Personality & behaviour

Character traits, attitudes and manners.

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Word list: Personality & behaviour

Character traits, attitudes and manners. Below you'll find all 332 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
安静	安靜	ānjìng	quiet	HSK 3
聪明	聰明	cōngming	intelligent	HSK 3
努力		nǔlì	to work hard	HSK 3
热情	熱情	rèqíng	cordial	HSK 3
认真	認真	rènzhēn	serious	HSK 3
习惯	習慣	xíguàn	habit	HSK 3
小心		xiǎoxīn	be careful	HSK 3
笨		bèn	stupid	HSK 4
诚实	誠實	chéngshí	honest	HSK 4
粗心		cūxīn	careless	HSK 4
敢		gǎn	to dare	HSK 4
活泼	活潑	huópo	lively	HSK 4
积极	積極	jījí	active	HSK 4
坚持	堅持	jiānchí	persist in	HSK 4
骄傲	驕傲	jiāo'ào	proud	HSK 4
节约	節約	jiéyuē	frugal	HSK 4
懒	懶	lǎn	lazy	HSK 4
礼貌	禮貌	lǐmào	courtesy	HSK 4
马虎	馬虎	mǎhu	careless	HSK 4
耐心		nàixīn	to be patient	HSK 4
脾气	脾氣	píqi	temperament	HSK 4
缺点	缺點	quēdiǎn	weak point	HSK 4
随便	隨便	suíbiàn	as one pleases	HSK 4
态度	態度	tàidu	manner	HSK 4
性格		xìnggé	nature	HSK 4
严格	嚴格	yángé	strict	HSK 4
养成	養成	yǎngchéng	cultivate	HSK 4
勇敢		yǒnggǎn	brave	HSK 4
优点	優點	yōudiǎn	merit	HSK 4
幽默		yōumò	humorous	HSK 4
友好		yǒuhǎo	friendly	HSK 4
重视	重視	zhòngshì	to value	HSK 4
仔细	仔細	zǐxì	careful	HSK 4
自信		zìxìn	self-confidence	HSK 4
尊重		zūnzhòng	esteem	HSK 4
爱护	愛護	àihù	cherish	HSK 5
爱惜	愛惜	àixī	cherish	HSK 5
悲观	悲觀	bēiguān	pessimistic	HSK 5
表现	表現	biǎoxiàn	to show	HSK 5
沉默	沈默	chénmò	silent	HSK 5
成熟		chéngshú	mature	HSK 5
诚恳	誠懇	chéngkěn	honest	HSK 5
承受		chéngshòu	to bear	HSK 5
大方		dàfang	generous	HSK 5
呆		dāi	stupid	HSK 5
胆小鬼	膽小鬼	dǎnxiǎoguǐ	coward	HSK 5
独立	獨立	dúlì	independent	HSK 5
奋斗	奮鬥	fèndòu	strive	HSK 5
疯狂	瘋狂	fēngkuáng	crazy	HSK 5
干脆	幹脆	gāncuì	straightforward	HSK 5
个性	個性	gèxìng	individuality	HSK 5
乖		guāi	obedient	HSK 5
好客		hàokè	hospitable	HSK 5
好奇		hàoqí	curious	HSK 5
活跃	活躍	huóyuè	active	HSK 5
坚决	堅決	jiānjué	resolute	HSK 5
坚强	堅強	jiānqiáng	strong	HSK 5
讲究	講究	jiǎngjiu	Be particular about	HSK 5
狡猾		jiǎohuá	crafty	HSK 5
戒		jiè	warn against	HSK 5
谨慎	謹慎	jǐnshèn	cautious	HSK 5
决心	決心	juéxīn	determination	HSK 5
看不起		kàn bu qǐ	look down upon	HSK 5
刻苦		kèkǔ	hardworking	HSK 5
老实	老實	lǎoshi	honest	HSK 5
乐观	樂觀	lèguān	optimism	HSK 5
冷淡		lěngdàn	cold	HSK 5
