15 adjectives used to describe a person’s appearance
- attractive: pleasing to the eye or mind
- ordinary: normal, simple
- bald: with little or no hair on the head
- blonde: light yellowish color, usually describing hair color
- chubby: chunky, fat, overweight, pudgy, tubby
- fit: healthy and strong, especially as a result of exercise
- skinny: very thin
- muscular: having well-developed muscles
- scruffy: dirty and untidy
- short: less than average height
- tall: more than average height
- large: very big
- young: not old; in the early stages of life.
- old: having lived or existed for many years
- plain: not attractive but not necessarily ugly.
15 appearance adjectives and their translation.
- attractive: ដែលទាក់ទាញ
- ordinary: សាមញ្ញ
- bald: ទំពែក
- blonde: ពត៍ទង់ដែង
- chubby: ធាត់ទ្រលុកទ្រលុន
- fit: រាងសមស្អាត
- skinny: ស្គមមានតែស្បែកនិងឆ្អឹង
- muscular: ដែលមានសាច់ដុំច្រើន
- scruffy: ដែលគគ្រិចគ្រួក
- short: ទាប
- tall: ខ្ពស់
- large: ធំ
- young: ក្មេង
- old: ចាស់
- plain: ធម្មតា សាមញ្ញ
Describing hair
- curly hair
- straight hair
- blond hair
- long hair
- short hair
- wavy hair
- brown hair
- gray hair
- white hair
Describing face
- sharp nose
- mustache
- beard
- lip
- chin
- cheek
- eyelashes
- mouth
- tooth ( pl. teeth)
- ear
- eyebrow
Adjective Orders
When more one adjectives come together, they have to follow the orders as below.
Opinion > Size > Age > Shape > Color > Origin > Material
Opinion adjective
Used to describe our opinion about things.
Example
- bad
- good
- beautiful
- handsome
- incredible
- attractive
Size
- big
- small
- tall
- short
- large
- fat
- thin
- skinny
Age
- old
- young
- new
Shapes
- round
- oval
- sharp
- wavy
- curly
Color
- red
- white
- blue
- black
- brown
- gray
- blond
- yellow
Origin
- Cambodian
- Vietnamese
- Thai
- American
- Chinese
Material
- Plastic
- wooden
- steel
- golden
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