不甚

bùshèn

adverb

Meanings

1 (literary) not very
2 not particularly

Characters

very, extremely

Examples

他对此事不甚了解。

Tā duì cǐ shì bùshèn liǎojiě.

He doesn't know very much about this matter.

效果不甚理想。

Xiàoguǒ bùshèn lǐxiǎng.

The result is not particularly satisfactory.

Tips

register

不甚 is bookish/formal — common in news, reports, and academic writing, rare in casual speech. Spoken equivalent: 不太 (bùtài) or 不怎么 (bù zěnme). Compare 不甚了解 (formal) vs 不太了解 (everyday).

Stroke Order

不 bù

甚 shèn