{"id":13010,"date":"2017-02-09T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=13010"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:55:00","slug":"describing-people-in-chinese-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/describing-people-in-chinese-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"Describing People in Chinese (Personality)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve already learned <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/describing-people-in-chinese-appearance\/\">how to describe someone&#8217;s appearance in Chinese<\/a>, but as we all know, looks aren&#8217;t everything. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside that really counts. In this lesson we&#8217;ll learn how to describe someone&#8217;s personality.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Personality Vocabulary<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12475\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12475\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u6211\u5f88\u5e7d\u9ed8 &#8211; I&#8217;m very humorous<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To get started, let&#8217;s learn 25 Chinese words to describe someone&#8217;s personality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>friendly (\u53cb\u597d &#8211; y\u01d2u h\u01ceo)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>shy (\u5bb3\u7f9e &#8211; h\u00e0i xi\u016b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>agile (<span class=\"s1\">\u5229\u7d22<\/span> &#8211; l\u00ec su\u01d2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>funny (\u98ce\u8da3 &#8211; f\u0113ng q\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>humorous (\u5e7d\u9ed8 &#8211; y\u014du m\u00f2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>patient (<span class=\"s1\">\u8010\u5fc3<\/span> &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>n\u00e0i x\u012bn)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>stubborn (<span class=\"s1\">\u56fa\u6267<\/span> &#8211; g\u00f9 zh\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>loyal (<span class=\"s1\">\u5fe0\u8bda<\/span> &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>zh\u014dng ch\u00e9ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>honest\/frank (<span class=\"s1\">\u803f\u76f4<\/span> &#8211; g\u011bng zh\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>easy-going (<span class=\"s1\">\u968f\u548c<\/span> &#8211; su\u00ed he)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>reserved (<span class=\"s1\">\u542b\u84c4<\/span> &#8211; h\u00e1n x\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>serious (<span class=\"s1\">\u4e25\u8083<\/span> &#8211; y\u00e1n s\u00f9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>hospitable (<span class=\"s1\">\u597d\u5ba2<\/span> &#8211; h\u00e0o k\u00e8)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>ignorant (<span class=\"s1\">\u65e0\u77e5<\/span> &#8211; w\u00fa zh\u012b)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>realistic (<span class=\"s1\">\u73b0\u5b9e<\/span> &#8211; xi\u00e0n sh\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>graceful\/elegant (<span class=\"s1\">\u4f18\u96c5<\/span> &#8211; y\u014du y\u0101)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>naive\/childish (<span class=\"s1\">\u5e7c\u7a1a<\/span> &#8211; y\u00f2u zh\u00ec)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>considerate (<span class=\"s1\">\u4f53\u8d34<\/span> &#8211; t\u01d0 ti\u0113)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>practical (<span class=\"s1\">\u8e0f\u5b9e<\/span> &#8211; t\u00e0 sh\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>clumsy (<span class=\"s1\">\u7b28\u62d9<\/span> &#8211; b\u00e8n zhu\u014d)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>forgetful (<span class=\"s1\">\u5065\u5fd8<\/span> &#8211; ji\u00e0n w\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>cheap\/stingy (<span class=\"s1\">\u62a0\u95e8<\/span> &#8211; k\u014du m\u00e9n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>strong\/healthy (<span class=\"s1\">\u5065\u58ee<\/span> &#8211; ji\u00e0n zhu\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>frivolous (<span class=\"s1\">\u8f7b\u6d6e<\/span> &#8211; q\u012bng f\u00fa)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>pragmatic (<span class=\"s1\">\u52a1\u5b9e<\/span> &#8211; w\u00f9 sh\u00ed)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center\">What kind of person is he\/she?<\/h2>\n<p>When asking about someone and their personality type, this is the question you&#8217;ll want to use:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">What kind of person is he\/she?<br \/>\n\u4ed6\/\u5979\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u6837\u7684\u4eba\uff1f<br \/>\nt\u0101\/t\u0101 sh\u00ec sh\u00e9n me y\u00e0ng de r\u00e9n?<\/h3>\n<p>Using the words we learned above, you&#8217;ve got a few different ways to answer the question:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">He\/she is a&#8230; person.<br \/>\n\u4ed6\/\u5979\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a&#8230; \u7684\u4eba.<br \/>\nt\u0101\/t\u0101 sh\u00ec y\u012b g\u00e8&#8230; de r\u00e9n<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">He\/she is very&#8230;<br \/>\n\u4ed6\/\u5979\u5f88&#8230;<br \/>\nt\u0101\/t\u0101 h\u011bn&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h4>Just add the adjective to describe personality in either of those sentences and you&#8217;re good to go!<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>He&#8217;s a humorous person.<br \/>\n(\u4ed6\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u5e7d\u9ed8\u7684\u4eba &#8211; t\u0101 sh\u00ec y\u012b g\u00e8 y\u014du m\u00f2 de r\u00e9n)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>She&#8217;s an easy-going person.