Modifying nouns with adjective and "de"

Structure

A very common way to modify nouns is to attach an adjective to them using 的 (de).

Adjective + 的 + Noun

This structures comes up extremely frequently and is an easy way to attribute features to nouns.

Examples

• 红色 的 气球。
• 漂亮 的 衣服。
• 好 看 的 书。
• 好喝 的 啤酒。

See also

• Modifying nouns with phrase + de
• Expressing possession

Sources and further reading

Books

• Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 70-1) →buy
• Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 37) →buy
• Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 233) →buy

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