毛病		máobìng	fault	HSK 5
冒险	冒險	màoxiǎn	take a risk	HSK 5
魅力		mèilì	charm	HSK 5
密切		mìqiè	close	HSK 5
敏感		mǐngǎn	sensitive	HSK 5
能干	能幹	nénggàn	capable	HSK 5
谦虚	謙虛	qiānxū	modest	HSK 5
亲切	親切	qīnqiè	kind	HSK 5
勤奋	勤奮	qínfèn	hardworking	HSK 5
轻视	輕視	qīngshì	contempt	HSK 5
热心	熱心	rèxīn	enthusiastic	HSK 5
傻		shǎ	foolish	HSK 5
善良		shànliáng	good and honest	HSK 5
善于		shànyú	be good at	HSK 5
熟练	熟練	shúliàn	practiced	HSK 5
坦率		tǎnshuài	frank	HSK 5
淘气	淘氣	táoqì	naughty	HSK 5
体贴	體貼	tǐtiē	show consideration for	HSK 5
天真		tiānzhēn	naïve	HSK 5
调皮	調皮	tiáopí	naughty	HSK 5
温柔	溫柔	wēnróu	gentle and soft	HSK 5
相处	相處	xiāngchǔ	get along	HSK 5
消极	消極	xiāojí	passive	HSK 5
小气	小氣	xiǎoqì	stingy	HSK 5
孝顺	孝順	xiàoshùn	filial piety	HSK 5
行为	行爲	xíngwéi	action	HSK 5
虚心	虛心	xūxīn	modest	HSK 5
严肃	嚴肅	yánsù	solemn	HSK 5
周到		zhōudào	thoughtful	HSK 5
主动	主動	zhǔdòng	to take initiative	HSK 5
专心	專心	zhuānxīn	be absorbed	HSK 5
自觉	自覺	zìjué	conscious	HSK 5
自私		zìsī	selfish	HSK 5
自愿	自願	zìyuàn	voluntary	HSK 5
尊敬		zūnjìng	respect	HSK 5
暧昧		àimèi	ambiguous	HSK 6
安详	安詳	ānxiáng	serene	HSK 6
巴结	巴結	bājie	to fawn on	HSK 6
霸道		bàdào	overbearing	HSK 6
败坏	敗壞	bàihuài	ruin	HSK 6
榜样	榜樣	bǎngyàng	example	HSK 6
保守		bǎoshǒu	conservative	HSK 6
卑鄙		bēibǐ	base	HSK 6
背叛		bèipàn	betray	HSK 6
被动	被動	bèidòng	passive	HSK 6
本事		běnshi	ability	HSK 6
笨拙		bènzhuō	clumsy	HSK 6
不择手段	不擇手段	bùzéshǒuduàn	by fair means or foul	HSK 6
才干	才幹	cáigàn	ability	HSK 6
残酷	殘酷	cánkù	cruel	HSK 6
残忍	殘忍	cánrěn	brutal	HSK 6
草率		cǎoshuài	cursory	HSK 6
沉着	沈著	chénzhuó	calm and collected	HSK 6
诚挚	誠摯	chéngzhì	sincere	HSK 6
吃苦		chī kǔ	bear hardships	HSK 6
迟钝	遲鈍	chídùn	slow	HSK 6
冲动	沖動	chōngdòng	impulsive	HSK 6
出卖	出賣	chūmài	sell	HSK 6
吹牛		chuī niú	to brag	HSK 6
慈祥		cíxiáng	a kindly person	HSK 6
从容	從容	cóngróng	leisurely	HSK 6
粗鲁	粗魯	cūlǔ	crude	HSK 6
怠慢		dàimàn	to slight	HSK 6
胆怯	膽怯	dǎnqiè	timid	HSK 6
捣乱	搗亂	dǎo luàn	cause a disturbance	HSK 6
得力		délì	able	HSK 6
得罪		dézuì	offend	HSK 6
丢三落四	丟三落四	diūsān làsì	forgetful	HSK 6
端正		duānzhèng	upright	HSK 6
堕落	墮落	duòluò	morally degenerate	HSK 6
废寝忘食	廢寢忘食	fèiqǐnwàngshí	to forget even sleeping and eating	HSK 6
分寸		fēncun	propriety	HSK 6
风度	風度	fēngdù	elegant demeanor	HSK 6
