{"id":9653,"date":"2023-09-12T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=9653"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:50:18","slug":"adjective-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Adjectives and \u5f88 h\u011bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/#What_is_Chinese_Adjectives\" >What is Chinese Adjectives?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/#The_Difference_Between_Chinese_and_English\" >The Difference Between Chinese and English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/#But_I_want_to_say_she_%E2%80%9Cis%E2%80%9D_pretty_not_%E2%80%9Cvery%E2%80%9D_pretty\" >But I want to say she &#8220;is&#8221; pretty, not &#8220;very&#8221; pretty<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/#Other_adverbs_I_can_use\" >Other adverbs I can use<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">Grammar Point:<\/mark><\/strong><br>In Chinese, adjectives are often used differently than in English, and one of the notable features is the use of the word \u5f88 h\u011bn when describing nouns with adjectives. Let me explain how this works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Chinese_Adjectives\"><\/span><strong><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">What is Chinese Adjectives?<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese adjectives (also known as stative verbs, or state verbs) are used to describe the mood, weather, appearance, or characteristics of a person or an object. For example:<br><br>\u3000\u7d2f l\u00e8i tired<br>\u3000<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u71b1<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70ed<\/span> r\u00e8 hot<br>\u3000\u6f02\u4eae pi\u00e0oli\u0251n\u0261 pretty<br>\u3000\u9ad8 \u0261\u0101o high<br>\u3000<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u958b\u5fc3<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5f00\u5fc3<\/span> k\u0101ix\u012bn happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Difference_Between_Chinese_and_English\"><\/span><strong><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">The Difference Between Chinese and English<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In English, descriptions are formed using the structure &#8220;be verb + adjective,&#8221; as in &#8220;She is pretty.&#8221; In Chinese, since stative verbs are a type of verb, there is <strong>no need to add the &#8220;be verb&#8221;<\/strong> before the adjective. Therefore, &#8220;She is pretty&#8221; is simply translated as &#8220;\u5979\u6f02\u4eae&#8221; t\u0101 pi\u00e0oli\u0251n\u0261. However, it is important to note that <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">stative verbs in Chinese typically require an adverb<\/mark><\/strong>, except when making a comparison. Therefore, &#8220;\u5979\u6f02\u4eae&#8221; t\u0101 pi\u00e0oli\u0251n\u0261 is not the most common way to express this idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><\/ruby><\/mark><\/mark><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><\/ruby>&nbsp;<br>She is pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><\/mark><\/mark><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><\/ruby><br>She is not pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/mark><\/mark><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><\/ruby>&nbsp;<br>She is very pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#d29c75\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><\/ruby><\/mark><\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#d29c75\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><br>She is pretty, I am not pretty.<\/mark><strong><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#d29c75\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\uff08a comparison\uff09<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>If an adverb of degree is not used with an adjectival predicate, a contrast is implied even though it is not explicitly stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oli\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6f02\u4eae<\/span><rt>pi\u00e0oliang<\/rt><\/ruby><\/mark><\/mark><\/mark><br><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">She is pretty<\/mark><\/mark> (but I am not.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u500b<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e2a<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8ige<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><br>This cake tastes good. (but that cake is terrible)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_I_want_to_say_she_%E2%80%9Cis%E2%80%9D_pretty_not_%E2%80%9Cvery%E2%80%9D_pretty\"><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">But I want to say she &#8220;is&#8221; pretty, not &#8220;very&#8221; pretty<\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u5f88 h\u011bn is translated as &#8220;very&#8221; in many dictionaries, but it does not carry as strong a meaning as &#8220;very.&#8221; The word for &#8220;very&#8221; in Chinese is actually \u975e\u5e38 f\u0113ich\u00e1n\u0261. Therefore, if you do not want to emphasize the degree of how pretty someone is, using \u5f88 h\u011bn on its own would be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3\u904e<\/span><rt>n\u00e1ngu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be\u8fc7<\/span><rt>n\u00e1ngu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I am sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ad8<\/span><rt>g\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He is tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_adverbs_I_can_use\"><\/span><strong><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">Other adverbs I can use<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Not<\/td><td>\u4e0d b\u00f9&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Not too<\/td><td>\u4e0d\u592a b\u00fa t\u00e0i&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A little bit<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2u y\u00ecdi\u01cen&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>(is)<\/td><td>\u5f88 h\u011bn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Really<\/td><td>\u771f zh\u0113n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>So<\/td><td>\u597d h\u01ceo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Very<\/td><td>\u975e\u5e38 f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Too<\/td><td>\u592a&#8230;\u4e86 t\u00e0i&#8230;le&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I just wanted to share this video showcasing how adorable my dog is.\ud83d\ude02 (Well&#8230;you can see how she wags her tail to express various levels of happiness.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"960\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 960;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/280949234_989586711742571_202243273187166532_n.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Note: <\/mark><\/strong>Usually, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2u y\u00ecdi\u01cen&nbsp;is used with a negative adjective to express a small degree of negativity. It is not common to say &#8220;a little bit good&#8221; in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c23<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c14<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><br>The weather is too hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>t\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8336<\/span><rt>ch\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoh\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>t\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8336<\/span><rt>ch\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u975e\u5e38<\/span><rt>f\u0113ich\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoh\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Taiwan tea taste very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d2f<\/span><rt>l\u00e8i<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I am a little tired today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96e3<\/span><rt>n\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96be<\/span><rt>n\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Chinese is not hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/18\/hen-chinese\/\">Adverbs for Adjective 1<\/a><br>(\u5f88 h\u011bn, \u975e\u5e38 f\u0113ich\u00e1ng, \u592a t\u00e0i, \u771f zh\u0113n, and \u6700 zu\u00ec)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/tiffanystalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:150px;height:29px\" width=\"150\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-600x115.png 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1536x296.png 1536w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-2048x394.png 2048w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-850x164.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do you like it? 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Chinese adjectives (also known as stative verbs, or state verbs) are used to describe the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1099],"tags":[703,704,51,701],"class_list":["post-9653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1099","tag-chinese-adjectives","tag-state-verbs","tag-stative-verb","tag--hen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Adjectives and \u5f88 h\u011bn - OneDotDot Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Chinese, adjectives are often used differently than in English, and one of the notable features is the word \u5f88 h\u011bn.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/adjective-hen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese Adjectives and \u5f88 h\u011bn - 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