Xuéhuì chángjiàn de cízhuì, néng bāng nǐ lǐjiě hěnduō shēngcí.
Learning common affixes can help you understand many new words.
Tips
usage
Subdivided into 前缀 (prefix) and 后缀 (suffix). Common Chinese examples: prefix 老 (老师, 老板), 小 (小王); suffix 子 (桌子, 椅子), 儿 (花儿), 化 (现代化), 性 (可能性), 者 (作者).
grammar
Chinese is predominantly an isolating language, so true affixes are fewer than in English. Linguists debate whether 子/儿/们 are affixes or clitics, which is why Chinese grammar textbooks sometimes call them 类词缀 (quasi-affixes).
