<p>I'm trying to translate "I'm not a bad person" to standard Chinese. I am told the following:</p>

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  <p>There are also two ways to say "A <strong>isn't</strong> B". When <strong>B</strong> is a <em>noun</em> (things, people, places, etc.), use <strong>bú shì</strong>.</p>
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<p>It seemed to me that <strong>B</strong> here is "bad", which is an adjective. So I said that the translation would be "wô bú huài-rén". The only other option would have been to add "shì". </p>

<p>But I was told that this is incorrect. It seems to me that I followed the information correctly, no? Did I do something incorrectly, or are the instructions incorrect?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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2020-02-18T16:27:23.757Z
The information is correct, 我是人 > 我不是人 > 我不是坏人.   我坏 > 我不坏. When you analyze sentences, you need to strip out all the modifiers, e.g. 我保证我以前真的不是一个特别好的人. -> 我是人 when you remove all the modifiers.
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Standard Chinese translation of "I'm not a bad person"
# Standard Chinese translation of "I'm not a bad person"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-18)

I'm trying to translate "I'm not a bad person" to standard Chinese. I am told the following:

> There are also two ways to say "A **isn't** B". When **B** is a *noun* (things, people, places, etc.), use **bú shì**.

It seemed to me that **B** here is "bad", which is an adjective. So I said that the translation would be "wô bú huài-rén". The only other option would have been to add "shì".

But I was told that this is incorrect. It seems to me that I followed the information correctly, no? Did I do something incorrectly, or are the instructions incorrect?

Thank you.

**Tags:** grammar, learning, adjectives, negation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The information is correct, 我是人 > 我不是人 > 我不是坏人.   我坏 > 我不坏. When you analyze sentences, you need to strip out all the modifiers, e.g. 我保证我以前真的不是一个特别好的人. -> 我是人 when you remove all the modifiers.  

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