Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Chinese adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Chinese (Mandarin)“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
good好hǎo
bad坏huài
new新增功能xīn zēng gōng néng
old老lǎo
small小xiǎo
large / big大dà
long长zhǎng
short短duǎn
cheap便宜biàn yí
expensive贵guì
light / clear光
清除		guāng
qīng chú
dark黑hēi
late晚了wǎn le
early早zǎo
interesting有趣的yǒu qù de
boring无聊wú liáo
tired累了lèi le
easy / simple容易
简单		róng yì
jiǎn dān
for free免费miǎn fèi
right / correct正确zhèng què
wrong错了cuò le
strong强qiáng
weak弱ruò

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