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Result complement
... verbs to describe actions depending on their outcome. You can look, but not see, or listen, but not hear. In Chinese, verbs tend to be of the 'look' ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
New Main Page
... . Check it out. We got your Textbooks Covered This is the Internet Age, but it's not yet time to throw out those textbooks We see the value in ...

11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... yīnggāi kǎo de gèng hǎo de, kěshì nà tiān tā shēngbìng le.He would have done better on the test, but he was sick that day. 我们本来不打算去的，后来因为他们打 ...

9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:02, 16 August 2022
Advanced "le" after an object
... 了 after the object. It's not ''wrong'' to put the 了 after the verb, but it sounds a little strange to do so. (It may sound stranger for some examples ...

12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
Repeated actions in the past with "you"
... 试，就是打不开门。Tā shì le yòu shì, jiùshì dǎ bù kāi mén.He tried again and again, but he still couldn't open the door. 我想了又尝，还是觉得这些菜坏了。Wǒ cháng ...

4 KB (663 words) - 09:37, 14 January 2021
Adverb
... (like in the Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu" case of 就 ), but they still follow the rules of adverbs. Adverbs can sometimes come at the ...

3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... to ask questions naturally in Mandarin. You don't have to learn a "past tense," but you do have to learn this way of asking for details about the past ...

16 KB (2,467 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... pattern, you're thinking, ''"How can 很 (hěn) mean "very" one minute, but then nothing but a "link" the next? How do I know if anything means anything ...

5 KB (780 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... 上课，他八点就来了。Wǒmen jiǔ diǎn shàngkè, tā bā diǎn jiù lái le.We have class at nine, but he came in at eight. 飞机十点起飞，他六点就到机场了。Fēijī shí diǎn ...

6 KB (930 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
Comparing "cai" and "jiu"
... 一页纸！ Měi gè rén dōu xiě le wǔ yè zhǐ, nǐ jiù xiě le yī yè zhǐ Everyone wrote five pages, but you wrote just one? 那时候中国人都生四五个孩子，他们家就一个孩 ...

9 KB (1,300 words) - 09:28, 17 December 2020
Emphasizing a negation with "bing"
... , dàn tā bìng bù ài tā zhàngfu.She's been married for five years and she has a baby, but she doesn't love her husband at all. 你这样做其实并没有解决客户的 ...

5 KB (694 words) - 09:15, 17 December 2020
Expressing the unexpected with "jingran"
... that guy. 大家都以为他不会答应，可是他竟然答应了。Everyone thought he would say no, but he said yes. 这么复杂的项目，竟然这么快就完成了。This project is so complex ...

2 KB (280 words) - 04:52, 9 March 2019
Verb
... here is the verb Negation of "you" "有" . We'll talk more about it below, but the important thing here is that it is always negated by "没" and not ...

6 KB (835 words) - 07:15, 15 June 2017
Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... by the same adverbial phrase (e.g. 进一步地了解和交流). Normally (but not always) both verbs are two-syllable verbs, such as 维护, 修理. Structure Verb 1 ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
The opposite of "chabuduo" is "cha hen duo"
... chàbuduō, dànshì yòngfǎ chà hěn duō.The meanings of these two words are basically the same, but their usages are very different. 她和她老公的年龄差很多 ...

4 KB (631 words) - 08:51, 13 November 2020
Expressing "have to" with "budebu"
... 时间有限，我不得不打断你。 Bù hǎoyìsi, shíjiān yǒuxiàn, wǒ bùdébù dǎduàn nǐ.I'm sorry, but time is very limited. I have to interrupt you. 情况紧急，我们不得不马上想 ...

3 KB (492 words) - 09:16, 14 January 2021
Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
... yīnggāi kǎo 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 ...

6 KB (926 words) - 07:41, 19 January 2021
Expressing "however" with "ran'er"
... 我以为他会来, 然而他一直没有来. Wǒ yǐwéi tā huì lái, rán'ér tā yīzhí méiyǒu lái.I thought he would come, but he never came. 虽然他是一名家庭顾问, 然而他自己的家庭生活却一团糟. Suīrán tā ...

2 KB (249 words) - 13:54, 24 November 2020
Location complement
... is not tied there directionally. 我学习在家。你在上海工作。The work is done in Shanghai, but it isn't directional. 你工作在上海。他们在篮球场上打羽毛球。You play ...

3 KB (376 words) - 03:18, 30 March 2017
The "also" adverb "ye"
... the second sentence is "I like it too," which is equally correct in English, but translated word-for-word into Chinese, the 也 (yě) comes at the end of ...

10 KB (1,502 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
... examples that don't use 很多 (hěn duō) or 大家 (dàjiā) or 每天 (měi tiān), but are still quite typical: 美国人都说英文。Měiguó rén dōu shuō Yīngwén.Americans ...

7 KB (1,077 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021