If you're trying to learn Chinese Feminine which is also called Mandarin, check our courses about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Chinese grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Chinese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Chinese Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Chinese feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
The differentiation of masculine and feminine in Chinese is rare. Of course if you say it is a woman it is clear, but the spoken personal pronoun, ta, stands for he, she and it, in both the subject and object form. Chinese names are even difficult to tell masculine from feminine
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Chinese Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | yīn xìng cí - 阴性词 |
| he is happy | tā;tuó hěn gāo xìng - 他很高兴 |
| she is happy | tā hěn gāo xìng - 她很高兴 |
| he is American | tā;tuó shì měi guó rén - 他是美国人 |
| she is American | tā shì měi guó rén - 她是美国人 |
| man | nán rén - 男人 |
| woman | nǚ rén - 女人 |
| father | fù qīn - 父亲 |
| mother | mǔ qīn - 母亲 |
| brother | xiōng，dì - 兄，弟 |
| sister | jiě，mèi - 姐，妹 |
| uncle | shū shū - 叔叔 |
| aunt | gū gū - 姑姑 |
| bull | gōng niú - 公牛 |
| cow | nǎi niú - 奶牛 |
| boy | nán hái - 男孩 |
| girl | nǚ hái - 女孩 |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Chinese.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Chinese? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Chinese vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Chinese Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | wù jiàn - 物件 |
| bathroom | yù shì - 浴室 |
| bed | chuáng - 床 |
| bedroom | wò shì - 卧室 |
| ceiling | tiān huā bǎn - 天花板 |
| chair | yǐ zi - 椅子 |
| clothes | yī fú - 衣服 |
| coat | wài tào - 外套 |
| cup | bēi zi - 杯子 |
| desk | zhuō zi - 桌子 |
| dress | fú zhuāng - 服装 |
| floor | dì bǎn - 地板 |
| fork | chā - 叉 |
| furniture | jiā jù - 家具 |
| glass | bō lí - 玻璃 |
| hat | mào zi - 帽子 |
| house | fáng zi - 房子 |
| ink | mò shuǐ - 墨水 |
| jacket | jiā kè - 夹克 |
| kitchen | chú fáng - 厨房 |
| knife | dāo - 刀 |
| lamp | dēng - 灯 |
| letter | xìn - 信 |
| map | dì tú - 地图 |
| newspaper | bào zhǐ - 报纸 |
| notebook | bǐ jì běn - 笔记本 |
| pants | kù zi - 裤子 |
| paper | zhǐ - 纸 |
| pen | gāng bǐ - 钢笔 |
| pencil | qiān bǐ - 铅笔 |
| pharmacy | yào fáng - 药房 |
| picture | tú piān - 图片 |
| plate | pán zi - 盘子 |
| refrigerator | bīng xiāng - 冰箱 |
| restaurant | cān guǎn - 餐馆 |
| roof | wū dǐng - 屋顶 |
| room | fáng jiān - 房间 |
| rug | dì tǎn - 地毯 |
| scissors | jiǎn dāo - 剪刀 |
| shampoo | xǐ fā shuǐ - 洗发水 |
| shirt | chèn shān - 衬衫 |
| shoes | xié - 鞋 |
| soap | féi zào - 肥皂 |
| socks | wà zi - 袜子 |
| spoon | sháo zi - 勺子 |
| table | zhuō zi - 桌子 |
| toilet | cè suǒ - 厕所 |
| toothbrush | yá shuā - 牙刷 |
| toothpaste | yá gāo - 牙膏 |
| towel | máo jīn - 毛巾 |
| umbrella | yǔ sǎn - 雨伞 |
| underwear | nèi yī - 内衣 |
| wall | qiáng - 墙 |
| wallet | qián bāo - 钱包 |
| window | chuāng kǒu - 窗口 |
| telephone | diàn huà - 电话 |
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