How to Say ‘Pretty good!’ in Traditional Chinese
還不錯！
hái bù cuò
[hái boo-tswaw]
💬 Usage Tip: 不錯 literally means "not bad" but works as real praise, and 還 softens it to "pretty". 還好 (hái hǎo) is a cooler "so-so, okay".
Phrase Breakdown
還
hái
[hái]
fairly; rather
Adverb softening an adjective to mean 'fairly' or 'reasonably'.
這家店還可以。
This shop is fairly okay.
不錯
bù cuò
[boo-tswaw]
not bad; pretty good
A common phrase for saying something is good or favorable.
你今天選的位置不錯嘛。
You picked a pretty good spot today.
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