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Cantonese Adjectives
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Cantonese Adjectives
Learning the Cantonese Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.
Cantonese Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Cantonese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | 形容詞 |
| a green tree | 一棵綠色的樹 |
| a tall building | 一幢高樓大廈 |
| a very old man | 一位老人 |
| the old red house | 舊的紅房屋 |
| a very nice friend | 一位好的老朋友 |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Cantonese.
List of Adjectives in Cantonese
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Cantonese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | 顏色 |
| black | 黑色 |
| blue | 藍色 |
| brown | 啡色 |
| gray | 灰色 |
| green | 綠色 |
| orange | 橙色 |
| purple | 紫色 |
| red | 紅色 |
| white | 白色 |
| yellow | 黃色 |
| sizes | 大小 |
| big | 大 |
| deep | 深 |
| long | 長 |
| narrow | 窄 |
| short | 短 |
| small | 小 |
| tall | 長 |
| thick | 厚 |
| thin | 薄 |
| wide | 闊 |
| shapes | 形狀 |
| circular | 圓形 |
| straight | 直 |
| square | 方形 |
| triangular | 三角形 |
| tastes | 味道 |
| bitter | 苦味 |
| fresh | 新鮮 |
| salty | 咸味 |
| sour | 酸味 |
| spicy | 辣味 |
| sweet | 甜味 |
| qualities | 質素 |
| bad | 壞 |
| clean | 淸潔 |
| dark | 黑 |
| difficult | 難 |
| dirty | 骯髒 |
| dry | 乾 |
| easy | 容易 |
| empty | 空 |
| expensive | 貴 |
| fast | 快 |
| foreign | 外來 |
| full | 滿 |
| good | 好 |
| hard | 硬 |
| heavy | 重 |
| inexpensive | 便宜 |
| light | 輕 |
| local | 本地 |
| new | 新 |
| noisy | 嘈吵 |
| old | 舊 |
| powerful | 強力 |
| quiet | 靜 |
| correct | 正確 |
| slow | 慢 |
| soft | 軟 |
| very | 更加 |
| weak | 弱 |
| wet | 濕 |
| wrong | 錯 |
| young | 年青 |
| quantities | 數量 |
| few | 少 |
| little | 少 |
| many | 多 |
| much | 多 |
| part | 部分 |
| some | 一些 |
| a few | 一些 |
| whole | 全部 |
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