Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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60 expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction


60.1 Expressing satisfaction


60.1.1 expressions used to indicate satisfaction


The following expressions are used to express satisfaction. They are arranged here according
to approximate intensity ranging from least to most enthusiastic.

马马虎虎
馬馬虎虎
mámǎ hūhū
so-so

还不错 还行 还可以
還不錯 還行 還可以
hái bù cuò hái xíng hái kěyǐ
it’s okay it’s okay it’s okay

可以
kěyǐ
fine
不错 相当好
不錯 相當好
bù cuò xiāngdāng hǎo
not bad pretty good
很好 挺好
hěn hǎo tǐng hǎo
very good very good
满意
mǎnyì
satisfied, pleased
很满意 很喜欢
很喜歡
hěn mǎnyì hěn xǐhuan
very satisfied like it very much
非常好 好极了
好極了
fēicháng hǎo hǎojíle
excellent excellent
C10.3, 11.2
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