Cách này không chuẩn.

This method is not standard.

Breakdown of Cách này không chuẩn.

• này: this
• không: not
• cách: the way; method
• chuẩn: standard; up to standard

Questions & Answers about Cách này không chuẩn.

What does cách mean in this sentence?

Here, cách means way, method, or approach.

So Cách này means this way or this method.

Depending on context, cách can refer to:

• a way of doing something
• a method or procedure
• sometimes a style or manner

In Cách này không chuẩn, it most naturally means This method/way isn’t standard or correct.

Why does này come after cách?

In Vietnamese, demonstratives like này (this) usually come after the noun.

So:

• cách này = this way / this method
• người này = this person
• xe này = this vehicle

This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.

What does không do here?

Không is the normal word for not.

In this sentence, it negates the adjective chuẩn:

• chuẩn = standard / correct / proper
• không chuẩn = not standard / not correct / improper

This is a very common pattern in Vietnamese: