2 Adjectives – building your vocabulary
Table 1 shows adjectives which can be used to describe people’s appearance and status. Listen to how they are pronounced and repeat afterwards. Listen as many times as you wish.
Transcript
kù 酷
shuài 帅
cōngmíng 聪明
làngmàn 浪漫
piàoliang 漂亮
gāo 高
pàng 胖
shòu 瘦
shǎo 少
ǎi 矮
yǒuqián 有钱
méiqián 没钱
yǒuyòng 有用
yuǎn 远
jìn 近
| kù | 酷 | cool (great) |
| shuài | 帅 | handsome |
| cōngmíng | 聪明 | clever |
| làngmàn | 浪漫 | romantic |
| piàoliang | 漂亮 | pretty, beautiful |
| gāo | 高 | tall (person or building), high |
| pàng | 胖 | fat, stout |
| shòu | 瘦 | thin (person) |
| shǎo | 少 | few; less |
| ǎi | 矮 | short (height) |
| yǒuqián | 有钱 | rich (lit. have money) |
| méiqián | 没钱 | poor (lit. have no money） |
| yǒuyòng | 有用 | useful |
| yuǎn | 远 | far |
| jìn | 近 | near, close |
Now have a go at Activity 4.
Activity 4
Part 1
Match the Chinese adjectives to their English translation.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 5 items in each list.
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kù 酷
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piàoliang 漂亮
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làngmàn 浪漫
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shuài 帅
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cōngmíng 聪明
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.handsome
b.romantic
c.clever
d.pretty
e.cool
- 1 = e,
- 2 = d,
- 3 = b,
- 4 = a,
- 5 = c
Part 2
Match the antonyms of these Chinese adjectives.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in each list.
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yuǎn 远
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pàng 胖
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yǒuqián 有钱
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gāo 高
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.shòu 瘦
b.méiqián 没钱
c.jìn 近
d.ǎi 矮
- 1 = c,
- 2 = a,
- 3 = b,
- 4 = d