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Questions with "ne"
... ): 这个很好，那个呢？Zhège hěn hǎo, nàge ne?This one is good. What about that one? 这个用中文怎么说？那个呢？Zhège yòng Zhōngwén zěnme shuō? Nàge ne?How ...

5 KB (746 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Expressing completion with "le"
... each verb in the past tense in English? Good question The short answer is that you only need one 了 (le). To keep things simple, we'll make the first ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Expressing experiences with "guo"
... studied Chinese? 你见过那个人吗？ Nǐ jiàn guo nàge rén ma?Have you seen that person before? 我们来过这个地方。Wǒmen lái guo zhège dìfang.We've been to ...

5 KB (706 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing purpose with "weile"
... 到了农村。Wèile zhǎo línggǎn, nàge zuòjiā bān dào le nóngcūn.In order to find inspiration, that writer moved to the countryside. 五年前，为了女朋友，他放弃了上 ...

5 KB (714 words) - 09:30, 17 December 2020
Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
... in Chinese, the way to say "almost" is to say, "lacking that little bit." If that "little bit" hadn't been lacking, it ''would have'' happened. But it ...

4 KB (668 words) - 07:57, 14 May 2019
Expressing indifference with "jiu"
... bù shì zhǐyǒu nǐ yīgè péngyou Fine, don't help if you don't want to. You're not the only friend that I've got. 你们不懂就不懂，我说那么多也没用。Nǐmen bù ...

4 KB (667 words) - 02:46, 17 December 2020
Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"
... We can contact each other by phone or email. 还是 for Questions That Are Embedded in Sentences Deciding whether or not to use 还是 becomes difficult ...

6 KB (863 words) - 03:33, 8 October 2019
Adding emphasis with "fei....buke"
... you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something." In that case, you can use 一定要 or 非要. Most time 非要 appears with a ...

4 KB (515 words) - 10:58, 25 May 2018
Comparing "juran" and "fan'er"
... 居然 not only brings up an unexpected thing, it also allows the speaker to give a comment on that unexpected thing. Examples 作为学生，就应该好好学习，他居然学 ...

3 KB (344 words) - 01:34, 4 March 2021
Making "-ize" and "-ify" verbs with "hua"
... noun or adjective and makes it into a verb. One example of how we do that in English is to take the adjective "modern" and add "-ize" to turn it into ...

5 KB (830 words) - 09:33, 17 December 2020
Verbs followed by "gei"
... bǎ zhè běn shū jiè gěi wǒ ma?Could you please lend me this book? Note that the verb 嫁 (jià) cannot fit into the 把 pattern above; it's an exception. 她 ...

5 KB (750 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing "how often"
... both the length of time and how many times an action is done within that timeframe. So if you ask "how often," you might get an answer like "twice ...

6 KB (962 words) - 08:47, 24 April 2019
Introduction
... Grammar Wiki is not a Chinese course. Rather, it is a companion resource that can complement any Chinese class. Don't expect to read it from start to ...

2 KB (353 words) - 01:25, 3 May 2017
Repeated actions in the past with "you"
... did something repeatedly (and probably not just twice) in the past. Note that the verb used here must be a single-syllable verb, usually a verb ...

4 KB (663 words) - 09:37, 14 January 2021
Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
... de gèng hǎo de, kěshì nà tiān tā shēngbìng le.He would have done better on the test, but he was sick that day. 我们本来想去找他帮忙的，可是他那么忙，就没去 ...

6 KB (926 words) - 07:41, 19 January 2021
Comparing "duiyu" and "zhiyu"
... are subtle. Use 对于 to Emphasizes the Object 对于 usually emphasizes the thing that it is pointing to. Usually where you use 对 you can also use 对于 ...

5 KB (710 words) - 09:33, 14 January 2021
Expressing "especially" with "gewai"
... expresses "especially." However, 格外 (géwài) can ''only'' be an adverb that emphasizes "especially" and cannot be used as an adjective like 特别 (tèbié ...

3 KB (527 words) - 01:11, 3 March 2021
Introduction-B2
... Grammar Wiki is not a Chinese course. Rather, it is a companion resource that can complement any Chinese class. Don't expect to read it from start to ...

2 KB (414 words) - 08:52, 18 January 2021
Complement
... information in a complement ''after'' the verb (跑得快)? The sad answer is that it depends. There are many factors involved. As a learner, the best thing ...

11 KB (1,569 words) - 07:22, 22 November 2018
Ordinal numbers with "di"
... 我是第一个到公司的人。Wǒ shì dì-yī gè dào gōngsī de rén.I'm the first person that came to the office. 他要坐早上第一班地铁去上班。Tā yào zuò zǎoshang dì-yī ...

7 KB (1,069 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Noun measure word
... . All nouns should be learned with the corresponding measure words. Note that some nouns can use many different kinds of measure words (depending on ...

1 KB (198 words) - 07:10, 22 November 2018