Very in Chinese (Mandarin): 很 (hěn)
很
hěn
very
- Simplified
- 很
- Traditional
- 很
- Pinyin
- hěn
- Typed as
- hen
Use it in a sentence
大象很大。
The elephant is very big.
The characters in 很
很
Very. 彳 (step) is on the left.
9 strokes
Third tone. Chinese uses 很 before describing words even when it isn't strong: 我很好 just means "I'm fine".
More examples with 很
我很好，谢谢。
我很好，謝謝。
Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie.
I'm fine, thank you.
今天很冷。
Jīntiān hěn lěng.
It's cold today.
How to write 很 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
很 9 strokes
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