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Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... 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 ...

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Expressing "some" with question words
... . 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
Chinese word order
... 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
Expressing duration of inaction
... 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
Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
... 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
Tricky uses of "dao"
... 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 ...

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Expressing "again" in the past with "you"
... 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
Expressing "will" with "hui"
... 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
Using "hao" to mean "easy"
... 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
Expressing "difficult" with "nan"
... 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
Measure words for counting
... 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
Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... " 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
Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
... 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
Expressing experiences with "guo"
... 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
Expressing "to make certain" with "qianwan"
... 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
Comparing "yizhi" and "yixiang"
... 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
Comparing "yao" and "xiang"
... 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
Verb
... 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
Advanced potential complements
... 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
Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 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
Result complement
... ''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