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Chinese adjectives
Learning Chinese adjectives is very important, because they are used a lot in everyday conversations.
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
Examples[edit | edit source]
Here are some examples:
xíng róng cí 形容詞/形容词 | adjective |
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yì kē lǜ sè de shù 一棵綠色的樹/一棵绿色的树 | a green tree |
yí zuò gāo lóu 一座高樓/一座高楼 | a large building |
yí gè hěn lǎo de rén 一個很老的人/一个很老的人 | a very old man |
lǎo hóng fáng zi 老紅房子/老红房子 | the old red house |
yí gè fēi cháng hǎo de péng you 一個非常好的朋友/一个非常好的朋友 | a very kind friend |
Here is an additional list of vocabulary that can be helpful, and related to the subject: colors, sizes, shapes.
Try to memorize the new words you see and take note of any grammar patterns you have learned.
Colors[edit | edit source]
yán sè 顏色/颜色 | colors |
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hēi sè 黑色 | black |
lán sè 藍色/蓝色 | blue |
zōng sè 棕色 | brown |
huī sè 灰色 | Grey |
lǜ sè 綠色/绿色 | green |
chéng sè 橙色 | orange |
zǐ sè 紫色 | purple |
hóng sè 紅色/红色 | red |
bái sè 白色 | White |
huáng sè 黃色/黄色 | yellow |
sizes[edit | edit source]
chǐcùn 尺寸 | sizes |
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dà 大 | big, large |
shēn 深 | deep |
cháng 長/长 | long |
zhǎi 窄 | narrow |
duǎn 短 | short |
xiǎo 小 | small |
hòu 厚 | thick |
báo; bó 薄 | thin |
kuān 寛/宽 | large |
Shapes[edit | edit source]
xíng zhuàng 形状 | forms |
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yuán de, yuán xíng de 圓的,圓形的/圆的,圆形的 | circular |
zhí de, zhí xiàn de 直的,直線的/直的,直线的 | straight |
fāng de, fāng xíng de 方的,方形的 | square |
sān jiǎo de, sān jiǎo xíng de 三角的,三角形的 | triangular |
Tastes[edit | edit source]
wèi dào 味道 | tastes |
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kǔ 苦 | bitter |
dàn 淡 | fresh |
xián 咸 | dirty |
suān 酸 | sour |
là 辣 | spicy |
tián 甜 | sweet |
Qualities[edit | edit source]
xìng zhì 性質/性质 | qualities |
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huài 壞/坏 | bad |
gān jìng 干凈/干净 | clean |
hēi 'àn 黑暗 | dark |
kùn nán 困難/困难 | difficult |
āng zāng 骯髒/肮脏 | dirty |
gān 亁/干 | dry |
róng yì 容易 | easy |
kōng 空 | empty |
áng guì 昂貴/昂贵 | expensive |
kuài 快 | fast |
qí guài 奇怪 | strange |
mǎn 满 | full |
hǎo 好 | good |
yìng 硬 | hard |
zhòng 重 | heavy |
pián yi 便宜 | cheap |
qīng 輕/轻 | lightweight |
dāng dì 當地/当地 | local |
xīn 新 | new |
cáo zá 嘈杂 | noisy |
lǎo 老 | old |
qiáng dà 強大/强大 | powerful |
ān jìng 安靜/安静 | calm |
zhèng què 正確/正确 | correct |
huǎn màn 緩慢/缓慢 | slow |
ruǎn 軟/软 | soft |
hěn 很 | very |
dī 低 | low |
cháo shī 潮濕/潮湿 | wet |
cuò wù 錯誤/错误 | wrong |
nián qīng 年輕/年轻 | young |
Quantities[edit | edit source]
shù liàng 數量/数量 | quantities |
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hěn shǎo 很少 | little (number) |
xǔ duō 許多/许多 | a lot |
bù fen 部分 | part |
yì xiē 一些 | some |
jǐ gè 幾個/几个 | a few |
suǒ yǒu 所有 | all |
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- 二 (èr) versus 两 (liǎng)
- Questions
- Plurals
- Describing People with Suffixes 家 者 师 员 生 手
- Basic structure of a sentence
- Nouns
- Transition words
- 和 (hé)
- Questions with 不 (bù)
- How to ask a question in Chinese