不香吗

不香嗎

bùxiāngma

phrase

Meanings

1 (internet slang) wouldn't that be better?
2 wouldn't that be more worth it?

Characters

fragrant; (here) appealing, worth it

(question particle)

Examples

HSK 7-9

与其熬夜加班，不如早点睡觉不香吗？

Yǔqí áoyè jiābān, bùrú zǎodiǎn shuìjiào bùxiāngma?

Instead of staying up late working overtime, wouldn't it be better to just sleep earlier?

HSK 7-9

这点钱买排骨它不香吗？

Zhè diǎn qián mǎi páigǔ tā bùxiāngma?

For that money, wouldn't pork ribs taste better?

Tips

history

From a 2019 viral comment: 这钱买排骨它不香吗？ ('for that money, a pork rib would be tastier, no?') - used to mock spending on something pointless when food or something better is available. Now a stock rhetorical pattern: '...不香吗?' = 'wouldn't ... be better?'

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Heavy internet flavor, fine in chat, social media, casual speech. Avoid in formal writing.

Stroke Order

不 bù

香 xiāng

吗 ma