What does "不甚感激" mean?

[HashiriKata]

As I understand it, 不甚 means "not very", such as 不甚乐观 (not very optimistic), 不甚诚实 (not very honest). But then, I came across this sentence:

希望您能不吝雅教, 我将不甚感激。

What does "我将不甚感激" really mean here? It can't mean "I'll be very grateful", can it?

(The context suggests this interpretation but the literal meaning seems to suggest the opposite here! )

Thanks,

[skylee]

A typo. Should be 不勝感激.

[Guoke]

不甚感激 = 不怎么感激

不胜感激 = 非常感激

[HashiriKata]

Thank you, it's a great relief to know. 不胜感激!

(This problem should help me to remember that many Chinese speakers pronounce "n" and "ng" in the same way.)

[Guoke]

不甚欢迎！...Oops! I mean 不胜欢迎！

[Hanlink]

Skylee is being very diplomatic in saying it is a typo. It is probably more correct to say that it is quite a common mistake in Chinese.

[jameslc]

"不甚感激" means thanks a lot.

[skylee]

"不甚感激" means thanks a lot.

No, it doesn't.

[HashiriKata]

No, it doesn't.

I think jameslc was trying to prove the point made by Hanlink in the post above his.

[onthink]

It means thank you, and I really appreciate it. You really point out a good question.

[hineds]

when "不甚" goes in front of positive adjectives, it means "very much". : )

[skylee]

I had never thought that there would be confusion about "不甚" (bu shen) and “不勝" (bu sheng) before I read this thread. (Probably because I am Cantonese and their pronunciations - "bat sam" vs "bat sing" - are distinctly different in Cantonese.)

I think these links would be helpful to learners ->

誰還在寫錯字

"不甚感激“和“不胜感激”

“不甚感谢”是“不很感谢”