Learn Chinese Vocabulary: Contrary words

– Useful words you should know –

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

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ENGLISH	CHINESE
young	niánqīng de
old	lǎo de
empty	kōng de
full	mǎn de
vertical	chuízhí de
horizontal	shuǐpíng de
useful	yǒuyòng
useless	wúyòng
a city	yīzuò chéngshì
a village	yīgè cūnzi
a question	yīgè wèntí
an answer	yīgè dá’àn
sad	shāngxīn
happy	kuàilè de
all	quánbù
nothing	méiyǒu shé me
a teacher	yī wèi lǎoshī
a student	yīgè xuéshēng
early	zǎoqí de
late	wǎn de
open	dǎkāi
closed	guānbì
first	dì yī de
last	zuìhòu de
secure	ānquán de
dangerous	wéixiǎn de
near	kàojìn
far	yuǎn de
sugar	táng
salt	yán
dry	gānzào
wet	nòng shī
often	jīngcháng
rarely	hěn shǎo
always	zǒng shì
never	jué bù
same	xiāngtóng de
different	bùtóng de
dirty	āng zāng de
clean	gānjìng de
the evening	wǎnshàng
the morning	zǎoshang
small	xiǎo de
large	dà de
rich	fùyǒu de
poor	jiào chà de
the ceiling	tiānhuābǎn
the floor	dìshàng
animal	dòngwù
human	rénlèi
guilty	yǒuzuì de
innocent	qīngbái de
here	zhèlǐ
there	nàlǐ
hunger	jī’è
the thirst	kǒu kě
the sun	tàiyáng
the moon	yuèliàng
the sister	jiějiě
the brother	nàgè xiōngdì
slow	jiǎnhuǎn
fast	kuàisù de
before	qián
after	hòu
heavy	zhòng de
light	guāng
old	lǎo de
new	xīn de
easy	jiǎndān de
difficult	nán de
start	kāishǐ
finish	jiéshù
friend	péngyǒu
enemy	dírén
yesterday	zuótiān
tomorrow	míngtiān
cold	hánlěng de
hot	rè de
right	zhèngquè de
left	shèng xià
a woman	yīgè nǚrén
a man	yīgè nánrén
inside	lǐmiàn
outside	wàibù
strong	qiáng de
weak	xūruò de
soft	róuruǎn de
hard	nán de
a lot	hěnduō
a little	yīdiǎn
up	xiàngshàng
down	xià
exactly	quèqiè de
probably	dàgài
married	yǐ hūn
single	dānshēn de
noisy	cáozá
quiet	ānjìng de
complicated	fùzá
simple	jiǎndān de
now	xiànzài
later	zhīhòu
long	zhǎng
short	duǎn de
interesting	yǒuqù de
boring	wúliáo de
normal	pǔtōng de
strange	qíguài de
outside	wàibù
inside	lǐmiàn
the entrance	rùkǒu
the exit	chūkǒu
white	báisè de
black	hēisè de
expensive	ángguì de
cheap	piányí de
USEFUL VERBS
to walk	zǒu
to run	pǎobù
to attach	fù shàng
to detach	fēnlí
to go up	shàngqù
to go down	wǎng xià zǒu
to increase	zēngjiā
to decrease	jiǎnshǎo
to stop	tíngzhǐ
to continue	jiēzhe shuō
to take off	qǐfēi
to land	jiàngluò
to put on	chuān shàng
to remove	qùchú
to move forward	qiánjìn `
to move back	xiàng hòu yídòng
to forget	wàngjì
to remember	jì zhù
to show	yǐ xiǎnshì
to hide	yǐncáng
to save	bǎocún
to spend	yào huā
to build	jiànlì
to destroy	cuīhuǐ
to arrive	dàodá
to leave	líkāi
to enter	jìnrù
to go out	chūqù
to laugh	xiào
to cry	kū
to sell	mài
to buy	mǎi
to break	dǎpò
to repair	xiūlǐ
to lend	jiè chū
to borrow	qù jiè
to earn	zhuàn qǔ
to lose	shīqù
to slow down	màn xiàlái
to speed up	jiākuài
to search	xúnzhǎo
to find	xúnzhǎo
to pull	lā
to push	tuī
to take	cǎiqǔ
to give	jǐyǔ
to wake up	qǐchuáng
to fall asleep	rùshuì
to hold	chí yǒu
to let go	fàngshǒu
to turn on	dǎkāi
to turn off	bǎ guān diào
to sell	mài
to buy	mǎi
to send	fāsòng
to receive	shòudào

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