Chinese Characters: adjectives/adverbs

Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī's Intro Mandarin class

Categories: numbers, people, time, food

Parts of speech: verbs, adjectives/adverbs, interrogatives/demonstratives, particles/suffixes/expressions

Additional pages: characters grouped containing similar radicals; HTML entities for pinyin

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he3n he3n hěn very
ye3 ye3 too, also
do1u do1u dōu both, all
ma2ng ma2ng máng busy
na2n na2n nán male
nu   female
ga1oxi4ngga1oxi4ng ga1oxi4ngga1oxi4ng gāoxìng

happy, pleased

(gāo = tall)

piaoliangpiaoliang piaoliangpiaoliang piàoliang beautiful, nice
kuailekuaile kuailekuaile kuáilé happy
sheng sheng shēng new
wan wan wǎn late
zao zao zǎo early
ha3o ha3o hǎo good/fine
youyisiyouyisiyouyisi youyisiyouyisiyouyisi yǒuyìsi interesting
baoqianbaoqian baoqianbaoqian bàoqiàn sorry
da da big
xiao xiao xiǎo small
bai bai bái white
qing qing qīng blue, green
hong hong hóng red
si si private
wai wai wài foreign, outside
zhi zhi zhǐ only
ZhongwenZhongwen ZhongwenZhongwen Zhōngwén Chinese (written language)
hanyuhanyu hanyuhanyu Hànyǔ Chinese (language)
HanziHanzi HanziHanzi Hànzì Chinese character
yingwenYingwen yingwenyingwen Yīngwén English
mei mei měi beautiful
keaikeai keaikeai kě'ài cute, lovely
ganmaoganmao ganmaoganmao gǎnmào cold (also, to have a cold)
quan quan quán whole
zhuan zhuan zhuān special
shang shang shàng over, top, up
xia xia xià down
yigongyigong gong yígòng altogether
hai hai hái in addition, still
kongpakongpa kongpakongpa kǒngpà afraid that...
you you yòu again
zhen zhen zhēn real, really
mei mei měi every, each
duo duo duō many, much
shao shao shǎo few, less
youdianryoudianryoudianr youdianryoudianryoudianr yǒudiǎnr somewhat, a bit
qian qian qián ago
changchangchangchang changchangchangchang chángchang often
wei wei wèi not yet
tai tai tài too, extremely
shangwu shangwu shàng above, last
xiawu xiawu xià below, next
dui dui duì right, correct
nan nan nán difficult
rongyirongyi rongyirongyi róngyì easy
youmingyouming youmingyouming yǒumíng famous
ping ping píng flat
leng leng lěng cold (adj. & noun)
teng teng téng painful, sore
good good liáng good
gu gu ancient
shufushufu shufushufu shūfu comfortable
gui guì expensive
pianyipianyi pianyipianyi piányi inexpensive
zang zang zāng dirty
kuai kuai kuài fast
li li inside
yiqiyiqi yiqi yìqǐ together
wei wèi not yet
bu4 bu4 not
mei mai méi not (use with yǒu)