Usage of the character 很
hěn
很
[很]
- very; quite
- (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
hěnshì
很是
[很是]
- (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb)
dehěn
得很
[得很]
- (after an adjective) very
bùhěn
不很
[不很]
- not very