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不怎么样

bù zěn me yàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

不怎麼樣 不怎么样 [bu4 zen3 me5 yang4] /not up to much/very indifferent/nothing great about it/nothing good to be said about it/

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Other forms in these source records: 不怎麼樣

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 怎
    zěn

    how

  • 么
    yāo

    youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yāo], to shout

    má

    exclamatory final particle

    ma

    interrogative final particle

    me

    suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shén me], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhè me] thus, etc

    Yāo

    surname Yao

  • 样
    yàng

    manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.