mán
adverb HSK 7 #3,150

Meanings

  1. 1 quite
  2. 2 pretty
  3. 3 rather

Examples

Zhè dào cài mán hǎochī de.
This dish is pretty tasty.
Tā mán cōngming de, jiùshì bú tài yònggōng.
He's quite smart, just not very hardworking.

Tips

register
as 'quite/pretty' is colloquial and very common in southern Chinese dialects and everyday speech. It's softer and more casual than (hěn).
usage
has two distinct uses: as a colloquial adverb meaning 'quite/rather', and in literary/formal contexts meaning 'barbarous' or 'unreasonable' (蛮横, ).

Stroke Order

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