Understand and express feelings better with Emotion & Characteristic Vocabulary in Chinese. This topic covers essential words for emotions, personality traits, attitudes, and moods.
Emotion & Characteristic Vocabulary in Chinese
Negative Emotion
Positive Emotion
Perception Verb
Facial Expression
Facial Action
Body Movement
Negative Characteristic
Positive Characteristic
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Emotions and personality traits shape how we interact with others. Learning these words helps you describe feelings, reactions, and inner qualities clearly in Chinese. With GuruLango’s Spaced Repetition system, you’ll master these words steadily, remembering them naturally through optimized review cycles.
Here is a preview of Emotion & Characteristic vocabulary, chosen from GuruLango’s 5000-word database.
1. Body Movement - Actions & Physical Behaviors
These words help you talk about different gestures, body motions, and physical activities in Chinese.
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2. Facial Expression - Emotions Shown on the Face
Use these words to describe how facial expressions reflect feelings, emotions, or reactions.
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3. Positive Emotion - Good Feelings & Uplifting Moods
These words allow you to express joy, satisfaction, and pleasant emotional states in Chinese.
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4. Negative Emotion - Unpleasant Feelings & Difficult Moods
Learn how to express discomfort, sadness, frustration, or other challenging emotional states.
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5. Perception Verb - Verbs of Seeing, Hearing & Feeling
These verbs describe how you perceive the world through your senses and awareness.
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6. Positive Characteristic - Good Personality Traits
Use these adjectives to describe people’s admirable personality qualities and strengths.
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7. Negative Characteristic - Undesirable Traits & Behaviors
These words help you describe negative personality qualities or difficult behaviors.
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These seven vocabulary themes help you describe emotions, reactions, and personality traits clearly in Chinese. With GuruLango’s Spaced Repetition system, you’ll strengthen your memory and express feelings naturally during real conversations.
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