<br \/>\n(\u5979\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u968f\u548c\u7684\u4eba- t\u0101 sh\u00ec y\u012b g\u00e8 su\u00ed he de r\u00e9n)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>He&#8217;s very shy. (\u4ed6\u5f88\u5bb3\u7f9e &#8211; t\u0101 h\u011bn h\u00e0i xi\u016b)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>She&#8217;s very elegant. (\u5979\u5f88\u4f18\u96c5 &#8211; t\u0101 h\u011bn y\u014du y\u0101)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What if you want to use two personality traits in one sentence? Here&#8217;s how you do it:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">He\/She&#8217;s&#8230; and&#8230;<br \/>\n\u4ed6\/\u5979\u53c8&#8230; \u53c8&#8230;<br \/>\nt\u0101\/t\u0101 y\u00f2u&#8230; y\u00f2u&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Go ahead and be more descriptive! Plus it gives you a chance to practice your grammar some more, which is always fun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>She is hospitable and thoughtful.<br \/>\n(\u5979\u53c8\u597d\u5ba2\u53c8\u4f53\u8d34 &#8211; t\u0101 y\u01d2u h\u00e0o k\u00e8 y\u00f2u t\u01d0 ti\u0113)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>He is practical and stubborn.<br \/>\n(\u4ed6\u53c8\u8e0f\u5b9e\u53c8\u56fa\u6267 &#8211; t\u0101 y\u00f2u t\u00e0 sh\u00ed y\u00f2u g\u00f9 zh\u00ed)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Bonus Vocabulary &#8211; Opposite Words<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12384\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12384\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/3-DSC_0051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/3-DSC_0051.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/07\/3-DSC_0051-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4ed6\u5f88\u61d2 &#8211; He&#8217;s very lazy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why not learn some more words while you&#8217;re at it? I&#8217;ve gone ahead and paired up some opposite words to describe personality. Learning <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-opposite-words\/\">opposite words<\/a> is a great way to double your vocabulary, as it&#8217;s easier to remember a word when you have another one to associate it with.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>lazy (\u61d2 &#8211; l\u01cen)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3>hard-working (\u52e4\u52b3 &#8211; q\u00edn l\u00e1o)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>optimistic (<span class=\"s1\">\u4e50\u89c2<\/span> &#8211; l\u00e8 gu\u0101n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>pessimistic (<span class=\"s1\">\u60b2\u89c2<\/span> &#8211; b\u0113i gu\u0101n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p5\">\n<h3><span class=\"s2\">introverted (<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u5185\u5411<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s4\"> &#8211; n\u00e8i xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p6\">\n<h3><span class=\"s5\">extroverted (<\/span><span class=\"s6\"><b>\u5916\u5411<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s5\"> &#8211; w\u00e0i xi\u00e0ng<b>)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>warm\/enthusiastic (<span class=\"s1\">\u70ed\u60c5<\/span> &#8211; r\u00e8 q\u00edng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>cold\/indifferent (<span class=\"s1\">\u51b7\u6de1<\/span> &#8211; l\u011bng d\u00e0n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>narrow-minded (<span class=\"s1\">\u72ed\u9698<\/span> &#8211; xi\u00e1&#8217;\u00e0i)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>open-minded (<span class=\"s1\">\u5f00\u653e<\/span> &#8211; k\u0101i f\u00e0ng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>clever\/intelligent (<span class=\"s1\">\u806a\u660e<\/span> &#8211; c\u014dng m\u00edng)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>stupid (<span class=\"s1\">\u611a\u7b28<\/span> &#8211; y\u00fa b\u00e8n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>generous (<span class=\"s1\">\u6177\u6168<\/span> &#8211; k\u0101ng k\u01cei)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>greedy (<span class=\"s1\">\u8d2a\u5a6a<\/span> &#8211; t\u0101n l\u00e1n)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>bold\/daring (<span class=\"s1\">\u5927\u80c6<\/span> &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>d\u00e0 d\u01cen)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">\n<h3>timid\/cowardly (<span class=\"s1\">\u80c6\u5c0f<\/span> &#8211; d\u01cen xi\u01ceo)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now you should be able to describe someone&#8217;s appearance and personality in Chinese. Go ahead and practice &#8211; describe your family members, friends, colleagues, or even just some random person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What Are You Doing? in Chinese\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/1-LuoYang-and-XiAn-111.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>We&#8217;ve already learned how to describe someone&#8217;s appearance in Chinese, but as we all know, looks aren&#8217;t everything. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside that really counts. In this lesson we&#8217;ll learn how to describe someone&#8217;s personality. Personality Vocabulary To get started, let&#8217;s learn 25 Chinese words to describe someone&#8217;s personality: friendly (\u53cb\u597d &#8211; y\u01d2u h\u01ceo) shy (\u5bb3\u7f9e&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/describing-people-in-chinese-personality\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":12475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[8894,69375,452135,11132,452130,452136,452134,69374],"class_list":["post-13010","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-chinese","tag-chinese-grammar","tag-chinese-personality-words","tag-chinese-vocabulary","tag-describing-people-in-chinese","tag-describing-personality-in-chinese","tag-how-to-describe-people-in-chinese","tag-learn-chinese"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13010"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13014,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions\/13014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}