100 Most common Chinese adjectives list

– Basic & Useful adjectives list –

Want to learn the Chinese language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful adjectives in Chinese with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Chinese vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	CHINESE
a lot	Hěnduō
accurate	zhǔnquè de
bad	huài de
beautiful	měilì de
big	dà de
boring	wúliáo de
brave	yǒnggǎn de
broken	pòsuì de
clumsy	bènzhuō
cold	hánlěng de
colorful	fēngfù duōcǎi de
comfortable	shūfú de
complicated	fùzá
crazy	fēngkuáng de
curious	hàoqí de
cute	kě’ài de
dangerous	wéixiǎn de
dark	hēi’àn de
dead	sǐ de
deep	shēn de
delicious	kěkǒu de
different	bùtóng de
dirty	āng zāng de
disgusting	ěxīn
dry	gānzào
easy	jiǎndān de
edible	shíyòng
effective	yǒuxiào de
elegant	yōuyǎ de
empty	kōng de
excellent	chūsè de
excited	xīngfèn de
exciting	jīdòng rénxīn de
famous	zhùmíng de
far	yuǎn de
fast	kuàisù de
first	dì yī de
forbidden	jìnzhǐ de
friendly	yǒuyìsài
full	mǎn de
fun	lèqù
funny	yǒuqù de
good	hǎo de
great	wěidà de
heavy	zhòng de
high	gāo de
honest	chéngshí de
huge	jùdà de
immediate	jíshí
important	zhòngyào de
impossible	bù kěnéng de
incredible	jí hǎo de
innocent	qīngbái de
intelligent	cōngmíng de
interesting	yǒuqù de
international	guójì de
jealous	jídù de
lazy	lǎnduò de
legal	héfǎ de
long	zhǎng
many	xǔduō
mysterious	shénmì
narrow	xiázhǎi
necessary	bìyào de
new	xīn de
nice	hǎo de
noisy	cáozá
official	guānfāng de
old	lǎo de
open	dǎkāi
ordinary	pǔtōng de
passionate	rèqíng de
patient	bìngrén
perfect	wánměi de
polluted	wūrǎn
poor	jiào chà de
popular	shòu huānyíng de
possible	kěnéng de
powerful	qiángdà de
precious	bǎoguì de
quiet	ānjìng de
rare	xīyǒu de
rich	fùyǒu de
romantic	làngmàn de
rotten	làn
sad	shāngxīn
scary	hàipà
set	fàng
short	duǎn de
shy	hàixiū de
sick	shēngbìng de
silent	chénmò de
similar	xiāngsì de
simple	jiǎndān de
slow	jiǎnhuǎn
small	xiǎo de
solid	jiānyìng de
special	tèbié de
strange	qíguài de
strong	qiáng de
stubborn	wángù
sympathetic	tóngqíng de
tedious	fáwèi
thick	hòu de
thin	báo de
tiny	wéixiǎo de
tired	píláo de
traditional	chuántǒng de
unique	dútè de
warm	wēnnuǎn de
weak	xūruò de
weird	guǐyì de
wet	nòng shī
worst	zuì chà
young	niánqīng de

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