Chinese Vocabulary: Common Adjectives in Chinese

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Vocabulary List

English Chinese Pronunciation
bad
坏的
huài de
big
大的
dà de
different
不同的
bù tóng de
early
早的
zǎo de
few
少的
shǎo de
first
第一的
dì yī de
good
好的
hǎo de
great
伟大的
wěi dà de
high
高的
gāo de
important
重要的
zhòng yào de
large
大的
dà de
last
最后的
zuì hòu de
little
小的
xiǎo de
long
长的
cháng de
new
新的
xīn de
next
下一个的
xià yī gè de
old
老的
lǎo de
other
其他的
qí tā de
same
相同的
xiāng tóng de
small
小的
xiǎo de
young
年轻的
nián qīng de.

Cultural Insight: Order Matters!

In Chinese, the order of adjectives is different from English. While English usually follows the order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose, in Chinese, the most common order is: size, shape, color, material.

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