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Mandarin adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. All Mandarin adjectives implicitly include “to be,” so instead of saying, “He is tall,” simply say “He tall.”<\/p>\n

Positive Mandarin adjectives usually need an adverb. If no other adverb is used, the positive adjective is preceded with \u5f88 (h\u011bn), which means “very”. In this situation, though, h\u011bn does not necessarily carry any meaning, so “T\u0101 h\u011bn g\u0101o” could mean either “He is tall,” or “He is very tall.” <\/p>\n

Negative Mandarin adjectives are formed by placing the negative particle \u4e0d (bù) before the adjective, as in “T\u0101 bù g\u0101o” – “He is not tall.”
Mandarin Adjective Questions<\/p>\n

To form a question, use either the question particle \u55ce (ma), or use the positive \/ negative question form.
Mandarin Adjective Examples<\/p>\n

Click on the l<\/em>inks in the Pinyin column to hear the audio.<\/p>\n

English     Pinyin     Chinese Characters
tall     g\u0101o     \u9ad8
short     \u01cei     \u77ee
big     dà     \u5927
small     xi\u01ceo     \u5c0f
cheap     piányí     \u4fbf\u5b9c
expensive     guì     \u8cb4
       
She is not short.     T\u0101 bù \u01cei.     \u5979\u4e0d\u77ee \uff61
Is that (very) big?     Nèigè h\u011bn dà ma?     \u90a3\u500b\u5f88\u5927\u55ce?
Is it expensive?     Guì bù guì?     \u8cb4\u4e0d\u8cb4?
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