How to Express Your Feelings in Chinese

Last updated: May 4, 2022
Congcong Yu
Expressions, Learn Chinese

If you have ever been to China in June, then you have probably seen this before. One minute the sun is shining, and the next minute it starts to rain with dark clouds gathering in the sky.

To describe this kind of weather, the Chinese have a saying “六月的天娃娃的脸”, which literally means ” The days in June are like a face of a child ”

So today we are going to show you how to express one’s feelings in Chinese. These words and phrases will help you communicate about feelings with any Chinese-speaking people that you meet.

Key words and phrases for positive emotions

Chinese	Pinyin	English
畅快	chànɡ kuài	carefree
放心	fànɡ xīn	never mind
感动	ɡǎn dònɡ	moved
高兴	ɡāo xìnɡ	happy/exciting
哈哈	hā hā	haha
激动	jī dònɡ	excited
开心	kāi xīn	honeyful
快乐	kuài lè	happy
冷静	lěnɡ jìnɡ	cool
满意	mǎn yì	satisfied
平和	pínɡ hé	mild
轻松	qīnɡ sōnɡ	relaxed
热情	rè qínɡ	passion/enthusiasm
舒服	shū fu	comfortable
希望	xī wànɡ	hope
喜欢	xǐ huɑn	like
喜悦	xǐ yuè	joy
幸福	xìnɡ fú	happy
愉快	yú kuài	pleasant
愿意	yuàn yì	willing to do

Common words and phrases for positive emotions

Chinese	Pinyin	English
保持冷静	bǎo chí lěnɡ jìnɡ	keep calm
对音乐感兴趣	duì yīn yuè ɡǎn xìnɡ qù	be interested in music
非常激动	fēi chánɡ jī dònɡ	very excited
非常快乐	fēi chánɡ kuài lè	very joyful
非常兴奋	fēi chánɡ xīnɡ fèn	very excited
感到高兴	ɡǎn dào ɡāo xìnɡ	be happy
共同爱好	ɡònɡ tónɡ ài hào	common interests
合作愉快	hé zuò yú kuài	pleasant cooperation
快乐极了	kuài lè jí le	extremely happy
冷静一下	lěnɡ jìnɡ yí xià	calm down
让人感动	rànɡ rén ɡǎn dònɡ	moving
让人开心	rànɡ rén kāi xīn	make someone feel happy
生日快乐	shēnɡ rì kuài lè	happy birthday
太好了	tài hǎo le	It’s wonderful
太谢谢你了	tài xiè xiè nǐ le	thank you very much
态度很好	tài dù hěn hǎo	with a good attitude
玩得开心	wán de kāi xīn	have fun
喜悦的表情	xǐ yuè de biǎo qínɡ	joy expression
心情畅快	xīn qínɡ chànɡ kuài	carefree mood
心态平和	xīn tài pínɡ hé	mind of peace
有意思	yǒu yì si	it’s very interesting
真舒服	zhēn shū fu	really comfortable

Key words and phrases for negative emotions

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Chinese	Pinyin	English
悲观	bēi ɡuān	pessimistic
不好	bù hǎo	not good
沉默	chén mò	silent
担心	dān xīn	be worry about
害怕	hài pà	afraid/frightened
怀疑	huái yí	suspicious
简单	jiǎn dān	simple
可怜	kě lián	pitiful
可惜	kě xī	feel sorry for
恐怕	kǒnɡ pà	perhaps
哭	kū	cry
累	lèi	tired
马虎	mǎ hu	careless
难	nán	hard/difficult
难过	nán ɡuò	sad
批评	pī pínɡ	criticism
生气	shēnɡ qì	angry
头疼	tóu ténɡ	headache
忘记	wànɡ jì	forget
抑郁	yì yù	depressed
着急	zháo jí	anxious

Common words and phrases for negative emotions

Chinese	Pinyin	English
不开心	bù kāi xīn	unhappy
对不起	duì bù qǐ	feel sorry for
别着急	bié zháo jí	don’t worry
很头疼	hěn tóu ténɡ	have a terrible headache
有点儿难过	yóu dián ér nán ɡuò	feel a little sad
越来越疼	yuè lái yuè ténɡ	more and more painful
不放心	bú fànɡ xīn	feel worried about
不愿意	bú yuàn yì	unwilling to do
对什么都没兴趣	duì shén me dōu méi xìnɡ qù	have interest in nothing
很担心	hěn dān xīn	feel very worried
太难过了	tài nán ɡuò le	too sad
不喜欢	bù xǐ huɑn	dislike
不满意	bù mǎn yì	unsatisfied

So next time, one of your Chinese-speaking friends, partners or relatives are upset, you can comfort them or at least understand how they feel so that you can begin comforting them. Furthermore, you are now prepared to share in the joy and good times with your Chinese-speaking friends too. 祝你有美好的一天!（Wish you a wonderful day!).

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Congcong Yu

She is a professional Mandarin Chinese teacher who has been teaching for more than 12 years both at home and abroad. She loves reading and she loves cats a lot. As the chief content editor at Hansheng Info-Tech here in Shanghai, she`s working with her team to help people learn Chinese well. Their main products are Hello HSK Apps.