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Revision as of 15:38, 17 November 2018

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.

Here are some examples:

xíng róng cí 形容词 adjective
yī kē  lǜ sè de shù 一棵绿色的树 a green tree
yī zuò  gāo lóu 一座高楼 a large building
yī gè hěn  lǎo de rén 一个很老的人 a very old man
lǎo hóng  fáng zi 老红房子 the old red house
yī gè  fēi cháng hǎo de  péng yǒu 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

yán sè 颜色 colors
hēi sè 黑色 black
lán sè 蓝色 blue
zōng sè 棕色 brown
huī sè 灰色 Grey
lǜ sè 绿色 green
chéng sè 橙色 orange
zǐ sè 紫色 purple
hóng sè 红色 red
bái sè 白色 White
huáng sè 黄色 yellow

sizes

chǐ cùn 尺寸 sizes
dà 大 big, large
shēn 深 deep
cháng;zhǎng 长 long
zhǎi 窄 narrow
duǎn;duān 短 short
xiǎo 小 small
hòu 厚 thick
bò;báo;bó 薄 slim
kuān 宽 large

Forms

xíng zhuàng 形状 forms
yuán de, yuán xíng de 圆的,圆形的 circular
zhí de, zhí xiàn de 直的,直线的 straight
fāng xíng de 方形的 square
sān jiǎo xíng de 三角形的 triangular

Tastes

wèi dào 味道 tastes
kǔ 苦 bitter
dàn 淡 fresh
xián;xiān 咸 dirty
suān 酸 sour
là 辣 spicy
tián 甜 soft

Qualities

xìng zhì 性质 qualities
huài 坏 bad
gān jìng 干净 clean
hēi àn 黑暗 dark
kùn nán;kùn nan 困难 difficult
āng zàng 肮脏 dirty
gān;gàn;hàn 干 dry
róng yì 容易 easy
kōng de 空的 empty
áng guì 昂贵 expensive
kuài 快 fast
guó wài 国外 strange
mǎn 满 full
hǎo;hào 好 good
yìng 硬 hard
zhòng;chóng 重 heavy
pián yí de 便宜的 cheap
qīng 轻 lightweight
dāng dì 当地 local
xīn 新 new
cáo zá 嘈杂 noisy
lǎo 老 old
qiáng dà 强大 powerful
ān jìng 安静 calm
zhèng què 正确 correct
huǎn màn 缓慢 slow
ruǎn 软 soft
hěn 很 very
ruò 弱 low
cháo shī 潮湿 wet
cuò wù 错误 wrong
nián qīng 年轻 young

Quantities

shù liàng 数量 quantities
hěn shǎo 很少 little (number)
hěn shǎo 很少 little (quantity)
xǔ duō 许多 a lot
xǔ duō 许多 a lot
bù fēn 部分 part
yī xiē 一些 some
jǐ gě 几个 a few
zhěng gè 整个 all

Sources

http://mylanguages.org/fr/chinois_adjectifs.php