非常
fēi cháng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Very, extremely: a strong word of degree. It is stronger than 很 and goes straight before an adjective or a verb of feeling: 非常好 'extremely good', 非常喜欢 'to like very much', 非常感谢 'thank you very much'.
Rất, vô cùng, hết sức: phó từ chỉ mức độ cao. Mạnh hơn 很, đứng ngay trước tính từ hoặc động từ chỉ cảm xúc: 非常好 (rất tốt), 非常喜欢 (vô cùng thích), 非常感谢 (vô cùng cảm ơn).
AdverbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese false friend: Idiomer entry “phi thường” (phi-thuong). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “非常” mean?
Very, extremely: a strong word of degree. It is stronger than 很 and goes straight before an adjective or a verb of feeling: 非常好 'extremely good', 非常喜欢 'to like very much', 非常感谢 'thank you very much'. Literally: not ordinary
Is “非常” formal or informal?
非常 is generally neutral.