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)
goodhǎozh-sing_good
badhuàizh-sing_bad
new新增功能xīn zēng gōng néngzh-sing_new
oldlǎozh-sing_old
smallxiǎozh-sing_small
large / bigzh-sing_largebig
longzhǎngzh-sing_long
shortduǎnzh-sing_short
cheap便宜biàn yízh-sing_cheap
expensiveguìzh-sing_expensive
light / clear
清除
guāng
qīng chú
zh-sing_lightclear
zh-sing_lightclear-2
darkhēizh-sing_dark
late晚了wǎn lezh-sing_late
earlyzǎozh-sing_early
interesting有趣的yǒu qù dezh-sing_interesting
boring无聊wú liáozh-sing_boring
tired累了lèi lezh-sing_tired
easy / simple容易
简单
róng yì
jiǎn dān
zh-sing_easysimple
zh-sing_easysimple-2
for free免费miǎn fèizh-sing_for-free
right / correct正确zhèng quèzh-sing_rightcorrect
wrong错了cuò lezh-sing_wrong
strongqiángzh-sing_strong
weakruòzh-sing_weak

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