不怎么 (不怎麼)
bù zěn me
Pinyin

Definition

不怎么 (不怎麼)
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bù zěn me
  1. not very
  2. not particularly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
怎么
zěn me
  1. 1 how?
  2. 2 what?
  3. 3 why?
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

主管，我不怎么想帮他，因为他有点自以为是。
zhǔguǎn ，wǒ bùzěnme xiǎng bāng tā ，yīnwèi tā yǒudiǎn zìyǐwéishì 。
Mister, I don’t really want to help him, because he is a little bit self-righteous.
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不怎么
bùzěnme
Not really
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我认为李先生不怎么合适，我比较喜欢张小姐。
wǒ rènwéi Lǐ xiānsheng bùzěnme héshì ，wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan Zhāng xiǎojie 。
I don’t think Mr. Lee is that suitable for the role. I prefer Ms. Chang.
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这我不怎么熟悉。
zhè wǒ bùzěnme shúxī 。
I’m not that familiar with it.
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我帮公司制作了一支广告片，预算很低品质也不怎么样，但是一个明星在他的社群媒体分享了这支影片，居然在网上疯传，引起一阵旋风。
wǒ bāng gōngsī zhìzuò le yī zhī guǎnggào piàn ，yùsuàn hěn dī pǐnzhì yě bùzěnmeyàng ，dànshì yī gè míngxīng zài tā de shèqún méitǐ fēnxiǎng le zhè zhī yǐngpiàn ，jūrán zài wǎngshàng fēngchuán ，yǐnqǐ yīzhèn xuànfēng 。
I made an advertisement for my company, the budget was really low and it wasn't brilliant quality-wise, but a celebrity shared the advert on social media, and it ended up going viral, causing an online storm.
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我刚出社会的时候，不怎么会用电邮。老板就跟我说：“你没吃过猪肉，也见过猪跑吧！连发个电邮都不会。”
wǒ gāng chūshèhuì de shíhou ，bùzěnme huì yòng diànyóu 。lǎobǎn jiù gēn wǒ shuō ：“nǐ méichīguòzhūròu, yějiànguòzhūpǎo ba ！lián fā ge diànyóu dōu bùhuì 。”
When I first started working, I didn’t know how to use email. My boss said, ‘You should at least have had some common sense! How come you didn’t even know how to send an email?'
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你虽然平时话不多，人也长得不怎么样，但我觉得你挺有意思的。
nǐ suīrán píngshí huà bù duō ，rén yě cháng de bù zěnmeyàng ，dàn wǒ juéde nǐ tǐng yǒuyìsī de 。
Although you don't normally talk much and you're not exactly a looker, I think you're very interesting.
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他虽然学习很努力，但是成绩一直不怎么样。
tā suīrán xuéxí hěn nǔlì ，dànshì chéngjì yīzhí bù zěnmeyàng 。
Although he studies very hard, his grades have not been great.
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肯定不怎么样。估计都是味道怪怪的，跟吃药一样。
kěndìng bù zěnmeyàng 。gūjì dōu shì wèidao guàiguàide ，gēn chīyào yīyàng 。
It's definitely not very good. I bet the taste is strange and that it's like taking medicine.
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