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title: "没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective in Chinese Grammar: Not that …, With Examples"
description: "没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective: not that …. 没那么 + adjective means \"not as … as that\" — less than expected. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective

Not that …

没那么 + adjective means "not as … as that" — less than expected.

## In stories

只要能看懂、能用好，能不能手写并**没有那么重要**。

[会打字，不会写字？ · Character amnesia: are Chinese people forgetting how to write?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/character-amnesia-chinese#library-word-348-354) HSK 4

可是，事情可能**没有这么简单**。

[筷子最早是用来吃饭的吗？ · The history of chopsticks](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/history-of-chopsticks#library-word-80-86) HSK 4

我还**没那么满意**呢。”

[电梯里的四十分钟 · Stuck in the lift with the neighbour](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/stuck-in-the-lift-with-the-neighbour#library-word-626-631) HSK 4

不知道为什么，看一眼就**没那么累**了。”

[无人便利店 · The unstaffed convenience store](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-unstaffed-convenience-store#library-word-488-492) HSK 5

[Read 会打字，不会写字？](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/character-amnesia-chinese#library-word-348-354)

## More patterns

- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)
- [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg)
- [一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 not … at all](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidian-ye-neg)
- [有的…，有的… some …, others …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youde-youde)

## What does 没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective mean in Chinese?

Not that …. 没那么 + adjective means "not as … as that" — less than expected.

## How common is 没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective?

It comes up in 7 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## More free tools

- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
- [How hard is this text?](https://mandarinthewild.com/text-level)
- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.