
| Part of Speech | Description | 
nouns 名词 míng cí  | 
              words that name people, places, animals, things (objects), ideas | 
| adjectives 形容词 xíng róng cí  | 
              words that describe nouns | 
| 
                verbs 动词 dòng cí  | 
              Verbs are "action words" (or "linking words"). Tenses apply to this group of words. | 
| adverbs 副词 fù cí  | 
              words that describe verbs, adjectives | 
| pronouns 代名词 dài míng cí  | 
              words that replace nouns | 
| prepositions 介系词 jiè xì cí  | 
              words that connect a noun (see above) to another word | 
| conjunctions 连接词 lián jiē cí  | 
              words that join parts of sentences (clauses) or sentences | 
| interjections 感叹词 gǎn tàn cí  | 
              Short exclamation words - usually added to the beginning of a sentence | 

| Huraian | |
| kata
                          nama (nouns)  | 
                    merujuk kepada orang, tempat, haiwan, benda (objek), idea | 
| kata sifat (adjective)  | 
                    menunjukkan sifat "kata nama" (orang, tempat, haiwan, benda (objek), idea) | 
| kata kerja (verbs)  | 
                    menyatakan perbuatan | 
| adverba | menerangkan / menghuraikan "kata kerja" dan "kata sifat" | 
| kata ganti nama | menggantikan "kata nama" | 
| kata depan (preposition) | kata yang menghubungkan kata nama dengan perkataan lain | 
| kata hubung (conjunction)  | 
                    menghubungkan dua kalimat (clause) atau ayat | 
| kata seruan (interjection)  | 
                    menunjukkan kehairanan atau untuk menarik perhatian |