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Comparing "xiande" and "kanqilai"
... this makes you appear stingy. 那样说显得她很笨。 Nàyàng shuō xiǎnde tā hěn bèn.Saying that made her appear stupid. 这种颜色的衣服显得你的脸色不好看。 Zhè ...

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Expressing comparable degree with "you"
... pretty? 这个药有这么神奇吗？Zhège yào yǒu zhème shénqí ma?Is this medicine really that magical? 他有姚明那么高吗？Tā yǒu Yáo Míng nàme gāo ma?Is he really ...

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Complement "-zhao"
... le, nǐ yào de dōngxi wǒ méi mǎizháo.The supermarket is closed. I didn't buy things that you need. 我终于见着你了。Wǒ zhōngyú jiànzháo nǐ le.I have ...

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Distinguishing word
... What are they "Distinguishing words" are a special type of adjective that actually evolved from nouns. As such, they are more rigidly defined then ...

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Advanced "le" after an object
... 明花光了钱。 Completion in the Future 了 (le) can also indicate that one action is completed before another in the ''future'', and this type of 了 is ...

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Placement of "le" with objects
... the number in front of the object is already a big number, and the other is to indicate that this number could continue to grow. 我给他打了十几个电话了 ...

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Advanced potential complements
... 得下那么多东西吗？Nǐ bāo li fàng dexià nàme duō dōngxi ma?Can your bag hold that many things? 我的车太小，坐不下五个人。 Wǒ de chē tài xiǎo, zuò buxià wǔ ...

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Expressing "only after" with "cai"
... 我看了两遍才看懂。Nà běn shū wǒ kàn le liǎng biàn cái kàn dǒng.I had to read that book twice to understand it. 我去了三次北京才见到了那个客户。Wǒ qù le sān ...

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Preposition
... affirmative-negative questions . Functions Prepositions do a lot of work that we sometimes take for granted. They help indicate the environment ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... is: Noun 1 + 比 + Noun 2 + Adj. The noun that's placed first is the one that comes out on top in the comparison. So in the sentence: 小李比小张高。Xiǎo ...

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Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
... 那么 / 这么 + Adj. Examples You could think of 这么 as "this" or "so," and 那么 as "that" or "so." 他说得这么快，你们听得懂吗？Tā shuō de zhème kuài, nǐmen ...

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Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... speaker. It comes before the verb. 我早就知道了！Wǒ zǎo jiù zhīdào le I knew that long ago 她早就结婚了。Tā zǎo jiù jiéhūn le.She got married a long time ...

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Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
... : 再也不 (zài yě bù) Using 再也 with 不 Structure To express that something will ''never'' be done again, or never happen again, you can use ...

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Result complements
... in this article for the sake of simplicity, you may have noticed that sentences which feature result complements often also use 把. This is because ...

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Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... 。Zhège wèntí tài jiǎndān le, lián sān suì xiǎohái dōu zhīdào.This question is so easy that even a three-year-old kid knows the answer. 这个汉字太难了，连 ...

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Comparisons with "buru"
... do. 我担心我解释得不如你清楚。Wǒ dānxīn wǒ jiěshì de bùrú nǐ qīngchǔ.I'm afraid that I can't explain it as clearly as you. 他说中文不如他老婆说得地道。Tā shuō ...

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Bu and mei(you)
... whereas 没 negates actions and statements about the past. Note that 没(有) is used to say that something ''has not taken place'', whereas 不 is used to ...

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The "however" adverb "que"
... It's also important to point out that 却 is not a conjunction ; ... subject'' and ''before the verb''. (Note that when you use a conjunction like 但是 ...

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Expressing "only if" with "zhiyou"
... is one of the simpler 才 patterns, providing a way to emphasize that it's ''THIS'' one (''not'' THAT one). There's no "only if" here, but the 只有 is ...

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Expressing purpose with "hao"
... 好考个好大学。Tā xuéxí fēicháng nǔlì, hǎo kǎo gè hǎo dàxué.He is studying very hard so that he can get into a good university. 她在学中文，好听得懂别人说什么。Tā ...

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Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
... read-not-understand"Háizi men kàn bu dǒng nǐ xiě de Hànzì.Kids don't understand the characters that you wrote. 你看不懂我的邮件吗？Literally, "read-not ...

5 KB (693 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021