风趣	風趣	fēngqù	humor	HSK 6
奉献	奉獻	fèngxiàn	consecrate	HSK 6
敷衍		fūyǎn	to elaborate	HSK 6
服从	服從	fúcóng	to obey	HSK 6
高尚		gāoshàng	nobly	HSK 6
恭敬		gōngjìng	dutiful	HSK 6
古怪		gǔguài	eccentric	HSK 6
固执	固執	gùzhí	persistent	HSK 6
果断	果斷	guǒduàn	firm	HSK 6
豪迈	豪邁	háomài	bold and generous	HSK 6
和蔼	和藹	hé'ǎi	kindly	HSK 6
和气	和氣	héqi	friendly	HSK 6
狠心		hěn xīn	callous	HSK 6
画蛇添足	畫蛇添足	huàshétiānzú	draw legs on a snake	HSK 6
机灵	機靈	jīling	clever	HSK 6
机智	機智	jīzhì	tact	HSK 6
急功近利		jígōngjìnlì	eager for success and profit	HSK 6
急于求成		jíyúqiúchéng	impatient for success	HSK 6
急躁		jízào	irritable	HSK 6
计较	計較	jìjiào	focus excessively on	HSK 6
坚定	堅定	jiāndìng	firm	HSK 6
坚韧	堅韌	jiānrèn	tough and durable	HSK 6
检讨	檢討	jiǎntǎo	self-criticism	HSK 6
见多识广	見多識廣	jiànduōshíguǎng	experienced and knowledgeable	HSK 6
见义勇为	見義勇爲	jiànyìyǒngwéi	to see what is right and act courageously	HSK 6
将就	將就	jiāngjiu	put up with	HSK 6
娇气	嬌氣	jiāoqì	delicate	HSK 6
侥幸	僥幸	jiǎoxìng	by luck	HSK 6
教养	教養	jiàoyǎng	upbringing	HSK 6
节制	節制	jiézhì	to be restrained or moderate	HSK 6
竭尽全力	竭盡全力	jiéjìn quánlì	to spare no efforts	HSK 6
兢兢业业	兢兢業業	jīngjīng yèyè	cautious and conscientious	HSK 6
精打细算	精打細算	jīng dǎ xì suàn	meticulous planning and careful accounting	HSK 6
精心		jīngxīn	with utmost care	HSK 6
精益求精		jīng yì qiú jīng	improving and wanting to improve even more	HSK 6
警惕		jǐngtì	vigilant	HSK 6
举动	舉動	jǔdòng	action	HSK 6
倔强	倔強	juéjiàng	stubborn	HSK 6
开朗	開朗	kāilǎng	outgoing and cheerful	HSK 6
开明	開明	kāimíng	enlightened	HSK 6
慷慨		kāngkǎi	vehement	HSK 6
克制		kèzhì	restrain	HSK 6
恳切	懇切	kěnqiè	earnest	HSK 6
宽容	寬容	kuānróng	tolerant	HSK 6
亏待	虧待	kuīdài	treat sb. unfairly	HSK 6
懒惰	懶惰	lǎnduò	lazy	HSK 6
唠叨		láodao	be talkative	HSK 6
冷酷		lěngkù	grim	HSK 6
理直气壮	理直氣壯	lǐzhíqìzhuàng	with justice on one's side, one is bold and assured	HSK 6
力求		lìqiú	make every effort	HSK 6
力争	力爭	lìzhēng	work hard	HSK 6
廉洁	廉潔	liánjié	honest	HSK 6
良心		liángxīn	conscience	HSK 6
吝啬		lìnsè	stingy	HSK 6
伶俐		línglì	clever	HSK 6
留神		liú shén	take care to ...	HSK 6
啰唆		luōsuo	long-winded	HSK 6
面子		miànzi	honor	HSK 6
敏捷		mǐnjié	nimble	HSK 6
敏锐	敏銳	mǐnruì	keen	HSK 6
名誉	名譽	míngyù	fame	HSK 6
