Negative in Chinese
negative · HSK 5
消极
- 消 to disappear
- 极 extremely
他对工作的态度很消极。 His attitude toward work is very negative.
Other ways to say negative
More words with 消 or 极
How do you say negative in Chinese?
Negative in Chinese is 消极 (xiāo jí). You can also say 负面 (fù miàn), 否定 (fǒu dìng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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