LEARN + CHINESE / 22 of 300 HSK 1
So Good! 太…了
The concert ends and your friend asks how it was. 太好了！ says “That was great!”; 真漂亮！ turns the spotlight on how beautiful something is. Chinese often builds an exclamation from an ordinary sentence, then lets words like 太 or 真 carry the extra feeling.
Examples
太好了！
Tài hǎo le!
That’s great!
这里真漂亮！
Zhèlǐ zhēn piàoliang!
It’s really beautiful here!
今天太冷了！
Jīntiān tài lěng le!
It’s so cold today!
Hint · 힌트
太 can mean “too” or an emphatic “so,” depending on context. The sentence and situation make the intended meaning clear.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
tài | too; so; extremely |
zhēn | really; truly |
hǎo | good; well |
piàoliang | beautiful; pretty |
lěng | cold |
rè | hot |
kāixīn | happy; delighted |
gāoxìng | glad; happy |
nán | difficult |
róngyì | easy |
lèi | tired |
è | hungry |
yǒu yìsi | interesting |
kě'ài | cute; lovable |
fēicháng | very; extremely |
jīntiān | today |
tiānqì | weather |
zhèlǐ | here |
zhēn hǎo | really good; wonderful |
jí le | extremely; very |
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