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Learning Chinese adjectives is very important, because they are used a lot in everyday conversations.  
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==Sources==
 
http://mylanguages.org/fr/chinois_adjectifs.php
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/二-(èr)-versus-两-(liǎng)|二 (èr) versus 两 (liǎng)]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Plurals|Plurals]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Describing-People-with-Suffixes-家-者-师-员-生-手|Describing People with Suffixes 家 者 师 员 生 手]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Basic-structure-of-a-sentence|Basic structure of a sentence]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Nouns|Nouns]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Transition-words|Transition words]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/和-(hé)|和 (hé)]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Questions-with-不-(bù)|Questions with 不 (bù)]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/How-to-ask-a-question-in-Chinese|How to ask a question in Chinese]]
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Latest revision as of 22:17, 26 March 2023

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]