Adjectives
In chinese
the adjectives do not change. They stay the same if masculine or feminine,
singular or plural.
Adjectives
are placed infront of the nouns.
Yuan2
yan3jing1.
圆 眼睛。
Round eyes
Da4
jia1ting2.
大 家庭。
Big family
There are also lots of adjectives
that go before the noun followed by the particle.
的 (de5).
Cong1ming5
de5 xue2sheng1.
聪明的学生。
Intelligent
pupil
Piao4liang5
de5 nü3hair2 .
漂亮的女孩儿。
Pretty
girl
In a structured
sentence (Subject + verb + ser + adjective) you don't have to put the
verb infront of the adjective.
For example:
Chinese
is difficult
Subject
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+
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To
be |
+
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Adjective
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Han4yu3
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Nan2
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. |
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汉语
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难。
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English is
easy
Subject
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+
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To
be |
+
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Adjective
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| . |
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Ying1yu3
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Rong2yi4
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. |
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英语
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容易
。 |
His
girlfriend is pretty
Subject
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+
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To
be |
+
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Adjective
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| . |
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Ta1de5
nü3peng2you5 |
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piao4liang5
. |
. |
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他的
女朋友 |
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漂亮。
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Vocabulary
English
|
Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
| |
|
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Round |
Yuan2
|
圆
|
Eyes |
Yan3jing1
|
眼睛
|
Big |
Da4
|
大
|
Small |
Xiao3
|
小
|
Tall |
Gao1
|
高
|
Short
|
Ai3
|
矮
|
Fat |
Pang4
|
胖
|
Thin |
Shou4
|
瘦
|
Family
|
Jia1ting2
|
家庭
|
Intelligent
|
Cong1ming5
|
聪明
|
Silly
|
Ben4
|
笨
|
Pupil
|
Xue2sheng1
|
学生
|
Pretty
|
Piao4liang5
|
漂亮
|
Ugly
|
Chou3
|
丑 |
Girl |
n
ü3 hair2 |
女孩儿
|
Boy
|
Nan2
hair2 |
男孩儿
|
Difficult
|
Nan2
|
难 |
Easy
|
Rong2yi4
|
容易
|
English
(language) |
Ying1yu3
|
英语
|
Chinese
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