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Daily Chinese | How to say "so-so" in Chinese

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


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    • 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. 


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    • 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.


    • 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.


    • 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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