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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 ...

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Causative verbs
... people. 那个老人让我想到了我爷爷。Nàge lǎorén ràng wǒ xiǎng dào le wǒ yéye.That old man made me think of my grandpa. 他不听话，你叫我怎么办？Tā bù tīnghuà, nǐ ...

5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
State complement
... Verb / Adj. + 得 + State Complement Examples 我累得不想说话。 I was so tired that I didn't want to talk. 我的牙疼得我睡不着。 My teeth aches to ...

6 KB (754 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
Offering choices with "haishi"
... the other, not ask for both. 还是 (háishì) is used to ask people to make that choice between the two. Examples 我还是他？ Wǒ háishì tā?Me or him ...

5 KB (667 words) - 09:43, 14 March 2019
Special verbs with "hen"
... . This is similar to using "really" or "very much" in English. Remember that this only applies to psychological verbs, such as: 想 (xiǎng) to think ...

4 KB (564 words) - 03:53, 16 April 2019
Expressing actions in progress with "zai"
... the equivalent of ''present continuous'' in English, which is how we express that an activity is happening ''now''. You can use 正在 (zhèngzài) instead ...

4 KB (591 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Using "hao" to mean "easy"
... Of course 好好 (hǎo) means "good." But it can also be used to express that something is "easy to do" or "good to do." And it is quite... ''easy to ...

4 KB (719 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Conceding with "ba"
... home. Can you come by this evening? B:行吧。Xíng ba.All right. B is now conceding that going out in this crazy rain doesn't make sense. A:雨太大了，明天再去 ...

4 KB (661 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
Basic comparisons with "yiyang"
... 个词一样吗？Zhège cí de yìsi hé nàge cí yīyàng ma?Are the meanings of this word and that word the same? 美国文化跟中国文化不一样。Měiguó wénhuà gēn Zhōngguó ...

4 KB (612 words) - 08:10, 4 March 2019
Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
... of an action, use this pattern below: A + 不比 + B + Verb + 得 + Adj. Note that "Verb + 得" can also placed before 不比. Examples 你不比歌手唱得差 ...

4 KB (635 words) - 08:25, 17 December 2020
Expressing "much more" in comparisons
... 很多 (hěn duō), 多了(duō le), or 得多 (de duō). This is like saying that one thing is ''much more Adj.'' than another in English. Noun 1 + 比 + Noun 2 + Adj ...

4 KB (648 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Direction complement "-qilai"
... for Initiation of an Action Structure 起来 can also be used to show that an action or state has started and is ongoing: Verb / Adj. + 起来 +了 ...

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Expressing "although" with "suiran" and "danshi"
... 尽力了。Suīrán nǐmen méiyǒu yíng, dànshì wǒ zhīdào dàjiā jìnlì le.Although you didn't win, I know that all of you did your best. 虽然我认识他很长时间了，但是 ...

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Topic-comment sentences
... 部电影，看过的人都喜欢。Nà bù diànyǐng, kàn guo de rén dōu xǐhuan.All the people that have watched that movie like it. 这个新项目，公司打算让我来负责。Zhège xīn ...

3 KB (509 words) - 08:46, 24 April 2019
Expressing "in addition" with "zaishuo"
... jiàn yīfu tài guì le, wǒ méi mǎi. Zàishuō, wǒ yě bù shì hěn xǐhuan.That piece of clothing is too expensive. I didn't buy it. Besides, I didn't like it ...

5 KB (690 words) - 01:35, 12 July 2021
Expressing ongoing duration with double "le"
... ), followed by the duration, followed by an additional 了 (le) which tells us that the action has not concluded and is ongoing. You can think of the ...

5 KB (734 words) - 08:01, 4 March 2019
Big numbers in Chinese
... for numbers 100,000,000 onwards that will be explained later). While the ... 一百万 (yībǎi wàn). If you can memorize that, then going to 一千万 (yīqiān wàn) is ...

7 KB (1,089 words) - 06:47, 10 April 2019
Challenging an adjective with "shenme"
... de tiānkōng, lǜlǜ de tiányuán, shēnghuó duō měihǎo a Why so glum? Look at that blue sky, those green fields. Life is so wonderful If the adjective or ...

4 KB (665 words) - 10:13, 23 December 2020
Listing things with "a"
... to the end of each noun to give an informal feeling a bit like saying "you know, that kind of thing" after a list of things. You're giving the sense ...

4 KB (668 words) - 02:37, 29 December 2020
Using "zhe" when "verbing away"
... 也糊涂了。Shuōzhe shuōzhe wǒ jiù fāxiàn zìjǐ yě hútu le.After talking and talking, I realized that I had confused myself. 我今天一直都在看《论语》，看着看着，就 ...

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Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around"
... shuō lái shuō qù hái bù chéngrèn zìjǐ cuò le.He's been yakking a lot, but he still hasn't admitted that he's wrong. 我想来想去都想不明白，他怎么能那样对我 ...

3 KB (468 words) - 04:02, 23 June 2021