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觉得 in Context

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觉得
Here are some example sentences of this word in action:

Usage 1 - "to think, to feel": 

Sentence:

我觉得你不应该靠运气。 

English:

I don't think you should rely on luck.

Top-Down Words:

靠 kào - to rely on 


Sentence:

你的丈夫觉得我是美女吗? 

English:

Does your husband think I'm beautiful?

Top-Down Words:

丈夫 zhàngfu - husband; man


 *Sentence:

我觉得我每天过得很开心。

English:

I think I'm very happy everyday.


 *Sentence:

她们觉得这样才好看,但我觉得这样不好看。

English:

They think it only looks good this way, but I don't think so.


 *Sentence:

我觉得他比我还聪明。

English:

I think he's smarter than me.

Top-Down Words:

聪明 cōngmíng - smart 



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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William Beeman

Hi, Can you say something about the use of 还 in 我觉得他比我还聪明? I think of it as "yet, still, etc." so could the sentence be "I think he is still smarter than me" ?

Mandarin Blueprint

Love this question, here's a reply for you, William:

https://www.loom.com/share/1fba0f2649494e07bbbe59ead91ab037

我觉得他比我聪明。
I think he is smarter than me.

我觉得他比我还聪明。
I think he is *even* smarter than me.

我觉得他比我更聪明。 更 gèng - “even more"
I think he is *even* smarter than me.

你觉得他比我还聪明吗?
(Rhet.) You really think he's even smarter than me?

广州的人口比巴黎还多。
Guangzhou's population is even more than Paris.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO4Cfg71stc&t=2186s

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Jason Pon

Thanks for the loom on the 还聪明! Had that same question - very interesting.

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