{"id":4579,"date":"2019-11-20T00:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T00:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-wordsvocabulary\/the-proper-ways-to-describe-a-persons-personality-in-chinese\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T00:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T00:14:38","slug":"the-proper-ways-to-describe-a-persons-personality-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/the-proper-ways-to-describe-a-persons-personality-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"The proper ways to describe a person\u2019s personality in Chinese?"},"content":{"rendered":"
A person’s perso<\/em>nality is a very im<\/em>portant aspect of a person’s overall “quality “. Under many circumstances, we need to describe a person’s perso<\/em>nality to others. Have you ever hesitated on saying something a<\/em>bout a person in Chinese<\/span> because you’re unsure a<\/em>bout what words to use? <\/p>\n

Well, today we’ll spend some time on getting the keywords<\/span> right on this Learn Chinese online<\/span> blog. You’ll learn some ex<\/em>pressions that you could reuse in your own conversation<\/span> in Chinese.<\/p>\n

The first two keywords I’d like to introduce are positive o<\/em>nes on perso<\/em>nality : <\/wbr>\u8bda\u5b9e chéng shí (honest), <\/wbr>\u7a33\u91cd w\u011bn zhòng (calm)<\/h3>\n

If you wanna point out that someone is lack of the above good<\/span> merits, you can express it with a soft tone like this:<\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u4e0d\u591f<\/wbr>\u8bda\u5b9e bù gòu chéng shí<\/strong> (not ho<\/em>nest enough), <\/wbr>\u4e0d\u591f<\/wbr>\u7a33\u91cd bù gòu w\u011bn zhòng<\/strong> (not calm enough)<\/p>\n

If you get rid of the character <\/wbr>\u591f gòu<\/strong><\/strong>, then you are showing your completely negative attitude towards that person:<\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u4e0d\u8bda\u5b9e bù chéng shí<\/strong> (not ho<\/em>nest at all), <\/wbr>\u4e0d\u7a33<\/wbr>\u91cd bù w\u011bn zhòng<\/strong> (not calm at all)<\/p>\n

Therefore, please use it this way with discretion.<\/p>\n

Let’s compare them in the following examples:<\/p>\n

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Xi\u01ceoj\u012bn g\u014dngzuò h\u011bn rènzh\u0113n, wéirén y\u011b chéngshí.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u5c0f\u91d1<\/wbr>\u5de5\u4f5c<\/wbr>\u5f88<\/wbr>\u8ba4\u771f, <\/wbr>\u4e3a\u4eba<\/wbr>\u4e5f<\/wbr>\u8bda\u5b9e.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Xiao Jin is hard-working and honest.<\/p>\n

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Xi\u01ceoj\u012bn g\u014dngzuò h\u011bn rènzh\u0113n, dàn wéirén bùgòu chéngshí.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u5c0f\u91d1<\/wbr>\u5de5\u4f5c<\/wbr>\u5f88<\/wbr>\u8ba4\u771f, <\/wbr>\u4f46<\/wbr>\u4e3a\u4eba<\/wbr>\u4e0d\u591f<\/wbr>\u8bda\u5b9e.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Xiao Jin is hard-working but not ho<\/em>nest enough.<\/p>\n

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Xi\u01ceoj\u012bn g\u014dngzuò h\u011bn rènzh\u0113n, dàn bùchéngshí.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u5c0f\u91d1<\/wbr>\u5de5\u4f5c<\/wbr>\u5f88<\/wbr>\u8ba4\u771f, <\/wbr>\u4f46<\/wbr>\u4e0d\u8bda\u5b9e.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Xiao Jin is hard-working but dishonest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The following two are also popular ex<\/em>pressions a<\/em>bout perso<\/em>nality that you really should know: <\/wbr>\u6709<\/wbr>\u8d23\u4efb\u611f y\u01d2u zérèng\u01cen (respo<\/em>nsible ), <\/wbr>\u987e<\/wbr>\u5927\u5c40 gù dàjú (mature, sensible )<\/h3>\n

<\/wbr>\u987e<\/wbr>\u5927\u5c40 gù dà jú <\/strong>comes from the phrase of “<\/wbr>\u7167\u987e<\/wbr>\u5927<\/wbr>\u7684<\/wbr>\u5c40\u9762 zhàogu dà de júmiàn<\/strong>“. Literally it means “taking care of the overall situation “. It actually indicates a person<\/span> that is not just focus on small things and easily gets grumpy. On the contrary, one that has more awareness of the overall situation and is willing to co<\/em>ntain minor dissatisfactions to o<\/em>neself for the sake of the majority. It’s a symbol of maturity in Chinese culture (when you grow out of the whining kid that you used to be… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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<\/wbr>\u5f00\u660e k\u0101i míng (open-minded)\uff0c<\/wbr>\u76f4\u723d zhí shu\u01ceng (straightforward ) are another two good merits that one should have, or try to have in today’world.<\/h3>\n

Both Chinese words are equivalent to their English translation, you should have no difficulty in understanding them. I found out that these two words are heavily used in English resumes to describes oneself’s personality.<\/p>\n

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To describe a person with very good social skills, you can use the following two ex<\/em>pressions: <\/wbr>\u4f1a<\/wbr>\u505a\u4eba huì zuòrén  (good at people relationships)\uff0c<\/wbr>\u4f1a<\/wbr>\u6765<\/wbr>\u4e8b\u513f huì lái shìr rén ( good at socializing and co<\/em>nnecting with people )<\/h3>\n

For example,<\/p>\n

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wáng j\u012bngl\u01d0 h\u011bn huì zuòrén\uff0c y\u011b h\u011bn huì lái shìr\u3002 m\u011bicì huódòng t\u0101 d\u014du néng g\u01ceo dé ràng su\u01d2y\u01d2u rén d\u014du g\u0101oxìng\u3002<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/wbr>\u738b<\/wbr>\u7ecf\u7406<\/wbr>\u5f88<\/wbr>\u4f1a<\/wbr>\u505a\u4eba\uff0c<\/wbr>\u4e5f<\/wbr>\u5f88<\/wbr>\u4f1a<\/wbr>\u6765<\/wbr>\u4e8b\u513f\u3002<\/wbr>\u6bcf\u6b21<\/wbr>\u6d3b\u52a8<\/wbr>\u4ed6<\/wbr>\u90fd<\/wbr>\u80fd<\/wbr>\u641e<\/wbr>\u5f97<\/wbr>\u8ba9<\/wbr>\u6240\u6709<\/wbr>\u4eba<\/wbr>\u90fd<\/wbr>\u9ad8\u5174\u3002<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Manager wang is very good at people relationship, he is able to make everyone happy in any social event.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Can you use some of the Chinese ex<\/em>pressions you learned today to describe your own perso<\/em>nality or someone you know? Don’t be shy to share your practice with others in the comment area. Thanks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n