He doesn't really speak French.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不怎么
not very
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
not very
02
not particularly
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 不怎么 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 不怎么 appears in 14 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I don't like drinking beer that much.
I didn't really feel like going skiing.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 不怎么.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不怎么.
Directly before
- 我不怎么3
- 鸭子不怎么1
- 确实不怎么1
- 汤姆不怎么1
- 你不怎么1
Directly after
- 不怎么会3
- 不怎么烂1
- 不怎么了解1
- 不怎么喜欢1
- 不怎么看电视1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 不怎么
What does 不怎么 mean in Chinese?
不怎么 (bùzěnme) means not very.
How do you pronounce 不怎么?
不怎么 is pronounced bùzěnme.
Is 不怎么 an HSK word?
不怎么 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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