不怎麼樣 (bat1 zam2 mo1 joeng6*2 | bu4 zen3 me5 yang4) : nothing much

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

不怎麼樣

bat1 zam2 mo1 joeng6*2

bu4 zen3 me5 yang4

nothing much; no big deal; so-so; indifferent; not so great | Cant.: 麻麻地; 冇乜嘢特別; 唔係幾好

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,070,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样

This word has been viewed 2228 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 20th Nov 2004 17:19 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Output this word as a high resolution image

Characters in this word:

不 bat1 - not; no; un-
怎 zam2 - why?; how?; what?
麼 mo1 - (suffix)
樣 joeng6 joeng6*2 - shape; sample; type

Showing 1 example containing 不怎麼樣

這本小說不怎麼樣。國
This novel isn't up to much.
[怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much". ]

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/4783/]不怎麼樣[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/4783/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">不怎麼樣</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 不怎麼樣

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping. Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).
the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum

Characters in this word:

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *