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Potential complement
... 得懂这本书吗？Tā zhème xiǎo, kàn de dǒng zhè běn shū ma?She's so young. Can she really understand this book? 我怕我做不好这份工作。Wǒ pà wǒ zuò bu hǎo zhè ...

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Using "ba" sentences
... closer to the front of the sentence and precedes it with a 把. It's really common in Mandarin but can feel a bit awkward at first for English speakers ...

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Editor instructions
... . If someone is looking for a specific grammar pattern, we want to make it really easy for them to find. To help do this, we have disambiguation pages ...

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Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... gāo. 他很高。 Tā hěn gāo.He is tall. What 很 (hěn) Really Means If you're like most learners, when you first learn this pattern, you're thinking ...

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Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
... 太 + Adj. + 了 As in English, this can express that something really is excessive (often as a complaint), or can also colloquially express the meaning ...

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Verbing briefly with "yixia"
... to observe how native speakers use 一下 (yīxià) over a long period of time to really get used to how it is used. Examples 请你等一下。You get the ...

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Expressing close possession without "de"
... boyfriend is very handsome. 他儿子很有名。Tā érzi hěn yǒumíng.His son is really famous. 我女儿会说英语。Wǒ nǚ'ér huì shuō Yīngyǔ.My daughter can speak ...

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Expressing "difficult" with "nan"
... 这个东西现在很难买。Zhège dōngxi xiànzài hěn nán mǎi. This thing is really difficult to purchase now. 这个汉字很难写。Zhège Hànzì hěn nán xiě.This character ...

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Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
... do something," and it's one case where the "arrive" translation doesn't really work anymore. Subj. + 到 + Place + Verb Phrase Examples 明天我 ...

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Inability with "mei banfa"
... ，我没办法跟他一起工作。Tā hěn bèn, wǒ méi bànfǎ gēn tā yīqǐ gōngzuò.He's really dumb. There is no way I can work with him. See also Negation of "you ...

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Time words and word order
... , such as "yesterday," "tomorrow," "this week," etc. in a sentence is really important in order to speak Chinese correctly. In Chinese you get two ...

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Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian"
... parents were teachers. 爸爸以前很喜欢抽烟。Bàba yǐqián hěn xǐhuan chōuyān.Before, dad really liked smoking. 姐姐以前有一个很有钱的男朋友。Jiějie yǐqián yǒu yī ...

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In the future in general with "yihou"
... yǐhòu) either sounds weird, or makes it sound like it's going to happen really soon (just a little later), rather than at some indefinite point in the ...

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Negative adjectives with "-si le"
... Degree complement Similar Advanced degree complements Similar Resultative Complement "huai" Translation very Translation really

5 KB (743 words) - 08:59, 28 November 2020
Adjectives with "-ji le"
... "excessively" with "tai" Similar The "zui" superlative Similar Special verbs with "hen" Translation very Translation really

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Reduplication of adjectives
... 沙发上看电视。Wǒ zhēn xiǎng shūshū-fūfū de tǎng zài shāfā shàng kàn diànshì.I'd really like to comfortably lie on the couch and watch TV. 你妈妈辛辛苦苦地做 ...

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Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
... common way to use 都 (dōu) is when you're talking about something that happens really often, such as "every day": 每天 (měi tiān). Use 都 (dōu) here in ...

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Superlative "zui"
... with "hai" Similar "Even more" with "geng" Similar Expressing "really" with "zhen" Used for Comparing Used for Emphasizing POS ...

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Expressing "must" with "dei"
... 厉害了，得去看医生。Nǐ bìng de tài lìhai le, děi qù kàn yīshēng.You are really sick. You must go see a doctor. See also "Would like to" with xiang ...

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Appearance with "kanqilai"
... . Examples 蛋糕看起来很好吃。Dàngāo kànqilai hěn hǎochī.The cake looks really tasty. 这家餐厅看起来不错。Zhè jiā cāntīng kànqilai bùcuò.This restaurant ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... brain taking in the visual input. It may sound a little hokey, but it really is possible to "look but not see," and Chinese makes a clear distinction ...

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