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Yes-no questions with "ma"
... A: 你明天不来吗？Negative verb in the questionNǐ míngtiān bù lái ma?You're not coming tomorrow? B: 不来。The negative verb means "no."Bù lái.No, I won't ...

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Idiomatic phrases with "zai"
... 在管理方面，你比我有经验。Zài guǎnlǐ fāngmiàn, nǐ bǐ wǒ yǒu jīngyàn.When it comes to management, you have more experience than I do. 中西方文化在很多方面都有共 ...

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Expressing uncertainty about "whether or not"
... if he will come tomorrow. 我不知道他明天会不会来。I'm not sure if he will come tomorrow. 我不 ... 明天会来。I don't think he can come tomorrow. 我觉得他明天不会来 ...

3 KB (355 words) - 03:33, 30 August 2017
Result complement
... without a result), but for verbs that include a result you tend to only come across past tense forms - "I didn't see." A sentence like "I'm not seeing ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
Style guide
... use them, make sure you do the following. Lists Example sentences usually come together as a group of lists. Wrap the entire list (or lists ...

14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
Expressing "will" with "hui"
... 快会回来。 Wǒ chūqù yīxià, hěnkuài huì huílái.I'm going out for a little while. I'll come back very soon. 老板会同意吗？Lǎobǎn huì tóngyì ma?Will the boss ...

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Using "lai" as a dummy verb
... .Teacher, let me read it. A:你怎么做得这么慢？Nǐ zěnme zuò de zhème màn?How come you do it so slowly? B:你觉得我慢？你来！Nǐ juéde wǒ màn? Nǐ lái You think ...

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Reduplication of adjectives
... have a little wine and enjoy yourself. 到这里来凉快凉快。Dào zhèlǐ lái liángkuai liángkuai.Come over here and cool off. 我想去外面走走，安静一下。Wǒ xiǎng qù ...

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Expressing "had better" with "haishi"
... frequently include 还是, and it usually comes before a verb or a subject. Subj ... 吧。Háishì ràng tā jìnlái ba.We'd better let her come in. 你还是快点走吧。Nǐ ...

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Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... for this pattern, the object moves to the front of the sentence instead of coming after the verb as it normally does. After you move the object to the ...

6 KB (990 words) - 08:38, 11 November 2020
Expressing "on the contrary" with "fan'er"
... and ''before the verb''. (This is different from a conjunction like 但是 which comes ''before'' the subject ) Also 反而 can appear in one sentence with 但是 ...

6 KB (900 words) - 06:46, 11 December 2020
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"
... you go too. 你不能进，除非你有预约。Nǐ bù néng jìn, chúfēi nǐ yǒu yùyuē.You can't come in unless you have an appointment. 我不说，除非你答应我你不会生气。Wǒ bù ...

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Separable verb
... jiéhūn tā. 我想跟她结婚。the prepositional phrase, literally "with her," comes before the verbWǒ xiǎng gēn tā jiéhūn.I want to get married to her. '''聊 ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
... 了？！我这些菜白做了。Tā bù huílái chīfàn le? Wǒ zhèxiē cài bái zuò le.He's not coming back to eat? I made all this food for nothing. 你一句汉语都不会说，白 ...

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Expressing "contrary to expectations" with "pianpian"
... In these example sentences, we see that the opposite of what is expected comes out. In this case "what is expected" is a objective requirement. We see ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... park. 商店关门的时候，你再来找我。Shāngdiàn guānmén de shíhou , nǐ zàilái zhǎo wǒ.Come to find me when the shop is closed. 商店关门了以后，你再来找我。Shāngdiàn ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou"
... bù lái zhèlǐ chīfàn le, yòu guì yòu nánchī.In the future I will never come to this place to eat again. It's expensive and the food is terrible. 以后 ...

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Verbs followed by "gei"
... (gěi) is one of those exceptions; Verbs preceded by "gei" it sometimes comes before the verb and sometimes after. This article is about when it ...

5 KB (750 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Affirmative-negative question
... bu shì?Is it (or not)? 他们来不来？ Tāmen lái bu lái?Are they going to come or not? 你想不想我？ Nǐ xiǎng bu xiǎng wǒ?Do you or do you not miss me ...

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Expressing "enough" with "gou"
... dài de qián gòu huā.Don't worry. I've brought enough money to spend. When it comes before an adjective, 了 is needed at the end of the sentence. 我对你 ...

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Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"
... 他明天不用来了。Gàosu tā míngtiān bùyòng lái le.Tell him that he doesn't need to come tomorrow. 买吧，不用考虑价钱。Mǎi ba, bùyòng kǎolǜ jiàqián.Buy it. You ...

3 KB (498 words) - 07:37, 22 April 2019