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Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... 们还要等多长时间？Not a 吗 questionNándào tāmen hái yào děng duōcháng shíjiān?How long do they still have to wait? 难道你还想在这种公司工作多少年？Nándào nǐ hái ...

4 KB (648 words) - 09:04, 17 December 2020
Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇
... 1 "动词 + 出来" (verb + 出来) "非…不可"(must, have to) "仍然" (still) "再也" (never again) "渐渐"(gradually) Lesson 2 "显然"(Obviously) "想起来"(think of ...

3 KB (259 words) - 06:33, 7 November 2011
Old Main Page 0
... is designed to be browsable and user-friendly, accessible to beginners while still possessing the depth that more advanced users will find useful. The ...

6 KB (774 words) - 05:56, 27 January 2014
Expressing completion with "le"
... to Time words and word order specify the time anyway, if you're still getting used to Chinese verbs not indicating tenses by themselves. When you ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Comparing "li" and "cong"
... . 离我们的婚礼还有两个星期。Lí wǒmen de hūnlǐ háiyǒu liǎng gè xīngqī.We still have two weeks until our wedding. 离毕业还有几个月。Lí bìyè háiyǒu jǐ gè yuè.I ...

6 KB (825 words) - 04:36, 30 November 2018
Expressing "almost" using "chadian mei"
... of the 没 as belonging to what follows 差点 and it makes more sense. Still, it can be a little confusing for many learners, and is worth a closer look ...

4 KB (660 words) - 06:56, 11 December 2020
Comparing "er" and "liang"
... ) (shí'èr) and 二十二 (22) (èrshí-èr) end with a "2" and can still be combined with measure words. In those cases, 两 (liǎng) is not needed. Examples ...

4 KB (669 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Opportune timing with "chen"
... 多去玩玩吧。Chèn niánqīng, duō qù wánwan ba.You guys should go have more fun while you're still young. 趁天气好，我要去野餐。Chèn tiānqì hǎo, wǒ yào qù yěcān ...

3 KB (502 words) - 09:40, 14 January 2021
Name-calling with "zhege"
... 还是很有挑战的。Tā zhège gōngzuò, háishì hěn yǒu tiǎozhàn de.This job of his still has a lot of challenges. Similar Pattern with 这种 and 这类 As 个 is a ...

4 KB (549 words) - 09:41, 18 January 2021
Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
... méiyǒu tīng wǒ de jiànyì, wǒ báibái gěi tā shuō le zhème cháng shíjiān.He still doesn't listen to my advice. I spent such a long time talking to him ...

5 KB (791 words) - 09:31, 18 January 2021
Comparing "cai" and "jiu"
... .I left at eight o'clock, but there was a traffic jam, so I was still ten minutes late. Expressing Small Quantity with 就就 can be used to mean ...

9 KB (1,300 words) - 09:28, 17 December 2020
Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
... 他刚到。This gives the impression that not only did he just get here, but he should still be here.Tā gāng dào.He just arrived. 我们昨天刚到。Wǒmen zuótiān ...

11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
Comparing "gen" and "dui"
... 有孩子呢。Wǒ gēn nǐmen bù yīyàng, wǒ hái yǒu háizi ne.I am not like you guys. I still have kids. 上海跟纽约一样，都是国际大都市。Shànghǎi gēn Niǔyuē yīyàng, dōu ...

7 KB (1,000 words) - 07:34, 19 January 2021
Expressing "small quantity" with "jiu"
... 都忘了，就他还记得。Wǒmen dōu wàng le, jiù tā hái jìde.We all forgot. Only he still remembers it. 大家都下班了，就老板还没走。Dàjiā dōu xiàbān le, jiù lǎobǎn ...

5 KB (805 words) - 08:14, 26 November 2018
Advanced uses of "dou"
... "already" with "dou" 都……了 pattern used to mean "already." It still has some of that " already ," flavor, but with some of " since " added ...

5 KB (679 words) - 09:08, 18 January 2021
Advanced uses of "zong"
... 人总要吃饭吧。Bùguǎn fāshēng le shénme, rén zǒng yào chīfàn ba.No matter what happens, people still have to eat, right? 他是你爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā shì nǐ ...

5 KB (696 words) - 03:00, 27 January 2022
Using "yi... wei..."
... writing and speech, and it is also one of the classical Chinese forms that is still in use today. In short, it means "Using A as B" or "taking A as ...

2 KB (328 words) - 08:27, 29 June 2019
Using "cai" for small numbers
... cái yī bǎi jīn, hái yào jiǎnféi?You're only 100 jin and you still want to lose some weight? Used with a Verb Structure 才 + Verb + Number ...

3 KB (516 words) - 08:29, 17 April 2019
Idiomatic phrases with "zai"
... jiānchí ràng háizi men dōu shàngxué.Under dire financial conditions, she still insisted that the children should all attend school. Used with 方 ...

6 KB (832 words) - 09:47, 9 November 2020
Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao"
... le hái méi huílái, shǎobuliǎo shì zài jiābān.It's past 8 o'clock he still hasn't come back. He must be working overtime. Sources and Further Reading ...

4 KB (572 words) - 07:45, 14 January 2021
Using "youde" to mean "some"
... rén xiàbān le, yǒude rén zài jiābān.After six o'clock some people are off work, while some are still working. 我的大学老师有的很年轻，有的很老。 Wǒ de dàxué ...

4 KB (694 words) - 03:56, 16 April 2019