Daily Chinese|How Do You Say "Not Bad" in Chinese

 

今天的每日一句小编来教教大家如何地道地说“so-so”。

Again for time to Daily Chinese, today let us to teach you how to say “so-so” by authentic Chinese expressions.

No.1

一般yìbān/一般般yìbānbān

(just so so)

Example:

A：最近怎么样？

     How is it going recently?

     Zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?

B：很一般。

     Just so so.

     Hěn yìbān.

A：你觉得这个菜的味道怎么样？

What do you think of the taste of this dish?

Nǐ juéde zhè ge cài de wèidao zěnmeyàng?

B：一般般。

     Just so so.

     Yìbānbān.  

No.2

还可以háikěyǐ/还行háixíng

(not bad)

Example:

A：下周的天气好吗？

     How’s the weather next week?

     Xiàzhōu de tiānqì hǎoma?

B：还可以。

     Not bad.

     Háikěyǐ.

No.3

很普通hěnpǔtōng

(just average)

Example:

A：这件T恤怎么样？

    How about this T-shirt?

    Zhèjiàn T xù zěnmeyàng？

B：我觉得很普通。

     I think just average.

     Wǒ juéde hěnpǔtōng.

No.4

马马虎虎mǎmahūhu

(not very good, just passable)

Example:

A：你游泳游得怎么样？

     Are you a good swimmer?

     Nǐ yóuyǒng yóu de zěnmeyàng?

B：马马虎虎，游得不远。

     Just so-so, I can’t swim far.

     Mǎmahūhu, yóu de bùyuǎn.

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