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蛮
mán
Description
在口语里，"蛮"常常用来表示"很"、"相当"的意思。
南方人很喜欢说这个词，比如"蛮好"就是"很好"。
Meanings
蛮mán
quite, pretty, fairly (colloquial)
这家饭馆蛮好吃的。
蛮mán
rough, unreasonable, barbaric
他做事太蛮了。
野蛮yěmán
savage, uncivilized
这种野蛮的行为很不好。
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Notes
- Nuance
"蛮" as "quite" is very common in southern China and Shanghai speech.
- Etymology
originally meant southern non-Han tribes, later extended to "rough, barbaric."
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