形容词 (xíng róng cí) — adjective (in Chinese grammar, adjectives are stative verbs that can directly serve as predicates without a copula)
Definition
The grammar term for 'adjective' in Chinese linguistics. Note that 形容词 functions as a stative verb and can serve as the predicate directly, without 是.
noun
adjective (in Chinese grammar, adjectives are stative verbs that can directly serve as predicates without a copula)
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Examples
- 形容词。Qǐng yòng yì xíng róng cí lái xíng róng zhè ge fēng jǐng.Please use an adjective to describe this scenery.
- 形容词⽤''。Hàn yǔ de xíng róng cí kě yǐ bù ⽤ ' shì ' biàn chéng jù zi.Chinese adjectives can form a sentence without using '是'.
- 形容词。Zhè ge xíng róng cí xíng róng rén hěn cōng ming.This adjective describes a person as very smart.
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