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- ... verb, it takes on the meaning of "less" as in "to do less (of something)." It is often heard when scolding or giving advice (like when parents talk to ...4 KB (606 words) - 07:31, 10 May 2021
- ... mean "to want." The small difference is that 要 (yào) is often used for something you want to or ''need'' to do, and ''plan to take action on''. It can ...4 KB (575 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... think of 屑 as having to do with bits of something, like 木屑, 铁屑 etc. It also means "to believe something is worth doing ." In that case, 不屑 means "to ...1 KB (148 words) - 05:49, 26 November 2013
- ... by adding to it and making it 怎么样 (zěnmeyàng), you can ask ''how something is'', or ''what it is like''. This is useful in all manner of conversations ...3 KB (481 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... , of course, 少. It is further explained in the article doing something less with "shao" . Sources and further reading Books Source ...4 KB (611 words) - 17:24, 6 December 2018
- ... that the speaker does not know how to do something or at least does not know how to do something well. Structure Subj. + 不知道 + Verb Phrase + 好 ...4 KB (637 words) - 07:26, 29 November 2018
- ... "didn't I tell you ?," used when the speaker wants to prove that they are right about something. The phrase is "我说什么来着." Examples 我 说 什么 来着 ...3 KB (397 words) - 03:47, 21 November 2017
- ... is introduced first, then a question is asked about how to do something involving it. Structure Topic + 怎么 + Verb The object doesn't have to ...4 KB (552 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
- REDIRECT Wanting to do something with "yao"48 bytes (7 words) - 02:24, 11 August 2014
- REDIRECT Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"68 bytes (10 words) - 09:07, 20 September 2012
- REDIRECT Doing something over and over with "zaisan"57 bytes (8 words) - 09:13, 1 July 2013
- REDIRECT How to do something with "zenme"46 bytes (7 words) - 16:47, 12 February 2016
- REDIRECT Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"51 bytes (7 words) - 07:06, 19 February 2014
- REDIRECT Using "hao" to mean "easy"40 bytes (6 words) - 03:43, 16 February 2016
- REDIRECT Expressing "difficult" with "nan"47 bytes (5 words) - 03:44, 16 February 2016
- REDIRECT Expressing "over and over again" with "zaisan"60 bytes (8 words) - 09:52, 24 February 2016
- Create Translation23 bytes (2 words) - 08:06, 4 December 2017
- ... by a person or specific thing, whereas 当成 / 当作 is more likely to be followed by something more abstract (like 爱). The 成 / 作 part of 当成 / 当作 can be ...12 KB (1,686 words) - 04:01, 18 January 2021
- ... of result.The baby just woke up. 刚 and 刚才 with 没 There's also something going on with 没 in sentences with 刚 and 刚才. The deal here is that ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
- ... to the structure here, but it often includes a mention of a time ''when'' something is ''going to happen''. Subj. + 要 + Verb If you want to know more ...7 KB (1,096 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... to mean "to be good at" and expresses being very skillful at something, or doing something very well. It can be translated as "really know how to," as ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... . Examples: 我们 应该 做 点儿 什么 。Wǒmen yīnggāi zuò diǎnr shénme.We should do something. 老大 ，你 不 说 点儿 什么 ？Lǎodà, nǐ bù shuō diǎnr shénme?Boss, aren't you ...4 KB (571 words) - 08:23, 4 March 2019
- ... 地 在桌子上 跳舞 。 It is worth noting that "manner" is not something you'll want to add to every sentence. You will see it, but it's not the most ...15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
- ... been a long time since you were this happy. In English, we may say something like, "I haven't eaten since 9:00 this morning" or "I haven't been to ...5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
- ... often used where the speaker wants to comment on the result of their hard work, something like "It was really hard for me to x, but then I realized y ...5 KB (717 words) - 02:18, 29 December 2020
- ... is that 没想到 means "never imagined." It's not that you tried to think of something and failed, it's just that the idea never occurred to you. 一定 要 想 一 ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 07:27, 17 December 2020
- ... you'll notice that there's often a About to happen with "le" 了, indicating that something is about to happen . Some examples: 今天 又 要 加班 了 ！Jīntiān ...5 KB (771 words) - 01:53, 10 November 2020
- ... Tonight I will not eat out. See also Wanting to do something with yao Expressing future with "jiang" (advanced article) Sources and ...3 KB (500 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
- ... 好 好 (hǎo) means "good." But it can also be used to express that something is "easy to do" or "good to do." And it is quite... ''easy to do'' ...4 KB (719 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
- ... used to indicate that it's Using "hao" to mean "easy" easy to do something , 难 (nán) can be attached to verbs (with a few special exceptions), to ...3 KB (515 words) - 07:59, 10 April 2019
