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Reduplication of measure words
... word can repeat, or "reduplicate." It's not a terribly common structure, but the two most common examples of it are 个个 and 天天. It adds the meaning of ...

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Expressing "moreover" with "bingqie"
... Verb Phrase 1 + 并且 / 并 + Verb Phrase 2 Notice that 并且 is most often used with verbs, unlike Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced) 和, which is ...

5 KB (769 words) - 09:45, 17 December 2020
Contact
... license ), so you have nothing to lose by contributing. In its early stages, most content has been created by John Pasden and the staff of http://www ...

1 KB (160 words) - 16:57, 28 March 2015
Complement
... best thing you can do is to memorize the complements you encounter the most often, and start using them. The longer you've been using them, the more ...

11 KB (1,569 words) - 07:22, 22 November 2018
Alternative existential sentences
... ) in that area. It's worth noting that there's no real time indication for most sentences like this. It could be setting a scene in a story (in ...

5 KB (748 words) - 07:50, 4 March 2019
Aspect
... timeframe, or how the verb relates to the flow of time. The particles most often used to indicate aspect in Chinese are 了 (le), 过 (guo), and ...

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Preposition Bei
... are called Bei Sentences (被字句). Bei Sentences are not the only way to express the passive in Chinese, but they are one of the most common ways.

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Passive voice
... passive voice. Among these, Bei Sentences 被 sentences are the most commonly used. The following prepositions are used to create passive sentences ...

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Interrogative pronouns
... main interrogative pronouns, often called "WH-words" in English because most of them start with those letters. class="wikitable" +Question words ...

2 KB (287 words) - 04:03, 25 April 2017
Location complement
... of the verb leads to. Not all verbs can take location complements; for most verbs, location comes before the verb in the standard word order . Many ...

3 KB (376 words) - 03:18, 30 March 2017
Using "bei" sentences
... the only way to create the passive verb form in Chinese, but they are the most common and definitely the type to tackle first. For the sake of clarity ...

11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
Style guide
... sections, there will be a "contents" box that automatically comes up. Most articles follow this basic pattern, though some do not. Some basic grammar ...

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Measure word
... 多 after the measure word simply means more than the number given Most measure words are single characters, but not all (need list of two-character ...

5 KB (643 words) - 04:51, 9 March 2019
Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... 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, ''"How can 很 ...

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Offering choices with "haishi"
... to just choose one. For example, if asked if you'd like to drink coffee or tea, most people are going to choose one or the other, not ask for both. 还是 ...

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Measure word "ge"
Grammar Box 个 (gè) is the most commonly used measure word . It can be used in a pinch for any noun if you can't think of a more precise measure ...

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Using the verb "xing"
... it's used quite often in Chinese. Giving One's Surname 姓 (xìng) is used most often to tell someone your own surname ("family name" or "last name ...

3 KB (542 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Expressing possession with "de"
... more broadly in Chinese. This article highlights one of its simplest and most common usages. Structure Noun 1 + 的 + Noun 2 This means "'''Noun ...

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Expressing "should" with "yinggai"
... Basic Usage Structure The auxiliary verb 应该 (yīnggāi) is the most common way to express "should" in Chinese. The structure is: Subj ...

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Asking why with "zenme"
... you going to work? With an Adjective Structure In this case, it's most common to negate the adjective after 怎么 (zěnme). Subj. + 怎么 ...

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Asking about degree with "duo"
... for peers, close friends, or children. The phrase 几岁 (jǐ suì) is most often used for children young enough to display their ages on one hand. Adults ...

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