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GRAMMAR STRUCTURE FOR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN CHINESE

*One of the most common ways of expressing emotion is the use of “很” (hěn). 很 (hěn) here is used in a positive tone. To change the tone to negative 很 (hěn) will be replaced by “不” (bù).

SBJ + hěn 很 / bù 不 + (feeling/emotion) + OBJ*

*placing an object at the end will depend on the sentence you’re trying to construct

Examples:

lǎoshī hěn gāoxìng

老师 很 高兴

The teacher is happy.

tóngxué men bù xǐhuan lǎoshī

同学 们 不 喜欢 老师

My classesmate do not like the teacher.

wáng yīshēng hěn máng

王 医生 很 忙

Doctor Wang is busy.

Ālǐ bù dānxīn

阿里 不 担心

Ali is not worried.

*If you want to express less emotion, you can use 有点 (yǒudiǎn) to indicate that the subject feels “a little bit” of emotion.

SBJ + yǒudiǎn 有点 + (feeling/emotion) + OBJ*

*placing an object at the end will depend on the sentence you’re trying to construct