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很

hěn · hen

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HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
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Good tea

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)天气(tiānqì)很(hěn)好(hǎo)。

    The weather is very nice today.

  2. Liangliang

    是啊(shìa)。不(bù)冷(lěng)也(yě)不(bù)热(rè)，很(hěn)舒服(shūfu)。

    Yes. Not cold, not hot, very comfortable.

  3. Dengdeng

    这里(zhèlǐ)的(de)茶(chá)也(yě)很(hěn)好喝(hǎohē)。

    The tea here is very good too.

  4. Liangliang

    很(hěn)好喝(hǎohē)，可是(kěshì)也(yě)很(hěn)贵(guì)。

    Very good, but also very expensive.

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，一(yī)壶(hú)八十(bāshí)块(kuài)。我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)点(diǎn)一(yī)壶(hú)吧(ba)。

    Yes, eighty yuan a pot. Let us just order one pot.

  6. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)。那(nà)我们(wǒmen)喝(hē)得(de)很(hěn)慢(màn)，喝(hē)一(yī)下午(xiàwǔ)。

    OK. Then we will drink very slowly, all afternoon.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)倒(dào)很(hěn)可(kě)爱(ài)，但(dàn)我(wǒ)不(bù)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)她(tā)。

She may be cute, but I don't like her.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

今(jīn)天(tiān)天(tiān)气(qì)很(hěn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)们(men)去(qù)公(gōng)园(yuán)散(sàn)步(bù)吧(ba)。

The weather is very nice today; let's go for a walk in the park.

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