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Chinese Vocabulary
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困 Kwoon
sleepy; tired; trapped
adjective 漫长 Mahn-chahng (like 'man' + 'ch-ahng')
long (in time, tedious)
adjective 暖 nwahn (like 'n'ew + 'a'n, said with a rising-falling third tone)
warm
adjective 深 shun (like 'shin' in shiny)
deep
adjective 慢 Sounds like 'mahn' (rhymes with 'man' but a bit more open 'a') with a falling tone.
slow
adjective 旧 Jyoh (rhymes with 'go' but with a 'y' sound in front)
old (of things)
adjective 黏黏的 nee-ann nee-ann-duh
sticky
adjective 可惜 kuh-shee
a pity; too bad; unfortunate
adjective 贵 gway
expensive/high (price)
adjective 坏 hwai
broken; bad; spoiled
adjective 新鲜 Shin-shien
fresh
adjective 难 nan
difficult, hard
adjective 合适 huh-shrr
suitable; appropriate; fitting
adjective 完美 wahn may
perfect; perfectly
adjective 整个 jeng-geh
entire/whole
adjective 主 *joo* (like 'j' in jump, 'oo' in too)
main / principal
adjective 新 sheen
new
adjective 明智 Ming-zher
sensible/wise
adjective 小 she-ow (like 'sh' in 'sheep' plus 'ow' in 'now')
small; little
adjective 专业 jwahn-yeh
professional
adjective 忙 mahng (rhymes with 'song' but with an 'm')
busy
adjective 酸痛 swahn-toong
soreness; ache
adjective 巨大的 jyoo DAH duh
huge / gigantic / significant
adjective 健康 jyen-kahng
healthy; health
adjective 累 lay (like the start of 'lately')
tired, fatigued
adjective 老 lao (like 'loud' without the 'd')
old
adjective 渴 Kuh (like the 'c' in 'cup')
thirsty
adjective 饿 uh (like the 'e' in 'bed', but held briefly)
hungry
adjective 快 kway (rhymes with 'way')
fast; quickly; quick
adjective 不错 boo-tswoh (boo like 'book', tswoh like 'swore' with a 't')
nice/good/not bad
adjective 长 chahng (like 'ch' in 'change' + 'a' in 'car' + 'ng' in 'song')
long
adjective 惊人 jing-ren
astonishing/surprising
adjective 满 Mahn (like 'man' but with a falling tone)
full, satisfied
adjective 大 Dah (like 'da' in 'father')
big; large
adjective 多大 dwoh dah
how old / how big
adjective 开心 Kye-shin (Kye like 'sky', shin like 'sin')
happy, joyful, pleased
adjective 远 yew-en (blending the sounds 'yew' and 'en')
far, distant, away
adjective 棒 bahng (like 'bong' but with a flatter 'a')
great, awesome, excellent
adjective 幽默 'Yoh-moh' (Yoh like 'yawn', moh like 'more')
funny/humorous
adjective 辛苦 Shin-koo (Shin like 'shiver' but with an 'ee' sound; Koo like 'cool')
arduous, laborious, hard (work)
adjective 全职 Chwén-jer ('chwen' as in 'chug' + 'wen'; 'jer' like the 'ge' in 'gentle' + 'r')
full-time
adjective 盛大 shung-dah
grand, magnificent, big
adjective 安静 ahn-jing
quiet; peaceful
adjective 近 Jeen (like 'jean')
near/close
adjective 满意 mahn yee
satisfied; pleased
adjective 一样 yee-yang
same; alike
adjective 复杂 Foo-Zah (Foo like 'food', Zah like 'za' in 'pizza')
complicated, complex
adjective 全心 chwan-shin (like 'chuan' in 'Sichuan' + 'shin')
whole heart, wholehearted
adjective 其他 Chee-ta (Chee like 'cheese', ta like 'tar')
other
adjective 好 How (like 'how are you')
Good / Well
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