蛮 (mán) — barbaric, fierce, unreasonable; (adverb, colloquial) quite, pretty, rather
Definition
As an adjective, 蛮 means savage or unreasonable — stronger and more literary than 粗暴 or 野蛮, usually describing a person or their behavior. As a colloquial adverb it just means 'quite / pretty' (蛮好, 蛮大), softer than 非常.
bound form
barbaricfierceunreasonable(adverb, colloquial) quiteprettyrather
Examples
- ，。Zhè ge rén zhēn mán hèng, cóng bù tīng bié rén quàn.This person is really unreasonable, never listens to others.
- 蛮，。Jīn tiān tiān qì mán hǎo de, wǒ men chū qù zǒu zǒu ba.The weather is pretty good today, let's go out for a walk.
- 蛮，。Tā shuō huà mán zhí jiē de, bù guǎi wān mò jiǎo.He speaks quite directly, without beating around the bush.
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