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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

非常 [fēicháng]
  1. 1. adjective exceptional
  2. 2. adverb very
    你的同情让我非常感动。
    Your sympathy moved me very much.
    这项工作非常难。
    This job is very hard.
    你说的话非常重要。
    What you said is extremely important.
    非常抱歉。
    I'm terribly sorry.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

非常 [fēicháng]
  1. 1. extraordinary; unusual; special; jolly
    现在是非常时期,一切服务于抗洪。
    他得了白血病,家里又增加了一笔非常开支。
    这种时候需要有非常政策。
    非常措施
    emergency measures
    非常支出
    a special expenditure
    非常会议
    extraordinary session
  2. 2. very; extremely; highly; damn; awfully; greatly; terribly; heartily; immensely; closely; so; bitterly; incredibly; intensely; infinitely
    今天的演出非常精彩。
    明天的会议内容非常重要,请按时出席。
    这种情况下请他回来主持工作是非常必要的。
    非常精彩
    simply marvellous
    非常重要
    extremely important
    非常必要
    highly necessary

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

非常 [fēicháng]
  1. 1. 不寻常的;特殊的
    非常措施
    非常时期
  2. 2. 表示程度极高
    非常勇敢
    非常想念
  3. 3. "非常"②跟"十分"稍有不同。"非常"②可以重叠,"十分"不能。"十分"前可用"不"降低程度,"非常"②不能。

Examples

天坛的建筑结构非常别致。
The architecture of the Temple of Heaven is unique. 别致
这本书三分历史,七分科学,内容非常驳杂。
This book is a heterogeneous mass of information, being three parts history and seven parts science. 驳杂
他对这件事,非常不满。
He is very unhappy about this matter. 不满
大家都玩得非常畅快。
We all had a wonderful time. 畅快
写得非常
very well written
非常会议
extraordinary session 非常
非常支出
a special expenditure 非常
非常措施
emergency measures 非常
非常必要
highly necessary 非常
非常重要
extremely important 非常

Collocations

非常时期
a time of emergency
非常会议
extraordinary session
非常同意
agree very much
非常高兴
as pleased as punch
非常努力
very hard
非常能吃苦
able to bear hardship
非常之复杂
very complex

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

The adverb indicate degree

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can indicate degree as well, such as "很", "极", "挺", "怪", "太","非常","极其", "最", "更", "相当", "稍微", "略", "比较", "有点", "多么",”几乎”, and so on.

e.g. (1)他的想法很独特。 (2)当时我觉得怪不好意思的。 (3)这件衣服有点贵。 (4)你是最棒的。 (5)这道菜稍微咸了一点。

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