How to Say ‘Not bad!’ in Simplified Chinese
不错啊！
bù cuò a
[boo tswaw ah]
🇨🇳 In China: Said in reply to someone's news, 不错啊 is genuine approval, like "Nice!" or "Sounds great!". It's not the lukewarm "not bad" it looks like.
Phrase Breakdown
不错
bù cuò
[boo tswaw]
not bad; pretty good
A common conversational phrase used to give a positive opinion that sounds natural and not too strong.
这家公司的培训机会不错。
This company’s training opportunities are pretty good.
啊
a
[ah]
ah; sentence particle
Adds emotion such as surprise, curiosity, or friendliness to a question.
真的啊？我很想了解更多。
Really? I’d really like to learn more.
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