ADJ: adjective
Definition
Adjectives are words that typically modify nouns and specify their properties or attributes. They may also function as predicates. These include the categories known as 區別詞 / keoi1bit6ci4 and 形容詞 / jing4jung4ci4.
- 好 風景 / hou2 fung1ging2 “good scenery”
- 天氣 好 好 / tin1hei3 hou2 hou2 “The weather is good.”
The adjective may by accompanied by the particle 嘅 / ge3 when functioning as a prenominal modifier (for either 區別詞 / keoi1bit6ci4 or 形容詞 / jing4jung4ci4), and often obligatorily when functioning as a predicate if it is a 區別詞 / keoi1bit6ci4.
- 嚴重 嘅 問題 / jim4zung6 ge3 man4tai4 “serious problem”
- 呢 種 癌症 係 慢性 嘅 / ni1 zung2 ngaam4zing3 hai6 maan6sing3 ge3 “This cancer spreads slowly (lit. is slow-acting).”
Note that ordinal numerals such as 第一 / dai6jat1 “first” and 第三 / dai6saam1 “third” are to be treated as adjectives and tagged ADJ per UD specifications, even though they are traditionally classified as numerals in Chinese.
Examples
- 形容詞 / jing4jung4ci4 - 好 / hou2 “good”, 靚 / měilì “beautiful”, 細 / xiǎo “small”, 老 / lǎo “old”
- 區別詞 / keoi1bit6ci4 - 女 / neoi5 “female”, 慢性 / maan6sing3 “slow-acting”, 親生 / can1saang1 “biological (kin relations)”
- Ordinal numbers
- 第一 / dai6jat1 “first”, 第三 / dai6saam1 “third”, 第五十三 / dai6ng2sap6saam1 “fifty-third”
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