Chinese symbol for “quite”
很
hěn
very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quite is 很 (hěn), defined as: very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “quite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比较 (比較) | bǐ jiào | to compare; to contrast |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 挺 | tǐng | straight; erect |
| 满 (滿) | mǎn | to fill; full |
| 颇 (頗) | pō | rather; quite |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 很.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不很 | bù hěn | not very |
| 很是 | hěn shì | (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) |
| 得很 | de hěn | (after an adjective) very |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quite”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.