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- ... and ''plan to take action on''. It can sound a bit more demanding (and less polite). 想 (xiǎng) on the other hand, often conveys an idea on one's mind ...4 KB (575 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... go to a good college. Did you ever notice that some Chinese people with less-than-perfect English will use the phrase "very like?" Now you know why ...4 KB (564 words) - 03:53, 16 April 2019
- ... of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion. Structure Statement + 吧 ...3 KB (414 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
- ... be used to intensify negative adjectives , 极了 (jíle) is a somewhat less common way to intensify both positive and negative adjectives. It is used in ...4 KB (523 words) - 08:24, 4 March 2019
- ... " in comparisons Used for Comparing Used for Denying and refusing Structure Sentence Patterns Translation less Translation not4 KB (635 words) - 08:25, 17 December 2020
- ... that you sometimes see 一边 (yībiān) shortened to 边 (biān) as well, which has a less formal feel. Examples 不要 一边 吃 东西，一边 说话 。Bùyào yībiān chī ...4 KB (669 words) - 08:20, 4 March 2019
- REDIRECT Doing something less with "shao"46 bytes (6 words) - 04:26, 24 August 2011
- ... included examples of the "physical location" usage here, because it's less common and more formal. See also Sequencing past events with ...5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
- ... 百姓 更 不 满意 了 。Gǎigé fǎn'ér ràng lǎobǎixìng gèng bù mǎnyì le.Reform actually made the people less satisfied. 你 的 参与 反而 给 我们 带来 了 麻烦 。Nǐ de cānyù fǎn'ér ...6 KB (900 words) - 06:46, 11 December 2020
- ... -得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. Although less common in everyday speech, meaning-wise it is quite similar to Simple ...4 KB (616 words) - 02:37, 17 December 2020
- ... and refusing Used for Comparing Used for Expressing preference POS Verbs Subprop Verbs Translation less Translation not5 KB (811 words) - 00:23, 18 January 2021
- ... 合 (shìhé) and 合适 (héshì) annoying, to say the least. They mean more or less the same thing, but the former is a verb, while the latter is an adjective ...4 KB (653 words) - 09:48, 14 January 2021
- ... of result complement s by now, but there are a few that are less common and thus may have escaped direct scrutiny until now. This grammar point ...7 KB (1,104 words) - 03:29, 29 December 2020
- ... informal than "No Matter" with "wulun" 无论 , but it is used in more or less the same way. As with other constructions, 都 and 也 can be used in the ...6 KB (863 words) - 07:36, 19 January 2021
- ... " used to express a literal upward movement . 起来 also has some less intuitive usages, which are figurative extensions of the "movement" idea. For ...5 KB (698 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
- ... pinyin for characters. We realize that this makes the content far less accessible to beginners, but there is a solution: '''students of Chinese ...6 KB (774 words) - 05:56, 27 January 2014
- ... ), 生气 (shēngqì), 谈话 (tánhuà), 洗澡 (xǐzǎo), 游泳 (yóuyǒng). Slightly less common (but still useful for intermediate learners) separable verbs include: 帮忙 ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
- ... me to worry about this. The Other Meaning of 难怪 This usage is definitely less common, but sometimes 难怪 is a combination of the Difficult to do ...5 KB (799 words) - 03:27, 22 November 2020
- ... . We're talking no more than 1-30 minutes in most situations, and often less than 5 minutes. When used before a verb, 刚才 emphasizes something happened ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
- ... to approval and affirmation. 确定 can be a verb or an adjective, or, less commonly, an adverb of the form "确定 + 地 + Verb." More objective in tone ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
- ... ) , which have the same meaning. In spoken Chinese, this patter is less used than Expressing "would rather" with "ningke" 宁可 . Structure 与 ...5 KB (654 words) - 09:42, 2 December 2020
- ... already before etc. how however is less need so some therefore when There are ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
- ... 才 (cái) can be used to emphasize that a number is small, or less than expected. Used as a Verb Structure In this case, 才 means "is ...3 KB (516 words) - 08:29, 17 April 2019
- ... of words like 看到 ("to see") and 听到 ("to hear"). But other times it's less clear what the -到 really means. Like the difference between 买 and 买到 or 做 ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 07:27, 17 December 2020
- ... ." In English, as well, "would like to" feels more indirect, and thus less demanding and more more polite. Subj. + 想 + Verb Examples 你 想 去 ...10 KB (1,565 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... de shǎo yīdiǎn ba, huì lěng.If I wear a little more, it will be hot. If I wear a little less, it will be cold. 去 吧 ，要 给 红包 ；不 去 吧 ，他 没 面子 。Qù ba, yào ...4 KB (706 words) - 17:21, 6 December 2018
- ... after 点 (diǎn) in the same way as half and quarter hours. Minutes Less Than 10 Structure In Chinese, when the minute is under 10, the ...6 KB (955 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
- ... differences are not huge, but there are a few: The 成 versions are a bit less formal than the 作 versions. 看成 / 看作 is often followed by a person or ...12 KB (1,686 words) - 04:01, 18 January 2021
- ... " with "bu zenme" "In addition" with "zaishuo" Doing something less with "shao" Chapter 5 Referring to "all" using "suoyou ...4 KB (479 words) - 03:37, 14 March 2019
- ... 以防万一(yǐfángwànyī) as "just in case " This usage is notably less common than the other two, but if you're looking to sophisticate your Chinese, this ...4 KB (675 words) - 03:12, 17 December 2020
- ... while it can literally mean "to wait until," it also has the less literal translation meaning "when (the time comes)" or "by the time (something ...5 KB (705 words) - 02:53, 11 November 2020
- REDIRECT Expressing "less than" with "budao"48 bytes (6 words) - 07:03, 24 July 2017
- REDIRECT Expressing "less than" with "budao"48 bytes (6 words) - 07:04, 24 July 2017
- ... Goal + 而 + Efforts Made Sometimes, 为 can be replaced with 为了 , which is less formal. To make the pattern negative, simply add 不 before 为: Subj. + 不 ...3 KB (521 words) - 07:10, 11 December 2020
- ... 个个 (meaning "every one" of something) and 天天 (meaning "every day"). For less common measure words, the meaning is still the same: "every" of something ...3 KB (425 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
