Taiwanese Mandarin use of "bucuo"

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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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