- ... g. it wouldn't make sense to talk about "a glass of furniture" unless something went horribly wrong in the factory). Examples 一 个 人 yī gè réna ...5 KB (781 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... " 才 (cái) can express lateness , 就 (jiù) can be used to indicate that something happened earlier or sooner than expected. It can also be used in the ...6 KB (930 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
- ... in the ''past'', or ''from'' a certain point in the past up ''until now'', something ''hasn't been done'' again. Examples 从 那 以后 ，我 再也没 去 ...4 KB (629 words) - 03:48, 17 December 2020
- ... a question and really trying to figure out if someone has ''ever'' done something before, we tend to use the words "ever" and "before." In Chinese, 过 ...5 KB (706 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
- ... following examples use 千万 in the negative to '''strongly''' command someone ''not'' to do something. Examples 这 个 菜 很 难吃，千万 不要 点！ Zhège cài ...5 KB (679 words) - 09:22, 18 January 2021
- ... necessarily have to be in the past, so 一直 can be used to say something "will happen repeatedly" in the future. Examples 我 会 一直 陪着 你。Wǒ ...4 KB (706 words) - 10:05, 23 December 2020
- ... a thing (a noun), rather than by a verb. It is often used to buy something, or to order food at a restaurant. It may be helpful to imagine a demanding ...10 KB (1,565 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... used . Another way of saying this is if you normally don't do something, or if you won't do something, you would use "不," but if you want to say you ...6 KB (835 words) - 07:15, 15 June 2017
- ... with -不起 and -得起 This complement is related to being "able to afford" something or some cost. So -不起 means "can't afford to," and -得起 means "can ...8 KB (1,173 words) - 02:44, 29 December 2020
- ... Direct Visual Comparisons 看起来 can also be used to express how something "looks like" something else. But unlike the previous usage of 看起来, and with ...6 KB (811 words) - 03:34, 29 December 2020
- ... ''able'' ⇒ to master - 洗 洗干净 ''Wash'' + ''clean'' ⇒ to wash something and make it clean - In each of the examples above, a compound verb ...11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
- ... bèi wǒ hē wán le.The coffee was finished by me. 他 被 打 。Remember: you need SOMEthing after the verb.Tā bèi dǎ. 他 被 打 了 。Tā bèi dǎ le.He was beaten ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
- ... sound a little bit like a complaint, or a reason for not doing something. They're similar to how we would use "too" in English, and the translations ...4 KB (606 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
- ... + Verb 我 想 去。 grammar point ASGT97VF Similar Wanting to do something with yao Similar Expressing "be going to" with "yao" Similar "Yinggai ...4 KB (525 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
- ... order Similar Using "zai" with verbs Similar Wanting to do something with yao Similar Expressing completion with le Similar Wanting to ...4 KB (607 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
- ... region between the two. In any case, it's used to express disbelief: ''how can (something) be so (adjective)? '' Examples 他 怎么 那么 懒？Tā zěnme ...5 KB (792 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
- ... Structure 多 (duō) is often used to ask about the degree or extent of something. Subj. + 多 + Adj. ? This is an easy way to ask "How adjective is ...3 KB (518 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... be about the same height. Used for Analogy If you want to state ''what'' something looks ''like'', you'll also need to follow 看起来 with 像 (xiàng ...4 KB (548 words) - 09:59, 10 November 2020
- ... before the verb, there's an implication that if "things keep going on this way," then something bad is going to happen. A few examples: 你 再 赌 下去 会 输 ...5 KB (747 words) - 07:56, 22 April 2019
- ... can mean "to open" or "to turn on." Adding 着 allows one to express that something "is open" or "is on." 关 (guān) alone can mean "to close" or "to ...9 KB (1,348 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... 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
- ... to negate past actions (to say that someone ''didn't do'' something, or something ''didn't happen''). Structure Usually verbs can be Standard ...4 KB (567 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... néng) can express possibility, it is often used to form polite questions, something like "would it be possible" in English: Examples 我 能 问 你 ...5 KB (804 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
- ... Similar "Would like to" with xiang Similar Wanting to do something with "yao" Similar "Had better" with "haishi" Similar Expressing "had ...3 KB (490 words) - 06:10, 3 April 2024
- ... after that. This has the meaning of "going to the place to do something," and it's one case where the "arrive" translation doesn't really work anymore ...5 KB (882 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
