Chinese Adjectives
Chinese adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in a sentence.
An adjective in Chinese is often formed by adding the possessive "的" at the end of a noun. However, it can also be placed in front of the noun without the possessive "的", Chinese use this structure to construct a relative sentence.
adjectives (xíng róng cí) - 形容词
a red flower (yī duǒ hóng sè de huā) - 一朵红色的花
a tall building (yī zuò gāo lóu) - 一座高楼
a good person (yī gè hǎo rén) - 一个好人
the old red house (lǎo hóng fáng zi) - 老红房子
a very good student (yī gè fēi cháng hǎo de xué shēng) - 一个非常好的学生
English Adjectives | Chinese Adjectives |
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black | hēi sè - 黑色 |
blue | lán sè - 蓝色 |
brown | zōng sè - 棕色 |
gray | huī sè - 灰色 |
green | lǜ sè - 绿色 |
orange | chéng sè - 橙色 |
purple | zǐ sè - 紫色 |
red | hóng sè - 红色 |
white | bái sè - 白色 |
yellow | huáng sè - 黄色 |
big | dà - 大 |
deep | shēn - 深 |
long | cháng;zhǎng - 长 |
narrow | zhǎi - 窄 |
short | duǎn;duān - 短 |
small | xiǎo - 小 |
tall | gāo - 高 |
thick | hòu - 厚 |
thin | bò;báo;bó - 薄 |
wide | kuān - 宽 |
circular | yuán de, yuán xíng de - 圆的,圆形的 |
straight | zhí de, zhí xiàn de - 直的,直线的 |
square | fāng xíng de - 方形的 |
triangular | sān jiǎo xíng de - 三角形的 | bitter | kǔ - 苦 |
fresh | dàn - 淡 |
salty | xián;xiān - 咸 |
sour | suān - 酸 |
spicy | là - 辣 |
sweet | tián - 甜 |
bad | huài - 坏 |
clean | gān jìng - 干净 |
dark | hēi àn - 黑暗 |
difficult | kùn nán;kùn nan - 困难 |
dirty | āng zàng - 肮脏 |
dry | gān;gàn;hàn - 干 |
easy | róng yì - 容易 |
empty | kōng de - 空的 |
expensive | áng guì - 昂贵 |
fast | kuài - 快 |
foreign | guó wài - 国外 |
full | mǎn - 满 |
good | hǎo;hào - 好 |
hard | yìng - 硬 |
heavy | zhòng;chóng - 重 |
inexpensive | pián yí de - 便宜的 |
light | qīng - 轻 |
local | dāng dì - 当地 |
new | xīn - 新 |
noisy | cáo zá - 嘈杂 |
old | lǎo - 老 |
powerful | qiáng dà - 强大 |
quiet | ān jìng - 安静 |
correct | zhèng què - 正确 |
slow | huǎn màn - 缓慢 |
soft | ruǎn - 软 |
very | hěn - 很 |
weak | ruò - 弱 |
wet | cháo shī - 潮湿 |
wrong | cuò wù - 错误 |
young | nián qīng - 年轻 |