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The opposite of "chabuduo" is "cha hen duo"
... 父母差很多。Wǒ de shēnghuó xíguàn gēn wǒ fùmǔ chà hěn duō.My life habits are very different from my parents'. 两个老师都很好，不过他们的学历差很多。Liǎng gè ...

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Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
... 感冒才好。Zhídào bàn gè yuè yǐhòu, wǒ de gǎnmào cái hǎo.It took me half a month to recover from the cold. 她直到十八岁才见到亲生父母。Tā zhídào shíbā suì cái ...

4 KB (682 words) - 08:43, 24 April 2019
Introduction-B2
... is a companion resource that can complement any Chinese class. Don't expect to read it from start to finish, or to go through the grammar point lists ...

2 KB (414 words) - 08:52, 18 January 2021
Preposition
... . They help indicate the environment (when and where), direction (to, from, at), reason, manner, and other functions that make the sentences cohesive ...

2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
Reading Tools
... .mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/perapera-chinese/ Chinese Perapera Popup Dictionary From now on, you will see a little yellow star in the bottom ...

3 KB (427 words) - 02:41, 16 July 2021
To-do
... an article on written Chinese （书面语) in general, and how it is different from spoken CHinese. 于 "而" series 而 on its own (conjunction to list two ...

9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020
Ordinal numbers with "di"
... 字怎么读？Dì-èr háng dì-wǔ gè Hànzì zěnme dú? How do you read the fifth character from the second line? 这次考试，我是我们班第一。Zhè cì kǎoshì, wǒ shì wǒmen ...

7 KB (1,069 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Auxiliary verb
... verbs and help express a tone or mood. (The word "modal" comes from "mood.") In English, auxiliary verbs include words like "should," "will," and "can ...

2 KB (346 words) - 06:30, 22 November 2020
Causative verbs
... verb maps perfectly to an English causative verb. You can see from these examples than in some cases the natural English translation doesn't even ...

5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
Potential complement
... first. The most important and commonly used potential complements are derived from other complements such as the following: Verb + 见 e.g. 看 ...

7 KB (977 words) - 04:50, 9 March 2019
Degree complement
... 很. For example: 她说得很清楚. This serves to distinguish them from potential complements, which are never directly preceded by an adverb. Descriptive and ...

12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
State complement
... with adjective phrase state complements, they can describe a state that arose from the action of the main verb in the sentence. Structure Verb ...

6 KB (754 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
Word structure
... components e.g. 矛盾 Finally, some compounds very obviously formed from components e.g. 洗澡 Compounds are formed frequently and creatively - can't ...

2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013
Using "bei" sentences
... 了。Tā bèi dǎ le.He was beaten. Second, passive sentences shift emphasis from the "doer" of the action to the one affected by that action. For example ...

11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
Style guide
... , though they are based on the above framework. Some articles may deviate from the basic pattern a bit more, like basic grammar articles, comparison ...

14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
Connecting nouns with "shi"
... to link ''two nouns'', so you can't rely too much on translating directly from English when it comes to expressing the English verb "to be" in Chinese ...

5 KB (823 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Measure word "ge"
... 个老婆liǎng gè lǎopo two wives 十个男人，七个傻，八个坏。A line from a songShí gè nánrén, qī gè shǎ, bā gè huài.Ten men: seven are fools, and eight are bad ...

4 KB (576 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Negation of "you" with "mei"
Grammar Box The verb 有 (yǒu) is negated differently from ordinary verbs. Rather than placing 不 (bù) before it as with other verbs, you must use 没 ...

5 KB (791 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
How to do something with "zenme"
... : Subj. + 怎么 + Verb + Obj. Note that the subject can often be omitted from general "how to" questions, and there doesn't always have to be an object ...

4 KB (552 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Expressing a learned skill with "hui"
... Obj. This structure is the easiest way to express all kinds of skills, from languages, to sports, to skills in daily life such as cooking and driving ...

4 KB (520 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Indicating location with "zai" before verbs
... as this is one case in which Chinese word order is quite different from English. Structure To indicate the location that a verb takes place in ...

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