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Expressing lateness with "cai"
... : 你怎么才吃晚饭？已经十点了。Nǐ zěnme cái chī wǎnfàn? Yǐjīng shí diǎn le.How come you are eating dinner now? It's 10 pm. 你怎么才来？我们等了半个多小时。 Nǐ ...

4 KB (636 words) - 08:16, 4 March 2019
Doing something more with "duo"
... is that the word 多 should come ''before the verb.'' Structure ... more" (equivalent to this use of 多) comes ''after'' the verb in English. In Chinese, ...

4 KB (611 words) - 17:24, 6 December 2018
Expressing "every" with question words
... is fine. 你什么时候来都欢迎。Nǐ shénme shíhou lái dōu huānyíng.You're welcome to come anytime. 什么时候开始都不晚。Shénme shíhou kāishǐ dōu bù wǎn.It's never ...

6 KB (862 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua"
... 话，一定会后悔的。Rúguǒ nǐmen bù lái dehuà, yīdìng huì hòuhuǐ de .If you don't come, you'll definitely regret it. 如果他不同意的话，你怎么办？Rúguǒ tā bù tóngyì ...

5 KB (654 words) - 07:35, 27 November 2020
Sequencing past events with "houlai"
... 了。Tā shuō tā huì lái, hòulái yòu shuō bù lái le.He said he would come, but later he said that he's not coming. 他们上周吵架了，后来和好了。Tāmen shàng zhōu ...

4 KB (586 words) - 09:49, 17 April 2019
Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
... In this pattern, 之前 and 之后 come at the start of a sentence, right after ... In this pattern, 之前 and 之后 usually come at the start of a phrase, in the ...

5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing "anyway" with "fanzheng"
... 们不来了，咱们自己去吧。Fǎnzhèng tāmen bù lái le, zánmen zìjǐ qù ba.They are not coming anyway, so let's just go by ourselves. 我就送给你吧。反正我也不需要。Wǒ ...

4 KB (636 words) - 04:05, 29 December 2020
Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
... is not super direct, as 能 has been added.Nǐ zhōumò néng bu néng jiābān?Can you come into work on the weekend? 你周末能不能加班呢？Much more indirect ...

6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
Expressing completion with "le"
... hē le liǎng bēi kāfēi.I drank two cups of coffee. When 了 Comes After the Object OK, so here's the tricky part. Even when indicating completion ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... in the pattern above), there is no need to add in 才. But if the good outcome comes after 多亏, you need to add in 才 to indicate "as a result...(the good ...

5 KB (784 words) - 03:18, 4 January 2021
Assessing situations with "kanlai"
... 看来他不来了，都这么晚了。Kànlái tā bù lái le, dōu zhème wǎn le.It seems he's not coming. It's already so late. 看来你玩得不高兴，怎么这么早就回来了？Kànlái nǐ wán ...

5 KB (743 words) - 06:27, 8 April 2022
Comparing "zai" and "you"
... 上课了，老师可能罚他。Tā yòu bù lái shàngkè le, lǎoshī kěnéng fá tā.He didn't come to class again. The teacher is probably going to punish him. 你为什么又看这本 ...

10 KB (1,603 words) - 07:24, 19 January 2021
Comparing "yihou" "ranhou" "houlai"
... ). A few examples: 我一个小时以后回来。Wǒ yī gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu huílái. I will come back in an hour. 毕业以后他出国了。Bìyè yǐhòu tā chūguó le.He went abroad ...

8 KB (1,192 words) - 07:39, 19 January 2021
Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... 明天你能早点来吗？Míngtiān nǐ néng zǎodiǎn lái ma?Is it possible for you to come a little earlier tomorrow? 可不可以换时间？Kě bu kěyǐ huàn shíjiān?Is it ...

11 KB (1,719 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Expressing "small quantity" with "jiu"
... you are smart? In this case, the 就 comes before the verb, and what's being emphasized as "small quantity" comes after the verb, either as an object or ...

5 KB (805 words) - 08:14, 26 November 2018
Expressing "as one likes" with "jiu"
... 么时候来就什么时候来。Xiǎng shénme shíhou lái jiù shénme shíhou lái.You can come whenever you like. 想点什么就点什么，我请客。Xiǎng diǎn shénme jiù diǎn shénme ...

5 KB (652 words) - 09:06, 1 December 2020
Advanced uses of "zong"
... 咱们总得想个办法啊。Zánmen zǒng děi xiǎng ge bànfǎ a.We're going to have to come up with some kind of solution. 不管发生了什么，人总要吃饭吧。Bùguǎn fāshēng le ...

5 KB (696 words) - 03:00, 27 January 2022
Expressing "nothing is more...than" with "moguoyu"
... first state the topic or a question and then give your answer that you think the best. The answer comes after the 莫过于. 莫过于 is one of the phrases that ...

2 KB (232 words) - 04:08, 25 April 2017
Expressing location with "zai... shang / xia / li"
... 在 + Location+ 上 / 下 / 里 / 旁边 Notice that the preposition "preposition" comes after the location and object that it modifies. That is, in English ...

7 KB (1,067 words) - 04:54, 9 March 2019
The "shi... de" patterns: an overview
... below: A: 昨天你是怎么回的家？Zuótiān nǐ shì zěnme huí de jiā?How did you come back yesterday? B: 昨天我是打车回家的。Zuótiān wǒ shì dǎchē huíjiā de.I went ...

10 KB (1,582 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Comparing "yizhi" and "yixiang"
... 怎么今天还没到？Tā yīxiàng bù chídào, zěnme jīntiān hái méi dào?He never comes late. How is it that he hasn't come yet today? 你知道妈妈一向不爱出门，所以她是不 ...

4 KB (706 words) - 10:05, 23 December 2020