Take a look at the English to Mandarin phrases below. Try to remember them, then take the Vocabulary Exercise by following one of these links.
| English | Mandarin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| phrase | comment | phrase | Pinyin | comment |
| fat | 胖 | pàng | ||
| thin | 瘦 | shòu | ||
| tall | 高 | gāo | ||
| short | in height | 矮 | ăi | 身高 - shēn gāo |
| strong | 强壮的 | qiáng zhuàng de | ||
| weak | 虚弱的 | xū ruò de | ||
| large | 大 | dà | ||
| little | 小 | xiăo | ||
| long | 长 | cháng | ||
| short | in length | 短 | duăn | 长度 - cháng dù |
| deep | 深 | shēn | ||
| shallow | 浅 | qiăn | ||
| high | 高 | gāo | ||
| low | 低 | dī | ||
| heavy | 重 | zhòng | ||
| light | 轻 | qīng | ||
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