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Defining upper and lower limits
... 经验的人。Wǒmen xūyào yǒu liǎng nián yǐshàng gōngzuò jīngyàn de rén.We need people with two years of working experience or more. 我老家空气还不错，PM2.5 一般 ...

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Expressing "multiples" with "bei"
... bǐ liǎng nián qián duō le sān bèi.His salary is four times higher now than what it was two years ago. 中国人口比美国人口多四倍。Zhōngguó rénkǒu bǐ Měiguó ...

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Advanced uses of "lian"
... 没 + Verb (，就 ⋯⋯) Note that the two verbs in this pattern are the ''same verb''. ... .He couldn't even say a sentence in Chinese two years ago. 他连一套西服 ...

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Using "budan... geng" to express "not only... but also"
... 也 (yě). This structure expresses an equal degree of importance between the two scenarios and situations. However, 不但 followed by 更 (gèng) expresses a ...

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Expressing "if... then..." with "ruguo... jiu..."
... prepare right away. Adding in 的话 This article is focused on the two-part "if... then..." pattern 如果⋯⋯，就⋯⋯. But it's also possible to take the ...

5 KB (718 words) - 07:00, 11 December 2020
Expressing "moreover" with "bingqie"
... Grammar Box 并且 (bìngqiě) can be used to connect two verbs. In this structure the two verbs may be of equal importance (similar to Combining verbs ...

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Reading Tools
... to the Chinese characters on any web page with the following two extensions. Zhongwen (for Chrome) Setup is super easy; just install Zhongwen ...

3 KB (427 words) - 02:41, 16 July 2021
Alternative existential sentences
... 多个学生。Jiàoshì lǐ zuò zhe liǎng bǎi duō gè xuéshēng.There are more than two hundred students sitting in the classroom. 地下室里堆着很多旧东西。Dìxiàshì ...

5 KB (748 words) - 07:50, 4 March 2019
Integrated Chinese: Level 2
... 2 (2nd ed) In recent editions, this book has been expanded into two parts: Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 Integrated Chinese: Level 2 ...

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To-do
... different from spoken CHinese. 于 "而" series 而 on its own (conjunction to list two different situations) meaning "and" 因而从而进而继而然而 ...

9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020
Location word
... their own. Usually combined with -边, -面, 以- or 之- to make two-character location nouns. These can be adverbs (adverbial adjuncts - can have more than ...

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Personal pronoun
... the same. When referring to a group in first-person (i.e. we), there are two constructions in Chinese: 我们 (wǒmen) and 咱们 (zánmen). The former is may ...

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Causative verbs
... "make" or "let." It may seem strange to speakers of English that these two very different words are the same word in Chinese. "Make" is kind of like ...

5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
Grammar points by level
... Points ''' ('''Upper Intermediate / HSK 4-5'''): for those with roughly two years of formal Chinese study ''' C1 grammar points C1 Grammar Points ...

2 KB (297 words) - 15:20, 3 October 2018
Degree complement
... three pieces of information into a grammatically correct Chinese sentence, there are two approaches to take: '''Approach 1: Repeat the Verb''' 你说中文 ...

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Direction complement
... be late. 师傅，送两桶水来。Shīfu, sòng liǎng tǒng shuǐ lái.Shifu, please deliver two buckets of water. 可以带朋友过来吗？Kěyǐ dài péngyou guòlái ma?Can I ...

14 KB (2,058 words) - 03:11, 29 December 2020
Editor instructions
... A word about example sentences With regards to examples sentences there are two important things to keep in mind. First, make sure you do not ...

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Measure word "ge"
... 星期 wǔ gè xīngqīfive weeks 六个月 liù gè yuè six months 两个老婆liǎng gè lǎopo two wives 十个男人，七个傻，八个坏。A line from a songShí gè nánrén, qī gè ...

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Negation of past actions with "meiyou"
... for actions that ''didn't happen'' (so of course they're not completed). These two don't work together. This is a very common mistake for beginner ...

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Wanting to do something with "yao"
... 要 (yào), it is also possible to use the word 想 (xiǎng). These two words are largely interchangeable, and both can mean "to want." The small difference ...

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Actions in a row
... word or phrase needed Structure In Chinese, it's very easy to describe two actions in a row. Simply place one verb phrase after another, in ...

4 KB (615 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021