明智		míngzhì	wise	HSK 6
模范	模範	mófàn	model	HSK 6
谋求	謀求	móuqiú	seek	HSK 6
拿手		náshǒu	good at	HSK 6
品德		pǐndé	moral character	HSK 6
品质	品質	pǐnzhì	quality	HSK 6
魄力		pòlì	daring resolution	HSK 6
朴实	樸實	pǔshí	plain	HSK 6
朴素	樸素	pǔsù	plain	HSK 6
欺负	欺負	qīfu	to bully	HSK 6
齐心协力	齊心協力	qíxīnxiélì	make concerted efforts	HSK 6
起哄		qǐ hòng	gather together	HSK 6
气概	氣概	qìgài	mettle	HSK 6
气魄	氣魄	qìpò	spirit	HSK 6
气势	氣勢	qìshì	imposing manner	HSK 6
气质	氣質	qìzhì	temperament	HSK 6
迁就	遷就	qiānjiù	humor	HSK 6
谦逊	謙遜	qiānxùn	humble	HSK 6
锲而不舍		qiè'érbùshě	keep on chipping away	HSK 6
勤俭	勤儉	qínjiǎn	hardworking and thrifty	HSK 6
勤劳	勤勞	qínláo	hardworking	HSK 6
屈服		qūfú	yield	HSK 6
让步	讓步	ràng bù	give in	HSK 6
惹祸	惹禍	rěhuò	stir up troubles	HSK 6
人格		réngé	personality	HSK 6
仁慈		réncí	benevolent	HSK 6
忍耐		rěnnài	show restraint	HSK 6
忍受		rěnshòu	to bear	HSK 6
任性		rènxìng	willful	HSK 6
容忍		róngrěn	put up with	HSK 6
融洽		róngqià	harmonious	HSK 6
弱点	弱點	ruòdiǎn	weak point	HSK 6
擅长	擅長	shàncháng	be good at	HSK 6
上进	上進	shàngjìn	make forward progress	HSK 6
神气	神氣	shénqì	expression	HSK 6
神态	神態	shéntài	appearance	HSK 6
慎重		shènzhòng	cautious	HSK 6
声誉	聲譽	shēngyù	reputation	HSK 6
实事求是	實事求是	shí shì qiú shì	be practical and realistic	HSK 6
疏忽		shūhu	neglect	HSK 6
爽快		shuǎngkuài	refreshed	HSK 6
斯文		sīwen	refined	HSK 6
肆无忌惮	肆無忌憚	sìwújìdàn	absolutely unrestrained	HSK 6
素质	素質	sùzhì	inner quality	HSK 6
踏实	踏實	tāshi	practical	HSK 6
贪婪	貪婪	tānlán	greedy	HSK 6
坦白		tǎnbái	honest	HSK 6
讨好	討好	tǎohǎo	to flatter	HSK 6
体面	體面	tǐmiàn	dignity	HSK 6
天才		tiāncái	talent	HSK 6
天赋	天賦	tiānfù	natural talent	HSK 6
天生		tiānshēng	innate	HSK 6
挑剔		tiāoti	picky	HSK 6
条理	條理	tiáolǐ	consecutive	HSK 6
调和	調和	tiáohé	harmonious	HSK 6
挑拨	挑撥	tiǎobō	incite disharmony	HSK 6
挑衅	挑釁	tiǎoxìn	provoke	HSK 6
妥协	妥協	tuǒxié	to compromise	HSK 6
唾弃	唾棄	tuòqì	cast aside	HSK 6
外向		wàixiàng	extroverted	HSK 6
玩弄		wánnòng	resort to	HSK 6
顽固	頑固	wángù	stubborn	HSK 6
顽强	頑強	wánqiáng	tenacious	HSK 6
威风	威風	wēifēng	awe-inspiring authority	HSK 6
温和	溫和	wēnhé	moderate	HSK 6
文雅		wényǎ	elegant	HSK 6
无耻	無恥	wúchǐ	without any sense of shame	HSK 6
无赖	無賴	wúlài	hoodlum	HSK 6
无理取闹	無理取鬧	wúlǐqǔnào	to make trouble without reason	HSK 6
