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Qualities and descriptions in Chinese

Unit 12 — Describing things · 42 words · 4 conversations. Every word and phrase below comes from the free lesson you can practice out loud in your browser or in the app.

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Chinese words for qualities and descriptions

Example conversations in Chinese

Old or new

你的手机是新的吗?
Is your phone new?
不,这部手机是旧的。
No, this phone is old.
用了多久了?
How old?
用了三年了。该换个新的了。
Three years old. Time for a new one.
旧手机不好吗?
Is the old phone bad?
不坏,只是慢。
Not bad, just slow.
我的汽车是新的,但我的自行车是旧的。
My car is new, but my bike is old.
新车又漂亮又亮闪闪。旧自行车有故事。
New cars are nice and shiny. Old bikes have stories.
旧家具,新房子。
Old furniture, new house.
新旧搭配可以很好。
A mix of old and new can be good.
旧的也好,新的也好,都能用。
Old or new, both work.
是啊,旧的并不总是不好,新的也并不总是更好。
Yeah, old isn't always bad, and new isn't always better.

Easy or hard

考试简单吗?
Was the test easy?
对我来说容易,对别人来说难。
Easy for me, hard for others.
我觉得那很难。
I thought it was hard.
有些题很难,但大多数都很简单。
Some questions were hard, but most were easy.
努力工作能带来好结果。
Hard work can bring good results.
没错。轻松的工作可能会带来不好的结果。
True. Easy work can give weak results.
今天上班很轻松。
Easy day at work today.
真幸运。我今天很辛苦。
Lucky. Hard day for me.
容易也好,困难也好,只管继续下去。
Easy or hard, just keep going.
先易后难。
Easy first, hard later.
我更喜欢先做简单的任务。
I prefer easy tasks first.
我也是。先做简单的任务,再做难的。
Same. Easy tasks, then the hard ones.

Fast or slow

你开车很快。
You drive fast.
快,但安全。
Fast but safe.
我开车开得慢。总是开得慢。
I drive slow. Always slow.
慢一点更安全。
Slow is safer.
走快点,我们迟到了。
Walk fast, we're late.
快走很难。今天慢点吧。
Walking fast is hard. Slow today.
我的电脑太慢了。
My computer is so slow.
运行慢的电脑不好。买一台运行快的吧。
Slow computers are bad. Buy a fast one.
快餐、慢食,都好。
Fast food, slow food, both good.
慢食味道更好,但快餐更方便。
Slow food tastes better, but fast food is easier.
上班时,时间过得快;在家时,时间过得慢。
Time goes fast at work and slow at home.
我也一样。上午过得快,下午过得慢。
Same. Fast morning, slow afternoon.

Clean or dirty

厨房很脏。
The kitchen is dirty.
是啊,到处都是脏碗碟。
Yeah, dirty dishes everywhere.
我们把它打扫干净吧。
Let's clean it.
好主意。脏厨房让人感觉不舒服。
Good idea. Dirty kitchens feel bad.
地板为什么脏了?
Why is the floor dirty?
孩子们。总是把干净的地板弄脏。
Kids. Always making clean floors dirty.
我喜欢干净的房间。
I like clean rooms.
我也是。脏的房间让人感觉压抑。
Same. Dirty rooms feel heavy.
把脏衣服也洗了。
Wash the dirty clothes too.
是的,那样一来一切都会干净了。
Yes, then everything will be clean.
干净的家,幸福的生活。
Clean house, happy life.
脏房子,难过的一天。
Dirty house, sad day.

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