Mandarin Chinese The Right Way! 888 Chinese Adjectives

By Kevin Peter Lee

Learning adjectives intensely will give you a solid foundation of words for you to really understand how to make any sentence and you will quickly be able to read, write and converse in Mandarin Chinese.
You will discover that learning how to read Chinese using Pinyin under each character is surprisingly easy and does not have to be a laborious task.
Learning adjectives is the essential ingredients to being able to describe what you really mean in Chinese. You will quickly be able to develop your sentences from being basic to an advanced level.
The 888 adjectives were carefully chosen with this in mind so that the learner has an arsenal of words that is enough to immediately begin communicating in Mandarin Chinese.
It is advised to use this book with Basic Mandarin Chinese For Beginners! Your First Mandarin Book or any of the Mandarin Chinese The Right Way! eBooks.
However, if you are already at a beginner’s level and have a basic understanding of how to make a sentence, then this book is for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin Peter Lee
• Release date: Aug 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301656097

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Mandarin Chinese The Right Way!

888 Chinese Adjectives

By Kevin Peter Lee

Special thanks to Chia Lan Lee for her assistance.

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Published by Kevin Peter Lee at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Kevin Peter Lee

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CONTENTS

Forward

How to use this book

Adjectives

A B C D E F G H I J K L M O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Pronunciation

Mandarin Chinese Tones

Reading Pinyin Table 1

Reading Pinyin Table 2

Catalog

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Forward

In Mandarin Chinese The Right Way! 888 Chinese Adjectives, you will learn 888 of the most used adjectives that are needed to begin speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Chinese so that you can become an advanced learner of the language.

Learning adjectives intensely will give you a solid foundation of words for you to really understand how to make any sentence and you will quickly be able to read, write and converse in Mandarin Chinese.

You will discover that learning how to read Chinese using Pinyin under each character is surprisingly easy and doesn’t have to be a laborious task.

Learning adjectives is the essential ingredients to being able to describe what you really mean in Chinese. You will quickly be able to develop your sentences from being basic to an advanced level.

The 888 adjectives were carefully chosen with this in mind so that the learner has an arsenal of words that is enough to immediately begin communicating in Mandarin Chinese.

It is advised to use this book with Basic Mandarin Chinese For Beginners! Your First Mandarin Book or any of the Mandarin Chinese The Right Way! eBooks.

However, if you are already at a beginner’s level and have a basic understanding of how to make a sentence, then this book is for you.

How to use this book

If you are learning from Basic Mandarin Chinese For Beginners! Your First Mandarin Book or any of the Mandarin Chinese The Right Way! eBooks, then you already have a strong understanding of how to make sentences correctly. Therefore, you can immediately jump right in and start learning adjectives!

Try to make sentences with words you already know combined with the adjectives in this book. Begin with short sentences and don’t try to make your sentences too complex. Everyday Mandarin Chinese is spoken like this anyway. Sentences are usually short, concise and to the point and instead of making an elaborate and informative single sentence, it is separated into several sentences to convey the same point.

Changing adjectives into adverbs does not require you to change or alter the adjective in any way in Mandarin Chinese. While there are ways to make your sentences more grammatically correct, you only need the adjective word itself to use it as an adverb.

Learn to type characters

An excellent way of learning how to read Chinese quickly and efficiently without the laborious task of having to write out each character is to use your computer.

Type the sentences that are provided in this book into Microsoft Word using the Chinese (Simplified, PRC). When opening up Chinese in your Language Settings, choose Chinese Simplified Microsoft Pinyin ABC Input Style. I find this one the easiest to use and the Pinyin is very accurate.

Pronunciation

Before you start, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the tones and sounds that are used in Mandarin Chinese. Use the two Pinyin tables and the Mandarin Tones table provided to help you and the back of this book.

Once you have a basic understanding of the sounds and how to read them in Pinyin, you are ready to begin learning. Pinyin is actually easy to learn and you’ll get used to it when you start reading.

Practice saying them often and say the tones slowly. Don’t slur your words. In English, sometimes we add words together when we say complete sentences.

This is not the case in Chinese. Each Chinese word is spoken separately. Be aware of this when learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. You don’t want to develop a bad habit.

888 Chinese Adjectives

Able

Neng2 gou4

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2. Abnormal

Yi4 chang2

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3. Aboriginal

Tu3 zhu4

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4. Above

Yi3 shang4

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5. Abrasive

Cu1 li4

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6. Abrupt

Tu2 wu4

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7. Absent

Que1 xi2

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8. Absolute