无微不至	無微不至	wú wēi bú zhì	in every possible way	HSK 6
无知	無知	wúzhī	ignorance	HSK 6
细致	細致	xìzhì	delicate	HSK 6
狭隘	狹隘	xiá'ài	narrow	HSK 6
贤惠	賢惠	xiánhuì	virtuous and dutiful	HSK 6
潇洒	潇灑	xiāosǎ	free and easy	HSK 6
小心翼翼		xiǎoxīn yìyì	carefully	HSK 6
心血		xīnxuè	heart and blood	HSK 6
心眼儿	心眼兒	xīnyǎnr	one's thoughts	HSK 6
辛勤		xīnqín	hardworking	HSK 6
性感		xìnggǎn	sex appeal	HSK 6
凶恶	凶惡	xiōng'è	fierce	HSK 6
修养	修養	xiūyǎng	accomplishment	HSK 6
虚荣	虛榮	xūróng	vanity	HSK 6
虚伪	虛僞	xūwěi	false	HSK 6
炫耀		xuànyào	to show off	HSK 6
熏陶		xūntáo	to influence	HSK 6
严厉	嚴厲	yánlì	strict	HSK 6
眼光		yǎnguāng	vision	HSK 6
野蛮	野蠻	yěmán	barbarous	HSK 6
野心		yěxīn	ambition	HSK 6
一丝不苟	一絲不苟	yìsībùgǒu	not one thread loose	HSK 6
意志		yìzhì	will	HSK 6
毅力		yìlì	willpower	HSK 6
英明		yīngmíng	wise	HSK 6
英勇		yīngyǒng	bravery	HSK 6
庸俗		yōngsú	filthy	HSK 6
勇于		yǒngyú	have the courage to	HSK 6
有条不紊	有條不紊	yǒutiáobùwěn	in an orderly way	HSK 6
幼稚		yòuzhì	childish	HSK 6
愚蠢		yúchǔn	silly	HSK 6
愚昧		yúmèi	ignorant	HSK 6
再接再厉	再接再厲	zàijiēzàilì	continue the struggle	HSK 6
沾光		zhān guāng	bask in the light	HSK 6
斩钉截铁	斬釘截鐵	zhǎn dīng jié tiě	to chop the nail and slice the iron	HSK 6
朝气蓬勃	朝氣蓬勃	zhāo qì péng bó	full of youthful energy	HSK 6
真挚	真摯	zhēnzhì	sincere	HSK 6
镇定	鎮定	zhèndìng	cool	HSK 6
镇静	鎮靜	zhènjìng	calm	HSK 6
争气	爭氣	zhēng qì	work hard for sth.	HSK 6
争先恐后	爭先恐後	zhēng xiān kǒng hòu	striving to be first	HSK 6
正经	正經	zhèngjing	decent	HSK 6
正气	正氣	zhèngqì	healthy environment	HSK 6
郑重	鄭重	zhèngzhòng	serious	HSK 6
知足常乐	知足常樂	zhīzúchánglè	content with what one has	HSK 6
执着	執著	zhízhuó	to refuse to change one's viewpoint	HSK 6
志气	志氣	zhìqì	ambition	HSK 6
智力		zhìlì	intelligence	HSK 6
智商		zhìshāng	IQ	HSK 6
忠诚	忠誠	zhōngchéng	honest	HSK 6
忠实	忠實	zhōngshí	faithful	HSK 6
周密		zhōumì	meticulous	HSK 6
庄严	莊嚴	zhuāngyán	stately	HSK 6
庄重	莊重	zhuāngzhòng	grave	HSK 6
壮烈	壯烈	zhuàngliè	brave and honorable	HSK 6
着想	著想	zhuóxiǎng	give consideration to	HSK 6
姿态	姿態	zītài	attitude	HSK 6
自力更生		zì lì gēng shēng	self reliance	HSK 6
自满	自滿	zìmǎn	complacent	HSK 6
自主		zìzhǔ	independent	HSK 6
尊严	尊嚴	zūnyán	dignity	HSK 6
做主		zuòzhǔ	decide	HSK 6

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