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Result complement
... ''able'' ⇒ to master - 洗洗干净 ''Wash'' + ''clean'' ⇒ to wash something and make it clean - In each of the examples above, a compound verb ...

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Using "bei" sentences
... bèi wǒ hē wán le.The coffee was finished by me. 他被打。Remember: you need SOMEthing after the verb.Tā bèi dǎ. 他被打了。Tā bèi dǎ le.He was beaten ...

11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
... sound a little bit like a complaint, or a reason for not doing something. They're similar to how we would use "too" in English, and the translations ...

4 KB (606 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Expressing "would like to" with "xiang"
... + Verb 我想去。 grammar point ASGT97VF Similar Wanting to do something with yao Similar Expressing "be going to" with "yao" Similar "Yinggai ...

4 KB (525 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Time words and word order
... order Similar Using "zai" with verbs Similar Wanting to do something with yao Similar Expressing completion with le Similar Wanting to ...

4 KB (607 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Asking why with "zenme"
... region between the two. In any case, it's used to express disbelief: ''how can (something) be so (adjective)? '' Examples 他怎么那么懒？Tā zěnme ...

5 KB (792 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Asking about degree with "duo"
... Structure 多 (duō) is often used to ask about the degree or extent of something. Subj. + 多 + Adj. ? This is an easy way to ask "How adjective is ...

3 KB (518 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Appearance with "kanqilai"
... be about the same height. Used for Analogy If you want to state ''what'' something looks ''like'', you'll also need to follow 看起来 with 像 (xiàng ...

4 KB (548 words) - 09:59, 10 November 2020
Result complement "-xiaqu"
... before the verb, there's an implication that if "things keep going on this way," then something bad is going to happen. A few examples: 你再赌下去会输 ...

5 KB (747 words) - 07:56, 22 April 2019
Aspect particle "zhe"
... can mean "to open" or "to turn on." Adding 着 allows one to express that something "is open" or "is on." 关 (guān) alone can mean "to close" or "to ...

9 KB (1,348 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing future with "jiang"
... Similar Using "jiang" as a formal "ba" Similar Wanting to do something with yao Similar In the future in general Used for Referring to ...

4 KB (535 words) - 09:37, 17 December 2020
The "however" adverb "que"
... comment. Structure The overall structure of sentences that use 却 is something like this: Sentence ，(但是 +) Subj. + 却 ⋯⋯ Normally the first clause ...

5 KB (779 words) - 02:39, 29 December 2020
Expressing purpose with "hao"
... think of it as a more advanced version of the Easy to do something "easy to verb " 好 . Structure Action ，好 + Purpose Examples 她睡前常 ...

4 KB (611 words) - 08:39, 16 December 2020
Expressing "not very" with "bu zenme"
... way to indirectly or mildly state something. Instead of saying 他不聪明 ... point ASGVYIZT Similar How to do something with "zenme" Similar Asking why ...

3 KB (508 words) - 03:56, 15 May 2019
Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
... Note that the " Predicate " part of the structure is usually something bad or something you don't wish for, and that it '''didn't happen'''. Subj ...

4 KB (668 words) - 07:57, 14 May 2019
Expressing "just now" with "gangcai"
... looking for you. Note that for all of those cases, we're talking about something that happened ''just now'', as in, within the past 5 minutes or so ...

3 KB (519 words) - 10:00, 2 April 2019
Expressing "all along" with "yizhi"
... you have been doing something all along, have been continuously doing something since a certain time, or that something will continuously happen in ...

4 KB (543 words) - 09:20, 2 April 2019
Comparing "zai" and "you"
... Expresses Repetition of an Action in the Future 再 is used to express something that Again in the future with "zai" has already happened and will ...

10 KB (1,603 words) - 07:24, 19 January 2021
Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding"
... or "determine," and you may add a verb phrase after 确定 to indicate that something is already decided. In a question, 确定 can be used to ask if someone ...

9 KB (1,327 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Adding emphasis with "fei....buke"
... but sometimes you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something." In that case, you can use 一定要 or 非要. Most time 非要 ...

4 KB (515 words) - 10:58, 25 May 2018
Comparing "huifu" and "huanyuan"
... its original state. Meaning and usage of 恢复恢复 expressing that something is restored that was once destroyed, messed up, or lost. It comes back ...

2 KB (218 words) - 01:34, 4 March 2021