favourite prefixes and suffixes in Mandarin?

[tooironic]

What's your favourite prefix or suffix (i.e. affix)?

Mine would have to be -兮兮 xīxī, which is used to exaggerate certain negative adjectives such as 神經兮兮 ("nervy") , 髒兮兮 ("filthy"), 可憐兮兮 ("pitiful") and 慘兮兮 ("miserable"). It's such a special little affix and I can't think of ever coming across anything like it before, except perhaps for 洋洋 yángyáng as in 喜洋洋 ("ecstatic"), 懶洋洋 ("lazy"), etc. However I'm not sure if it can be considered a true affix.

I also like random dialect words like -的一米 / -的一比 used in Nanjinghua, meaning very/really, as in 好看的一米 ("looks fantastic"), 好吃的一比 ("tastes awesome"), etc.

Look forward to hearing your thoughts.

[Iriya]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for.

甜滋滋

白花花

白生生

[imluffy]

What's "好看的一米" and "好吃的一比"? It is weird.

I never heard that. If you speak those words, maybe no one could understand you.

[Daan]

Just fancy that - you know everything about China! ;)

On-topic, I like the 飕飕 in 冷飕飕 a lot. The characters just look great, and it sounds fantastic.

[xiaocai]

Then the knowing everything about China statement may be arguable then.

XX的一比 is quite common in 江北话/苏北话, and it is actually kind of crude...

[imron]

What's "好看的一米" and "好吃的一比"? It is weird.

I never heard that.

I also like random dialect words like -的一米 / -的一比 used in Nanjinghua

[Confused Laowai]

Wow. 兮兮 and 飕飕 are amazing. To be honest, I don't really have favourite one as they are so few and far between in Mandarin. The only ones I know are boring, like -学, -家, -花 and -主义 for example.

[knickherboots]

臭烘烘的, for "really smelly/stinky." I imagine 烘烘 is used with other adjectives, but this is a common usage in Beijing.

[Guoke]

死翘翘

心思思

乱糟糟

脱光光

吃饱饱

心慌慌

[imron]

Well, no-one else has said it yet, so I'm going to chime in with my favourite suffix of all - 儿

[heifeng]

——了吧唧/啦吧唧

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——咕隆咚

[xiaocai]

How about -子? Does it count?

[skylee]

I like 香噴噴.

[xiaocai]

甜蜜蜜. But strictly speaking I don't know if they can be considered as "suffixes" or not.

[歐博思]

Better yet, what are these words called in Chinese so I can 百度一下 and find even more??