不甚

búshèn

adverb

Meanings

1 not very
2 not particularly

Characters

very, extremely

Examples

HSK 4

他对此事不甚了解。

Tā duì cǐ shì búshèn liǎojiě.

He doesn't know very much about this matter.

HSK 4

效果不甚理想。

Xiàoguǒ búshèn 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