Chinese vocabulary · 66 words
Chinese Opposite Words
The opposite words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 大dàbig
- 小xiǎosmall
- 多duōmany
- 少shǎofew
- 高gāohigh
- 矮ǎishort (in height)
- 长chánglong
- 短duǎnshort
- 快kuàifast
- 慢mànslow
- 冷lěngcold
- 热rèhot
- 新xīnnew
- 旧jiùold
- 好hǎogood
- 坏huàibad
- 上shàngup
- 下xiàdown
- 左zuǒleft
- 右yòuright (side)
- 前qiánfront
- 后hòubehind; back
- 早zǎoearly
- 晚wǎnlate
- 远yuǎnfar
- 近jìnnear; close
- 胖pàngfat
- 瘦shòuthin
- 贵guìexpensive
- 便宜piányicheap
- 难nándifficult
- 容易róngyìeasy
- 开kāito open
- 关guānto close
- 来láito come
- 去qùto go
- 买mǎito buy
- 卖màito sell
- 哭kūto cry
- 笑xiàoto laugh
- 对duìright
- 错cuòwrong; mistaken
- 黑hēiblack
- 白báiwhite
- 男nánmale
- 女nǚwoman
- 干净gānjìngclean
- 脏zāngdirty
- 轻qīnglight (in weight)
- 重zhòngheavy
- 深shēndeep
- 浅qiǎnshallow
- 宽kuānwide
- 窄zhǎinarrow
- 真zhēnreal; true
- 假jiǎfake
- 安静ānjìngquiet
- 吵chǎonoisy
- 饱bǎofull (after eating)
- 饿èhungry
- 穷qióngpoor
- 富fùrich
- 进jìnto enter
- 出chūto go out
- 推tuīto push
- 拉lāto pull; to drag
How do you say big in Chinese?
大 (dà). The most common opposite words are 小 (xiǎo, small), 多 (duō, many), 少 (shǎo, few).
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