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Separable verb
... verb, and the object cannot be treated as part of the verb. How to Use Separable Verbs ''The first step in mastering separable verbs is knowing ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Questions with "ne"
... that one? 这个用中文怎么说？那个呢？Zhège yòng Zhōngwén zěnme shuō? Nàge ne?How do I say this in Chinese? And that? 我在家，你呢？Wǒ zài jiā. Nǐ ne?I'm at ...

5 KB (746 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Expressing distance with "li"
... company close to the metro station? 你家离学校多远？Nǐ jiā lí xuéxiào duō yuǎn?How far is it from your home to school? 这个酒店离机场有多远？Zhège jiǔdiàn ...

5 KB (709 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Tricky uses of "dao"
... ; you have to move the girl's (or guy's) heart. 怎么追女孩子？Zěnme zhuī nǚ háizi?How do you pursue a girl? 那个女孩子，你追到了吗？Nàge nǚháizi, nǐ zhuīdào le ...

9 KB (1,342 words) - 07:27, 17 December 2020
Foreword
... such wide applicability is not an easy task, requiring not only technical know-how and careful thinking, but also a strong intuitive sense of what the ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
Chinese word order
... added to the basic sentence structure. How to do this is demonstrated below. ... Whenever you talk about FOR HOW LONG, you're getting into duration. ...

15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
Structure of numbers
... rules of usage are similar to the rules for "hundred." Just note that no matter how many zeroes are in the middle of the number, you just say 零 (líng ...

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Result complements
... xué huì le shǔ shù.My daughter has learned how to count. 我爸爸还没学会 ... yòng zhìnéng shǒujī.My father hasn't learned how to use a smartphone yet. 老师 ...

10 KB (1,437 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Aspect particle "zhe"
... This pattern is used when you want to use one verb to describe how ''another'' action is performed. Structure Verb 1 + 着 + Verb 2 Note that ...

9 KB (1,348 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing "every" with question words
... 都没有用。Wǒ gēn tā shuō duōshao biàn dōu méiyǒu yòng.It doesn't matter how many times I tell him. "However" with 怎么都怎么 (zěnme) also works with ...

6 KB (862 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Learner FAQ
... don't try to learn them all at once. Learn them as you need them. How do I use 了 (le)? That, my friend, is the million-dollar question that ...

7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
Expressing "even if…" with "napa"
... ，我们也不相信。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 ...

5 KB (729 words) - 03:44, 18 January 2021
Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... 怎么了？Nǐ dàodǐ zěnme le?What on earth is up with you? 到底怎么走？Dàodǐ zěnme zǒu?How on earth do we get there? 快说啊！你男友到底是谁？Kuài shuō a Nǐ nányǒu ...

5 KB (717 words) - 09:17, 18 January 2021
Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme"
... (bù zěnme) seems to mean "not how," but it actually means "not often" ... Used for Expressing frequency Similar How to do something with "zenme" ...

3 KB (525 words) - 08:45, 24 April 2019
Template:Infobox/doc
... it are filled, one could use the following pattern as an example of how to do it: Infobox name = subst:PAGENAME title = Example of an optional ...

18 KB (2,490 words) - 02:23, 12 June 2012
Comparing "renjia" and "bieren"
... what other people say. 别人怎么想我怎么知道？Biérén zěnme xiǎng wǒ zěnme zhīdào?How could I know what other people are thinking? 那是人家的事，你管那么多干 ...

4 KB (505 words) - 08:50, 24 April 2019
New Main Page
... different grammar points. Get clear on how these words work in different ways ... Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, Chinese textbook grammar ...

11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... zìsī hé lěngmò, zěnme huì yǒu rén xǐhuan nǐ? You're so selfish and cold, how could anyone like you? In this second group, using 和 to group two totally ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Advanced uses of "ba"
... parts. 我知道怎么把图片做成视频。Wǒ zhīdào zěnme bǎ túpiàn zuò chéng shìpín.I know how to make this picture into a video. 老师把全班同学分成了三个小组。Lǎoshī bǎ ...

12 KB (1,686 words) - 04:01, 18 January 2021
Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 来 + 像 for Direct Visual Comparisons 看起来 can also be used to express how something "looks like" something else. But unlike the previous usage of 看起来 ...

6 KB (811 words) - 03:34, 29 December 2020
Aspect
... conjugating its verbs, Chinese uses particles to indicate how a verb works within a particular timeframe, or how the verb relates to the flow of time ...

2 KB (226 words) - 07:09, 20 February 2020