不错bú cuònot bad; pretty good
不错 (bú cuò) means "not bad" or "pretty good," as in 今天天气不错 (The weather is pretty good today), 这个菜很不错 (This dish is very good) and 你的中文不错 (Your Chinese is not bad). In all three, 不错 means not bad or pretty good. This entry covers this one sense.
What does 不错 mean?
- 1.
not bad; pretty goodadjective
What do the characters in 不错 mean?
- 不not
- 错bad
How do you use 不错?
See it in 今天天气不错, 这个菜很不错 and 你的中文不错.
Patterns
thing + (很) + 不错
这个菜很不错。
Zhège cài hěn bú cuò.
This dish is very good.
What are some examples of 不错 in a sentence?
How is 不错 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
今天天气怎么样?
Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
How is the weather today?
- Speaker B:
天气不错。
Tiānqì búcuò.
The weather is pretty good.
- Speaker A:
我们去外边吃饭吧。
Wǒmen qù wàibian chīfàn ba.
Let's go out to eat.
- Speaker B:
好啊。
Hǎo a.
OK.
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Related words
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-HSK 1
- 错cuòmistake; wrong; badHSK 2
- 好hǎogood; appropriate; properHSK 1
- 不同bù tóngdifferentHSK 3
- 不用bú yòngneed notHSK 3
- 不行bù xíngwon't doHSK 3
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.