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

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?

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/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