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不错bú cuònot bad; pretty good

HSK 2word

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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. 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?

  1. 今天天气不错。

    Jīntiān tiānqì búcuò.

    The weather is pretty good today.

  2. 这个菜很不错。

    Zhège cài hěn búcuò.

    This dish is very good.

  3. 你的中文不错。

    Nǐ de Zhōngwén búcuò.

    Your Chinese is not bad.

How is 不错 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    今天天气怎么样?

    Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?

    How is the weather today?

  2. Speaker B:

    天气不错。

    Tiānqì búcuò.

    The weather is pretty good.

  3. Speaker A:

    我们去外边吃饭吧。

    Wǒmen qù wàibian chīfàn ba.

    Let's go out to eat.

  4. Speaker B:

    好啊。

    Hǎo a.

    OK.

Can you use 不错 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 今天天气___。 (The weather is pretty good today.)
  2. 2.What does 你的中文不错。 mean?
  3. 3.What does 不错 mean?

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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.