Describing people in Chinese
Ever tried describing people in Chinese? After this free audio lesson, you’ll know some Chinese adjectives to describe someone’s appearance and the kind of person they are as well. This is going to make Chinese conversations a whole lot more interesting – let’s hope you don’t decide ignorance is bliss!
How do you explain someone is good-looking? What is the Chinese word for lazy? Listen to the Rocket Chinese speakers and practice saying the words and phrases aloud. Describing people in Chinese can be fun – let’s get started!
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尼克头发短。
Nik has short hair.
丽莎头发长。
Lisa has long hair.
她头发不长也不短。
She has medium-length hair.
他头发直。
He has straight hair.
她头发卷曲。
She has wavy hair.
汀娜有一头卷发。
Tina has curly hair.
玛丽安有棕色的头发。
Maria has brown hair.
彼得有黑色的头发。
Peter has black hair.
奥莉有金黄色的头发。
Oli has blond hair.
罗丝有红色的头发。
Rosi has red hair.
What about eyes and skin color?
他有一双棕色的眼睛。
He has brown eyes.
她有一双浅蓝色的眼睛。
She has light blue eyes.
他有一双蓝色的眼睛。
He has blue eyes.
他有深色皮肤。
He is dark-skinned.
她有白嫩的皮肤。
She is fair-skinned.
What about other features, like height and weight?
她个子不高。
She is short.
他个子很高。
He is tall.
她很瘦。
She is thin.
他很胖。
He is fat.
他身材瘦削。
He is skinny.
What about other abilities and features?
她动作快。
She is fast.
他动作慢。
He is slow.
她身体强壮。
She is strong.
他很帅。
He is handsome.
他模样很好。
He is good-looking.
她很难看。
She is ugly.
What about personality?
她很友善。
She is friendly.
他人很好。
He is nice.
她很静。
She is quiet.
她很害羞。
She is shy.
他很幽默。
He is humorous.
她很聪明。
She is intelligent.
他很有耐心。
He is patient.
她很懒。
She is lazy.
他行为恶劣。
He is ill-behaved.
他很严肃。
He is serious.
他很厚道。
He is kind.
她很勤劳。
She is hard-working.
他很世故。
He is sophisticated.
她很勇敢。
She is brave.
他很风趣。
He is funny.
她很穷。
She is poor.
她很富有。
She is rich.
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