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Expressing "all" with "suoyou"
... Sentence Pattern When you make 所有 part of the subject, you're typically going to need 都 before the predicate. Structure 所有 (+ 的) + Noun + 都 ...

5 KB (702 words) - 07:57, 22 April 2019
Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"
... 订？还有，机票买了吗？Jiǔdiàn shéi lái dìng? Háiyǒu, jīpiào mǎi hǎo le ma?Who's going to book the hotel room? Also, did you buy the plane tickets? 下班以后早点 ...

4 KB (634 words) - 02:37, 17 December 2020
Big numbers in Chinese
... million, for example, is 一百万 (yībǎi wàn). If you can memorize that, then going to 一千万 (yīqiān wàn) is way easier and faster, since you don't have to ...

7 KB (1,089 words) - 06:47, 10 April 2019
Measure words for verbs
... You should also know that, like nouns, some verbs have special measure words to go with them. The basic verbal measure word, however, is 次, as in the ...

3 KB (548 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing "some" with "yixie"
... . 我们很快会见到一些新同事。Wǒmen hěn kuài huì jiàndào yīxiē xīn tóngshì.We're going to meet some new co-workers very soon. 你饿不饿？这里有一些吃的。 Nǐ è ...

3 KB (463 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Expressing "then…" with "name"
... 吗？Nǐ shuō zhège bànfǎ bù xíng, nà nǐ yǒu bié de bànfǎ ma?You said this idea is not going to work. So do you have any other ideas? 大家都到了，那么我们开 ...

4 KB (559 words) - 07:41, 4 March 2019
Expressing "if… then…" with "jiashi"
... 了。Jiǎshǐ míngtiān xià yǔ, wǒ jiù bù qù shàngbān le.If it rains tomorrow, then I'm not going to work. 假使你同意，我们立马签合同。Jiǎshǐ nǐ tóngyì, wǒmen lìmǎ ...

3 KB (404 words) - 01:56, 27 September 2021
Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
... of trouble to get to the city center, but then I realized I had forgotten my cell phone and had to go back and get it. 金融危机之后他好不容易才找到工作，现在又 ...

5 KB (717 words) - 02:18, 29 December 2020
Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
... qù yěcān, wǒmen yào bu yào mǎi yīxiē shuǐguǒ, língshí shénme de?We are going on picnic tomorrow. Shall we buy some fruits, snacks, and so on? 跑步 ...

4 KB (654 words) - 04:49, 9 March 2019
Expressing "in addition" with "lingwai"
... 外 adds the meaning of "additionally" (although that's probably not going to be the most natural English translation for most sentences). Structure ...

5 KB (717 words) - 08:45, 3 November 2020
Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
... Oh no. This meeting is being led by the General Manager Wang.It's definitely going to be boring. It may seem like it due to the way most of these ...

3 KB (519 words) - 05:46, 6 December 2020
Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
... Is it worth it? Yes. It's worth it. 上大学很值得。Shàng dàxué hěn zhídé.Going to college is really worth it. 学汉语是值得的。Xué Hànyǔ shì zhídé de.Studying ...

3 KB (436 words) - 09:39, 14 January 2021
Expressing "due to…" with "youyu"
... . 由于工作关系，我经常去北京。Yóuyú gōngzuò guānxi, wǒ jīngcháng qù Běijīng.I often go to Beijing for my work. 由于加强了管理，生产的饮料全部合格。Yóuyú ...

4 KB (594 words) - 03:58, 29 December 2020
Expressing "even if…" with "napa"
... Nǎpà nǐ shuō de zài hǎotīng, wǒmen yě bù xiāngxìn.No matter how convincing you are, we're still not going to believe it. 哪怕再累，她也不要父母帮忙照顾孩子 ...

5 KB (729 words) - 03:44, 18 January 2021
Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
... ，我也要买单。Jiùsuàn tā shuō tā qǐngkè, wǒ yě yāo mǎidān.Even if he says it's his treat, I'm still going to pay. 就算你通过了面试，也不一定能被录用。Jiùsuàn nǐ ...

5 KB (718 words) - 03:15, 17 December 2020
Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao"
... nǐ māma tóngyì nǐ qù Běijīng, wǒ jiù méiyǒu yìjiàn.As long as your mother agrees with you going to Beijing, I have no issue with it. 只要不堵车，我们就能 ...

4 KB (608 words) - 03:48, 8 February 2022
Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... you didn't know? 难道你今天没去上班吗？Nándào nǐ jīntiān méi qù shàngbān ma?Did you not go to work today? 你这么冷静，难道不知道发生了什么吗？ Nǐ zhème lěngjìng ...

4 KB (648 words) - 09:04, 17 December 2020
Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... up Who on earth is your boyfriend? 你到底说不说？Nǐ dàodǐ shuō bu shuō?Are you going to tell me or not? 你到底喜不喜欢我？Nǐ dàodǐ xǐ bu xǐhuan wǒ?Do you ...

5 KB (717 words) - 09:17, 18 January 2021
Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo"
... lǚyóu le, tā lián chūmén dōu bù xiǎng chū.Don't even mention traveling; he doesn't even want to go outside the house. 别说是我，连你妈妈也不会原谅你。Bié ...

4 KB (666 words) - 04:23, 18 January 2021
Expressing actions in progress (full form)
... that '''virtually every part of the above pattern is ''optional''''', so you're going to see all sorts of variations of it (and rarely the full ...

5 KB (724 words) - 06:41, 23 May 2019
Structural particle "de"
... (yě) on the right. Using All Three "de"s This example is naturally going to be a little more difficult than the ones above, since we're cramming ...

8 KB (1,178 words) - 07:26, 10 April 2019