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Chinese word order
... . They are also all my friends. 我吃素。我家人也都吃素。I am vegetarian. The people in my family are also all vegetarians. Before 不 and 没: 我不是学生。他也 ...

15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
Using "ba" sentences
... put my cell phone? 他把钱借给谁了？Tā bǎ qián jiè gěi shéi le?Who did he lend the money to? 你能不能把你房间打扫干净？Nǐ néng bu néng bǎ nǐ fángjiān dǎsǎo ...

15 KB (2,034 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Style guide
... 做做完了吗？你把作业做完了吗？ Note the "(This is a comment to add some explanation.)" in the above examples. This is a bit of text that can be used to ...

14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
Editor instructions
... in Chinese and English to be sure. When adding a new page, add the "stub" tag to the very top so that we know that it probably still needs work. It ...

14 KB (2,421 words) - 01:27, 22 July 2015
Separable verb
... object''. 我没有时间见面。It may seem like it has no object, but 面 is the object.Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān jiànmiàn.I don't have time to meet. 我没有时间见你。Here ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Beginner Guide to Chinese Grammar
... system is that you don't need separate words for "my" or "your" or "his"; you just follow the words for "I" or "you" or "he" with a 的 (de). 小李的手机 ...

15 KB (2,464 words) - 16:44, 19 April 2020
Advanced "le" after an object
... . 他提交今天所有的报告了。Tā tíjiāo jīntiān suǒyǒu de bàogào le.He has submitted all the reports for today. 我今天见了我二十年没见的老朋友。Wǒ jīntiān jiàn le ...

12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
Ba-test
... put my cell phone? 他把钱借给谁了？Tā bǎ qián jiè gěi shéi le?Who did he lend the money to? 你能不能把你房间打扫干净？Nǐ néng bu néng bǎ nǐ fángjiān dǎsǎo ...

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Part of speech
... "grammar words" of modern Chinese. They're the 了, the 着, the 于, the 向, the 和, and the 却. These are the ones that tend to give learners are a hard time ...

7 KB (1,166 words) - 03:42, 29 November 2013
Degree complement
... 袜子臭死了。Tā de wàzi chòu sǐle.His socks totally reek. 小狗可爱死了。Xiǎogǒu kě'ài sǐle.The puppy is so adorable 老师说今天没有作业，我们都高兴坏了。Lǎoshī shuō ...

12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Direction complement
... to provide a little more context: A: 我在楼上，你上来。Wǒ zài lóushàng, nǐ shànglái.I'm on the upper floor. Come up to me. B: 你在楼上等我一下。我一会儿就上去 ...

14 KB (2,058 words) - 03:11, 29 December 2020
Using "bei" sentences
... . 那个男人被警察赶出去了。Nàge nánrén bèi jǐngchá gǎn chūqu le.The man was kicked out by the policeman. 孩子被他父母送回去了。Háizi bèi tā fùmǔ sòng huíqù le ...

11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
Learner FAQ
... way to create past tense. 过 (guo) is especially used for "past experiences" that the subject has had. When do I know whether I should be using 如果 ...

7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
Expressing completion with "le"
... to use them .) Examples 老师问了五个问题。Lǎoshī wèn le wǔ gè wèntí.The teacher asked five questions. 我买了三本书。Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.I ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Yes-no questions with "ma"
... 老板吗？questionTā shì lǎobǎn ma?Is he the boss? 你喜欢她吗？questionNǐ xǐhuan ... 喜欢中国菜吗？Negative verb in the questionNǐ bù xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài ma?Don't ...

9 KB (1,438 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
... gāng kàndào.I just saw it. 我刚看到了。了 is not needed here as 看到 includes the result of "looking at."Wǒ gāng kàndào le.I just saw it. 我刚才看到了。了 is ...

11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
Placement of "le" with objects
... 他去年离婚了。He got a divorce last year. 他去年离了婚以后又找了一个女人。After the divorce last year, he found another woman. 在一连串的事件中，“了”的位置起到标志主要事件的作用。 In ...

6 KB (698 words) - 04:10, 25 April 2017
Foreword
... friends, and years of precious life spent “learning to learn Chinese,” before the hapless student could be weaned from a diet of pre-digested pabulum ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
Main Page
... grammar knowledge and fill in the gaps, but really don't want ... words work in different ways by examining the keyword pages. Here are some examples to ...

11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
Alternative existential sentences
... 里站着一些警察。Dàtīng lǐ zhàn zhe yīxiē jǐngchá.There are several policemen standing in the hall. 教室里坐着两百多个学生。Jiàoshì lǐ zuò zhe liǎng bǎi duō ...

5 KB (748 words) - 07:50, 4 March 2019
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