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title: "一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 in Chinese Grammar: Not … at all, With Examples"
description: "一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没: not … at all. 一点儿也不 + adjective/verb means \"not at all\". 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没

Not … at all

一点儿也不 + adjective/verb means "not at all".

## In stories

用中文说星期几，**一点儿也不难**。

[星期一到星期天 · Days of the week in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/days-of-the-week-in-chinese#library-word-8-14) HSK 1

用中文说“我喜欢”，**一点儿也不难**：我喜欢猫。

[我不太喜欢 · How to say I like and I don't like in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-i-like-and-i-dont-like-in-chinese#library-word-10-16) HSK 1

中文的十二个月，**一点儿也不难**：一月、二月、三月…

[一月还是一个月？ · How to say months and years in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-months-and-years-in-chinese#library-word-8-14) HSK 1

可是孙悟空**一点儿也不着急**，心里还很高兴。

[拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-842-849) HSK 3

[Read 星期一到星期天](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/days-of-the-week-in-chinese#library-word-8-14)

## More patterns

- [verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-c)
- [连…都/也… even …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/lian-dou)
- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-yi-v)
- [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu)

## What does 一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 mean in Chinese?

Not … at all. 一点儿也不 + adjective/verb means "not at all".

## How common is 一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没?

It comes up in 19 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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