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不怎么

bù zěn me

3-character word Traditional 不怎麼

What 不怎么 means

1. not very
2. not particularly

How 不怎么 is used in grammar

不怎么 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Common Fixed Expressions: 不怎么, 好不容易, 那倒是, 算了 (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, set phrases (其他).

The characters in 不怎么

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 怎zěnhow
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Words starting with 不怎么

• 不怎么样bù zěn me yàngnot up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù zěn me correctly.
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