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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
Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... Structure 你 + 倒是 + Verb + 呀 / 啊 Examples 你倒是说话呀！Please say something 你倒是说呀！Please tell me 你倒是走啊！Walk with me, please 你们 ...

4 KB (463 words) - 06:28, 8 April 2018
Using the particle "bei"
... can express resignation. It can also express a lack of enthusiasm, or that something should or can only be done a certain way. Examples 别问我 ...

1 KB (181 words) - 09:38, 31 May 2016
Distinguishing word
... they can apply to: they either are, or they aren't. For example, something can be "ugly" (a normal adjective) or "male" (a distinguishing word). You ...

3 KB (337 words) - 09:25, 28 November 2018
Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou"
... key to understanding 以后 here is that if it doesn't come ''immediately after'' something else, then it's being used ''by itself''. And when 以后 is used ...

7 KB (1,031 words) - 02:17, 8 March 2021
Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League:《卷发公司的案子》
... Gao Ming (Sherlock Holmes) with this strange story. Gao Ming is certain something is not right, but will he solve the mystery in time? Chapter ...

5 KB (600 words) - 06:41, 8 January 2014
Causative verb
... of verb that is used to indicate that someone or something causes something else to do or be something. In Chinese, 让 (ràng) is a major player in ...

523 bytes (73 words) - 06:07, 15 June 2017
Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... adjective or an adverb. 本来 + 是 for a Change of Plans If something happened unexpectedly later, 本来 is preferred rather than 原来 considering there ...

9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:02, 16 August 2022
Comparing "changchang" and "wangwang"
... or judgment of a regular situation. 往往 has nothing to do with how often something happens. When using 往往, the sentence itself usually has a kind of ...

5 KB (558 words) - 07:35, 9 July 2021
Using "ba" sentences
... 三次。 Note that in all of these sentences, the object is something specific and definite. QUIZ TIME Ready to Check Your Mastery of 把? If ...

15 KB (2,034 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Using the verb "qu"
... of action. The structure then means "go to do (something)," and "go and do (something)." Structure Subj. + 去 + Verb Examples 我去工作 ...

4 KB (636 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021