Table 7 Most frequent adjectives in boys’ normal speech style.

From: Stylistic and linguistic variations in compliments: an empirical analysis of children’s gender schema development with machine learning algorithms

Adjectives

Raw frequency

Relative frequency

好看 hǎokàn ‘good-looking’

56

40.1

可爱 kěài ‘adorable’

16

11.5

好 hǎo ‘good’

15

10.82

漂亮 piàoliang ‘pretty’

15

10.82

帅 shuài ‘handsome’

7

5.1

美 měi ‘beautiful’

7

5.1

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