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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.
Good looking
 
  
不错吃=好吃
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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
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The following examples shows the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Standard Mandarin.
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<table class="table big-text table-striped table-bordered">
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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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[[Category:Taiwanese Mandarin]]
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Taiwanese Mandarin differs slightly from Mainland Mandarin. A characteristic of Taiwanese Mandarin is the usage of 不错.

Structure

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 + 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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