- ... 看 别的。 Hǎo ba, wǒmen kěyǐ kànkan biéde.All right, we can take a look at something else. Now B must accept inconvenient schedule changes. A:下午 我 不 在 家，你 ...4 KB (661 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... adjective s at a time. The character 又 (yòu) can be used to give two qualities to something. Using the double 又 (yòu) structure is like saying that ...4 KB (555 words) - 01:54, 10 November 2020
- ... or 有点 (yǒudiǎn). The two are interchangeable. Structure To say that something is "a little ''too''..." or "a bit ''too''...," 有一点 (yǒuyīdiǎn) is ...4 KB (612 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... of "you" with "mei" 没有 (méiyǒu) to express that something is "not as" ''adjective'' as something else. (Yes, that's the same 没有 (méiyǒu) that means ...4 KB (661 words) - 09:07, 20 June 2019
- ... Keep thinking. You can also add 一会儿 after the verb to mean "keep doing something a little longer." 再 聊 一会儿 。Zài liáo yīhuǐr.Keep talking for a little ...5 KB (699 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
- ... ) One other common way to use 都 (dōu) is when you're talking about something that happens really often, such as "every day": 每天 (měi tiān). Use 都 ...7 KB (1,077 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... 一边 (yībiān). Structure To express that one thing is done ''while'' doing something else, the word 一边 (yībiān) is used. Subj. + 一边 + Verb (，) + 一 ...4 KB (669 words) - 08:20, 4 March 2019
- ... 得 正式 一点 。Míngtiān qù miànshì, nǐ děi chuān de zhèngshì yīdiǎn.You must wear something more formal for tomorrow's job interview. 你 病 得 太 厉害 了，得 去 看 医 ...4 KB (546 words) - 07:38, 22 April 2019
- ... syllable like 完 (wán). Using Adjectives 好 (hǎo) implies that something is done to ''completion'' or done ''well''. Forming a result complement ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... as negative perspectives. However, when leading with 就是, the second clause needs to express something negative. 好吃 是 好吃 ，就是 不 太 健康 。Hǎochī shì hǎochī ...4 KB (617 words) - 01:10, 3 March 2021
- ... 钱jiǔshí duō kuàiqián See also Intensifying with "duo" Doing something more with "duo" Asking about degree with "duo" Using "ji ...4 KB (578 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... 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 say that ...2 KB (309 words) - 14:33, 17 February 2016
- ... to Using "bei" sentences 被 . 受 as a Passive Marker Structure 受 + (Someone / Something) + Verb Examples 张老 师 的 课 很 受 学生 的 欢迎 ...5 KB (783 words) - 06:16, 29 December 2020
- ... to describe whether an action is worth it and cannot be used to state that something is worth a certain monetary value. For that 值 must be used on its ...3 KB (436 words) - 09:39, 14 January 2021
- ... Use this structure to express that "as long as" something happens , "then" something else will happen . In logic, this is referred to as a ...4 KB (608 words) - 03:48, 8 February 2022
- ... ，也要 ⋯⋯ Here the speaker must pay a price in order to complete or gain something, a bit like "even though X, I'm still willing to do Y." Examples ...4 KB (635 words) - 02:45, 18 January 2021
- ... for indefinite reference) "哪怕"(no matter) "用得着/用不着"(to find something useful, to have need to) "好容易"(with great difficulty) "由"(used to ...3 KB (259 words) - 06:33, 7 November 2011
- ... shì bu shì) is a question patternZhè shì bu shì shū ma? These would be something like "Are you who are you?" and "Is this is a book?" in English, both ...9 KB (1,438 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... char 怎么 Used for Expressing frequency Similar How to do something with "zenme" Similar Asking why with "zenme" Similar "Not very" with ...3 KB (525 words) - 08:45, 24 April 2019
- ... a few months away from graduation. Colloquial Saying 离⋯⋯还远呢 离⋯⋯还远呢 expresses that something is very far off in terms of time. 我们 刚刚 开始 谈 恋爱 ，离 ...6 KB (825 words) - 04:36, 30 November 2018
- ... less common, but sometimes 难怪 is a combination of the Difficult to do something 难 + Verb pattern and the verb 怪, meaning "to blame." In this case ...5 KB (799 words) - 03:27, 22 November 2020
- ... it), 两 (liǎng) is used. This is when you want to say "two of something" or "both." Here are some common examples of 两 (liǎng) in action: Examples ...4 KB (669 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... " or "almost," and is used to emphasize that someone or something is ''very close'' to doing something. Used before the Subject 几乎 is often used ...4 KB (538 words) - 07:48, 19 January 2021
- ... of 全 (quán) is to indicate the entirety of something. It could be used for something like a ''whole'' household, an ''entire'' country, the ''whole'' ...7 KB (1,041 words) - 09:25, 15 April 2019
- ... . It's what you use instead of 比 (bǐ) if something is "as Adj. as" something else. Basic Pattern The structure literally means, "A has ...4 KB (648 words) - 08:28, 22 April 2019
- ... ," though in this case instead of "twelves of something" we are saying "tens of something." Structure 几 + 十 + Measure Word + Noun Examples ...6 KB (1,035 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
