{"id":4572,"date":"2019-11-19T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-wordsvocabulary\/learn-some-new-ways-to-express-so-so-in-chinese\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:30:46","slug":"learn-some-new-ways-to-express-so-so-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/learn-some-new-ways-to-express-so-so-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn some new ways to express \u201cso so\u201d in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"
Usually “so so” can be expressed as “\u8fd8\u884c\u5427 hái xíng ba” in Chinese language. However, there are actually lots of ways to express the same meaning. There are slight differences between them that you can use to leverage your ex<\/em>pressions. Hopefully from this Learn Chinese o<\/em>nline blog you’ll get to know most of the “so so” ways in Chinese.<\/p>\n

“\u8fd8\u884c\u5427 hái xíng ba” itself means “It’s okay, but not that good. ” you can also use a few other options that are equivalent to this one :<\/p>\n

hái guòdéqù
\u8fd8\u8fc7\u5f97\u53bb<\/p>\n

hái k\u011by\u01d0
\u8fd8\u53ef\u4ee5<\/p>\n

hái còuhe
\u8fd8\u51d1\u5408<\/p>\n

You can also use a few Chinese idioms alone to serve your purpose. These idioms are slightly more negative than the above :<\/p>\n

m\u01cemah\u016bh\u016b
\u9a6c\u9a6c\u864e\u864e<\/p>\n

mi\u01cenmi\u01cenqi\u01cengqi\u01ceng
\u52c9\u52c9\u5f3a\u5f3a<\/p>\n

ch\u0101qiángrényì
\u5dee\u5f3a\u4eba\u610f<\/p>\n

You can also say:<\/p>\n

háih\u01ceo la
\u8fd8\u597d\u5566<\/p>\n

bù suàn chà
\u4e0d\u7b97\u5dee<\/p>\n

ji\u0101ngjiu
\u5c06\u5c31<\/p>\n

They are slightly more positive than the three idioms.<\/p>\n

Now we’ll practice them in the following co<\/em>nversation :<\/p>\n

A: zuìjìn z\u011bnmeyàng?
A: \u6700\u8fd1\u600e\u4e48\u6837?<\/p>\n

A: How are you lately?<\/p>\n

B: hái guòdéqù.
B: \u8fd8\u8fc7\u5f97\u53bb.<\/p>\n

B: So so.<\/p>\n

A: kàn guò w\u01d2 tu\u012bjiàn de nà bù diàny\u01d0ng le ma?
A: \u770b\u8fc7\u6211\u63a8\u8350\u7684\u90a3\u90e8\u7535\u5f71\u4e86\u5417?<\/p>\n

A: Have you seen the movie I recommended?<\/p>\n

B: kàn le\uff0c m\u01cemah\u016bh\u016b, bùtàih\u01ceo kàn\u3002
B: \u770b\u4e86\uff0c\u9a6c\u9a6c\u864e\u864e, \u4e0d\u592a\u597d\u770b\u3002<\/p>\n

B: Yes, it was so so, not that good.<\/p>\n

A: nà n\u01d0 zh\u014dumò y\u01d2u shénme \u0101npái?
A: \u90a3\u4f60\u5468\u672b\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u5b89\u6392?<\/p>\n

A: Got any plan for the weekend?<\/p>\n

B: qù Nánsh\u0101n g\u014dngyuán\uff0c t\u012bngshu\u014d nàge dìfang hái k\u011by\u01d0\u3002
B: \u53bb\u5357\u5c71\u516c\u56ed\uff0c\u542c\u8bf4\u90a3\u4e2a\u5730\u65b9\u8fd8\u53ef\u4ee5\u3002<\/p>\n

B: I plan to go to Nan Shan park, it is said to be an OK place.<\/p>\n

A: shì \u0101\uff0c jìnchù h\u01ceowán de g\u014dngyuán zh\u0113n bù du\u014d\uff0c n\u01d0 jiù xi\u0101n ji\u0101ngjiu y\u012bxià ba!
A: \u662f\u554a\uff0c\u8fd1\u5904\u597d\u73a9\u7684\u516c\u56ed\u771f\u4e0d\u591a\uff0c\u4f60\u5c31\u5148\u5c06\u5c31\u4e00\u4e0b\u5427!<\/p>\n

A: Well, yeah, there are actually not that many parks nearby, you can’t be too picky.<\/p>\n

B: d\u011bng w\u01d2 m\u01cei le ch\u0113\uff0c w\u01d2 jiù qù yu\u01cen y\u012bxi\u0113 de dìfang dùjià\uff0c bùzài zhèyàng ch\u0101qiángrényì de guòrìzi\u3002
B: \u7b49\u6211\u4e70\u4e86\u8f66\uff0c\u6211\u5c31\u53bb\u8fdc\u4e00\u4e9b\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u5ea6\u5047\uff0c\u4e0d\u518d\u8fd9\u6837\u5dee\u5f3a\u4eba\u610f\u7684\u8fc7\u65e5\u5b50\u3002<\/p>\n

B: o<\/em>nce I bought a car, I will go spend my vacation somewher afar. I will have a better life.<\/p>\n

A: nà n\u01d0 de jiàzhào k\u01ceo guò le ma?
A: \u90a3\u4f60\u7684\u9a7e\u7167\u8003\u8fc7\u4e86\u5417?<\/p>\n

A: Have you passed your driving test?<\/p>\n

B: k\u01ceo le s\u0101ncì\uff0c zuìhòu y\u012bcì mi\u01cenmi\u01cenqi\u01cengqi\u01ceng guò le\u3002
B: \u8003\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\uff0c\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u6b21\u52c9\u52c9\u5f3a\u5f3a\u8fc7\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

B: After two failed driving tests, I barely passed the last one.
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