第两百八十五天

[nnozomi]

语法
挺 + adjective/psychological verb "quite ~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22quite%22_with_%22ting%22

词汇
喜欢, like (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 71

Guardian:
他挺忙的, he's quite busy
这长得挺好看的呀, she looks quite attractive
既然是昆仑给我取的名字，我当然喜欢了, given that it's the name you chose for me, of course I like it.

Me:
在采访的时候他非常喜欢说“还挺好。”
今天的天气挺好，不太热。

Comments

[elenothar]

I was reading through the meanings list on zhongwen and it went quite; very; classifier for machine guns - wait what

[nnozomi]

Huh! I looked it up in Japanese and the same applies: counter for certain long thin things like guns, hoes, candles, 人力车 (long thin??) and so on. Bizarre.