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)
- Non-predicate adjectives
- Qualitative adjectives (性质形容词)
- Distinguishing words (区别词)
- Nominal adjectives (i.e. with 的)
- Stative verbs (静态动词)
- 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
- Interjections (叹词)
- Onomatopoeia
- Nouns (名词)
- Function Words
