Chinese Adjectives
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This page contains a table including the following: Chinese Adjectives including colors, size, shapes, tastes, quantities... to help you with your Chinese vocabulary and expressions. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn Chinese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
The following two tables contain important adjectives about colors, size, shapes, tastes, quantities in Chinese as well as in English.
| English | Chinese Adjectives | Mandarin Script |
|---|---|---|
| Black | hee | 黑 |
| Blue | lanso | 兰色 |
| Brown | kaafee so | 咖啡色 |
| Gray | hwayso | 灰色 |
| Green | looyso | 绿色 |
| Orange | jooyso | 橘色 |
| Purple | dzeeso | 紫色 |
| Red | hoongso | 红色 |
| White | baayso | 白色 |
| Yellow | ho aangso | 黄色 |
| Sizes | ||
| Big | daa | 大 |
| Deep | shen | 深 |
| Long | Jaang | 长 |
| Narrow | Jaa ey | 窄 |
| Short (in height) | eye | 矮 |
| Short (in length) | doo an | 短 |
| Small, little | Sheeyaw | 小 |
| Tall | gaw | 高 |
| Thick | ho | 厚 |
| Thin | sho | 瘦 |
| Wide | koo-an | 宽 |
| Shapes | ||
| Round | yoo-an | 圆 |
| Straight | Je | 直 |
| Square | faang | 方 |
| Triangular | sanjeeyaw | 三角 |
| English | Chinese | Mandarin Adjectives |
|---|---|---|
| Tastes | ||
| Bitter | ko | 苦 |
| Fresh | SheenSheeyen | 新鲜 |
| Salty | Sheeyin | 咸 |
| Sour | soo an | 酸 |
| Spicy | la | 辣 |
| Sweet | teeyan | 甜 |
| Qualities | ||
| Bad | ho-ey | 坏 |
| Clean | ganjeeng | 干净 |
| Dark | hee-an | 黑暗 |
| Difficult | nan | 难 |
| Dirty | dzang | 脏 |
| Dry | gan | 干 |
| Easy | rongyee | 容易 |
| Empty | kong | 空 |
| Expensive | go-ay | 贵 |
| Fast | ku eye | 快 |
| Foreign | mosheng | 陌生 |
| Full | man | 满 |
| Good | haw | 好 |
| Hard (firm) | yeeng | 硬 |
| Heavy | Jong | 重 |
| Inexpensive | beeyaneey | 便宜 |
| Light (illumination) | leeyang | 亮 |
| Light (weight) | Cheeng | 轻 |
| Local | bendee | 本地 |
| New | Sheen | 新 |
| Noisy | chawnaw | 吵闹 |
| Noisy (loud noise) | jeeyoo | 旧 |
| Old (about things) | law | 老 |
| Old (about people) | yolee | 有力 |
| Powerful | anjeeng | 安静 |
| Quiet (person) | dway | 对 |
| Right / Correct | man | 慢 |
| Slow | rwan | 软 |
| Soft | hen | 很 |
| Very | rwo | 弱 |
| Weak | shi | 湿 |
| Wet | tswo | 错 |
| Wrong / Incorrect | neeyanCheeng | 年轻 |
| Young | ho-ey | 坏 |
| Quantities | ||
| Few / Little | shaw | 少 |
| Many / Much | do | 多 |
| Part | boofen | 部分 |
| Some / A few | yeeSheeye | 一些 |
| Whole | Choo-anboo | 全部 |
I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Chinese Adjectives, including colors, size, shapes, tastes, quantities... Try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn Chinese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.