Feelings 情感

• Verbs
• Feelings
• Phrases

Click on any Chinese word with a beige background to hear an audio sample. See also Personality Traits and Non-Verbal Communication.

Verbs

feel	覺得	gok dt
complain
congratulate
forgive
gossip
love	愛	oi
hate
worry
hope	希望	hei mon
regret
respect
thank
wonder

Feelings

I feel...	我覺得	o gok dt
afraid	驚	gen
angry	嬲	lu
annoyed	煩	fan
ashamed	醜	tsu
bored	悶	mun
calm
cold	凍	dUng
comfortable	舒服	sü fUk
content
depressed	唔開心	m hoi sm
desperate
disappointed
envious
excited	興奮	hIng fn
frustrated
glad
grateful
grumpy
guilty	內疚	loi gu
happy	開心	hoi sm
hopeless
horny
hot	熱	yit
hyper
in a bad mood
indifferent
jealous	妒忌	dou gei
nervous
proud
sad	唔開心	m hoi sm
scared	驚	gen
shocked
sleepy	眼瞓	an fn
suicidal	有自殺傾向	yu dzi sat kIng hœng
surprised
thirsty		hu hot
tired	癐	gui
uncomfortable
worried	擔心	dam sm

Phrases

I love you	我愛你	o oi lei
I just want to kill myself	我死咗去好過	o sei dzo höü hou go Lit. I dead better
plagued with anxiety	廢枕忘餐	fi dzm mon tsan Lit. losing sleep, forgetting to eat

Personality Traits 個性

Click on any Chinese word with a beige background to hear an audio sample. See also Feelings.

absent-minded	心不在焉	sm bt dzoi yin
affectionate	親切	tsn chit
ambitious	有野心	yu ye sm
arrogant	自大	dzi dai Lit. self big
blunt	直	dzIk
brave	勇	yUng
catty
cold	冷淡	lan dam
conceited	自大	dzi dai Lit. self big
confident	自信	dzi sön Lit. self-believing
conservative	保守	bou su
controlling
crazy	黐線	tsi sin
	癲	din
cruel	殘忍	tsan yn
curious	好奇	hou kei Lit. fond of strange
deceitful
easy-going
educated	有學識	yu hok sIk
emotional
energetic
enthusiastic
extraverted	外向	oi hœng Lit. out-facing
friendly	友善	yu sin
funny	狡笑	gau siu
generous	大方	dai fon
greedy	貪心	tam sm
hard-working	勤力	kn lIk
honest	誠實	sIng st
ignorant
impatient	冇耐性	mou loi sIng
impolite		mou li (mau)
intelligent	聰	tsUng mIng
	醒	sIng
	叻	lek
intense
introverted	內向	loi hœng Lit. in-facing
kind	善良	sin lœng
lazy	懶	lan
logical
loud	嘈	tsou
mean	賤格	dzin gat
		söü
modest	謙虛	him höü
nosy		bat gwa
obnoxious
obsessed
odd	怪	gwai
open-minded	冇偏見	mou pin gin
patient	有耐性	yu loi sIng
polite	冇禮貌	yu li (mau)
psycho
reliable	靠得住	kau dt dzü
resourceful
responsible	有責任感	yu dzat ym gm
selfish	自私	dzi si
sensitive	敏感	mn gm Lit. swift-feeling
sensual
shy	怕醜	pa tsu
silly	儍	so
smart	聰	tsUng mIng
	醒	sIng
	叻	lek
spiteful
straightforward	直	dzIk
strange	怪	gwai
stubborn	固執	gu dzp a Japanese guy stuck in goo and doesn't want to get out: a stubborn goo Jap
stupid	蠢	tsön
superstitious	迷信	mi sön
unreliable	靠唔住	kau m dzü
vain	自大	dzi dai Lit. self big
weird	怪	gwai
wise	聰明	tsUng mIng
witty

Non-Verbal Communication

bow

cross one's arms

cry

frown

give the finger 

grin

laugh

nod

shake hands

shrug

smile

stick one's tongue out 

wink

Animals 動物

See also Zodiac and Meat.

