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)
    • Existential and connecting verbs
    • Separable verbs
    • Directional verbs
    • Psychological verbs
    • Causative verbs
  • 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
    • Basic numbers
    • Ordinal numbers
  • Interjections (叹词)
  • Onomatopoeia
• Function Words
  • Conjunctions
  • Measure words
    • Noun measure words
      • Individual measure words
      • Mass measure words
    • Verb measure words
  • Prepositions
  • Particles
    • Aspectual particles
    • Modal particles
    • Structural particles
    • Relational particles
    • Quantitative particles
    • Locational particles
    • Comparative particles
  • Affixes
    • Prefixes (词头)
    • Suffixes (词尾)