Parts of speech list

Below is a list of the parts of speech in Mandarin Chinese, including relevant subdivisions/subcategories (with Chinese translations):

Content Words (实词)
- Nouns (名词)
  - Proper nouns (专名)
  - Location nouns (方位词)
  - Place nouns (处所词)
  - Time nouns (时间词)
- Pronouns (代词)
  - Personal pronouns (人称代词)
  - Possessive pronouns (物主代词)
  - Demonstrative pronouns (指示代词)
  - Interrogative pronouns (疑问代词)
- Verbs (动词)
- Auxiliary verbs (AKA "Modal verbs")
- Adjectives (形容词)
  - Stative verbs (静态动词)
  - Non-predicate adjectives
  - Attributive adjectives (区别词)
  - Qualitative adjectives (性质形容词)
  - Nominal adjectives (i.e. with 的)
- Adverbs (副词)
  - Degree adverbs (程度代词)
  - Scope adverbs (范围副词)
  - Time adverbs (时间副词)
  - Tone adverbs (语气副词)
  - Negative adverbs (否定副词)
- Number words
  - Basic numbers
  - Ordinal numbers
- Interjections (叹词)
- Onomatopoeia
Function Words