A1 · reviewed · real-chinese

听起来不错。

Sounds good.
Practice recall

Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Current move

Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.

Scene

When to use it

Responding positively to a suggestion, plan, restaurant, or idea.

Risk

safe

If you already decided, say 可以 or 我同意. 听起来不错 can still sound like soft approval.

Literal

Hearing up not bad.

听起来不错 is natural for evaluating an idea before fully committing. It is more flexible than only saying 好.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

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01 This plan sounds good.
02 That restaurant sounds good.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Let’s go eat hot pot.
B Sounds good.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 Sounds good.
02 I agree.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 听起来不错。 mean?

Answer: Sounds good.

听起来 means sounds; 不错 means not bad or good.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 不错。

Answer: bú cuò

不 changes to bú before fourth-tone 错.

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03 · Does 听起来不错 always mean final agreement?

Answer: No.

It is positive, but it can be softer than a final yes.

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