• House and farm mammals
• Other mammals
• Birds and flying animals
• Fish and marine animals
• Insects and bugs
• Reptiles and amphibians
• Animal body
• Animal actions

House and Farm Mammals

animal		dUng mt
female		la (suffix for female animals)
cat	貓	mau (MW: dzek)
kitty cat	貓仔	mau dzi
dog	狗	gu (MW: dzek)
doggy	狗仔	gu dzi
cow	牛	u (MW: dzek)
chicken	雞	gi (MW: dzek)
hen		mou gi
rooster		gUng gi
horse	馬	ma (MW: dzek, tu)
pig	豬	dzü
sheep	綿羊	min yœng (MW: dzek, tu)    Lit. cotton sheep

Other Mammals

mammal	哺乳類動物	bou yü löü dUng mt Lit. breast-feeding type of animal
bear	熊	hUng
grizzly bear	大灰熊	dai fui hUng Lit. big grey bear
polar bear	北極熊	bt gIk hUng Lit. North Pole bear
beaver	海貍	hoi lei Lit. sea fox-like animal
deer	鹿	lUk
elephant	大象	dai dzœng (MW: dzek)
elk	麋鹿	mei lUk
goat	山羊	san yœng (MW: dzek, tu)    Lit. mountain goat
hedgehog		tsi wi
koala	樹熊	sü hUng Lit. tree bear
leopard	豹	pau
lion
monkey
moose	麋鹿	mei lUk
mouse	老鼠	lou sü Lit. old mouse
panda	熊貓	hUng mau Lit. bear cat
panther	豹	pau3
porcupine		dzin dzü Lit. arrow pig
rabbit	兔	tou
rat	老鼠	lou sü Lit. old rat
reindeer	馴鹿	sön lUk Lit. tamed deer
squirrel
tiger	老虎	lou fu Lit. old tiger
wolf

Birds and Flying Animals

bird	雀	dzœk (MW: dzek)
bat	蝙蝠	bin fUk (MW: dzek)
crow	烏鴉	wu a Lit. dark/dirty crow
dove	白鴿	bat gap (or gap)    Lit. white pigeon
eagle/falcon/hawk	鷹	yIng
owl	貓頭鷹	mau tu yIng Lit. cat-head eagle
parrot	鸚鵡	yIng mou
pigeon	白鴿	bat gap (or gap)    Lit. white pigeon
seagull

Fish and Marine Animals

fish	魚	yü (MW: tiu)
dolphin	海豚	hoi tün (MW: dzek)    Lit. sea piglet
shark	鯊魚	sa yü (MW: tiu)
whale	鯨魚	kIng yü (MW: tiu)

Insects and Bugs

bug	蟲	tsUng (MW: dzek)
ant	螞蟻	ma i (MW: dzek)
bee	蜜蜂	mt fUng (MW: dzek)    Lit. honey bee
butterfly	蝴蝶	wu dip (MW: dzek)
cockroach	曱甴	gat dzat (MW: dzek)
dragonfly
fleas
fly	烏蠅	wu yIng (MW: dzek)    Lit. dark/dirty fly
ladybug
lice
mosquito	蚊	mn (MW: dzek)
spider	蜘蛛	dzi dzü (MW: dzek)
spider web	蜘蛛	dzi dzü mon
wasp	黃蜂	won fUng Lit. yellow bee
worm

Reptiles and Amphibians

crocodile	鱷魚	ok yü
dragon	龍	lUng (MW: tiu)
frog	青蛙	tsIng wa Lit. green frog
lizard
snake	蛇	se (MW: tiu)
turtle	龜	gwi (MW: dzek)

Health and Illness

See also Body and Feelings.

health	gin hon
healthy
sick	ben
acupuncture	dzm
Chinese medicine	dzUng yœk
clinic
doctor	yi sn
hospital	yi yün
injection
massage	on mo
nurse	wu si
pharmacy
vitamin
yoga	yü ga

Diseases and conditions

disease
suffer from
abortion		do toi Lit. drop the fetus
AIDS	愛滋病	oi dzi ben
allergies
anorexia
anthrax
anxiety
athlete's foot
arthritis		gwan dzit yim
asthma		hau tsün
bipolar
broken
bruise
bleed		tsöt hüt
burt
bulimia
cancer		am
chickenpox
chlamydia
clap, the
crabs
cold
constipated		bin bei
cramps		tsu gn ; gIng tUng
depression		yIk wt dzIng
antidepressant		yIk wt dzi
diabetes		ton liu ben
diarrhea		tou o
dislocated
dizzy
eating disorder
epilepsy
faint
fever
flu		gm mou
genital warts
gonnorhea
headache		tu tUng
heart attack
hepatitis
herpes
hurt
indigestion
insect bite
insomnia		st min
lice		st
lactose intolerant
loss of appetite, no appetite		sIk dzi ; mou wi hu
manic depression
migraine		pin tu tUng
miscarriage		lu tsan
narcolepsy
pneumonia	肺炎	fi yim
SARS	非典形肺炎	fei din yIng fi yim Lit. atypical pneumonia (critical outbreak in 2003)
schizophrenia
seizure
sleepwalk
sore		tUng
sprain
STD		sIng ben
stroke
suicide
commit suicide
swollen		hUng dzUng
tuberculosis
West Nile virus
virus		ben dUk
yeast infection