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Passive verbs with "shou"
... le hěn duō péngyou de bāngzhù.The first year I was in the USA, I received a lot of help from many friends. 拐卖孩子的人应该受到法律的严惩。Guǎimài háizi de ...

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Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
... 刚刚. A few examples: 他的感冒刚刚好。Tā de gǎnmào gānggāng hǎo.He just recovered from his cold. 天刚晴。Tiān gāng qíng.The sky just became clear. 牛肉刚熟 ...

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Acknowledgments-HSK
... Chinese Grammar Wiki possible technically, with very little extra production work needed from the academic team. A big thank you also to Adam Abrams ...

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Alternative existential sentences
... box. 桌子上是昨天没吃完的菜。The food that was left over from yesterday is the only thing on the table.Zhuōzi shàng shì zuótiān méi chī wán de cài.The ...

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Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
... Similar Using "zai" with verbs Similar Complement with "dao" Similar "From… To…" with "cong… dao…" Similar Using the verb "qu" POS ...

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Learner FAQ
... even in many very basic sentence patterns, you'll find that Chinese diverges from English in some important ways. For example, where to put time words ...

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Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
... 。 Tā shì yōuxiù yuángōng, wǒmen dōu yào xiàng tā xuéxí.He is an exemplary employee, we should all learn from him. 我们要向环保部门要求严查工厂排污。Wǒmen yào ...

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Directional verbs "lai" and "qu"
... you come to China?" using 来 (lái). Another example is if you want to go from China to Japan, your friends might ask you: “When are you going to Japan ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 看来，这件事情很简单。zài tā kànlái, zhè jiàn shìqing hěn jiǎndān.From his perspective, this is a very simple matter. See Also Comparing "xiande" and ...

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Indicating negative impact with "haide"
... hē le liǎng bēi kāfēi, hàide wǒ wǎnshang shuì buzháo.I had two cups of coffee. It kept me from falling asleep at night. 外面太吵了，害得我们没办法专心工作 ...

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Acknowledgments-B2
... Wiki BOOK (print edition) uses a "structure" icon from '''Pixeden.com''', as well as several icons from '''Icomoon.io'''. The HSK Grammar series uses ...

3 KB (377 words) - 08:13, 18 January 2021
Result complement
... In each of the examples above, a compound verb has been created from a verb plus another verb or adjective. These verb-complement compounds behave ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
Editor instructions
... you do not plagiarize It is important not to copy down example sentences from other dictionaries or corpora. We can use them to understand a grammar ...

14 KB (2,421 words) - 01:27, 22 July 2015
Structure of dates
... follow the order "year, month, day." This is in keeping with the "from big to small" trend which pervades many facets of Chinese culture. Structure ...

4 KB (578 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Expressing ability or possibility with "neng"
... here. 上课的时候不能说英文。My teacher has forbidden me from speaking English.Shàngkè de shíhou bù néng shuō Yīngwén.In class, you can't speak English ...

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Expressing duration of inaction
... but the word order is different from the Expressing duration with "le ... Remember, this pattern differs from both Expressing duration with "le ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
Expressing earliness with "jiu"
... 她十八岁就大学毕业了。Tā shíbā suì jiù dàxué bìyè le.She graduated from college when she was only 18 years old. Not only can 就 emphasize a "point in time ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... 我没有看见。 We didn't say what "I" didn't see; you have to infer it from the context.Wǒ méiyǒu kànjiàn.I didn't see it. 你没听到吗？ Nǐ méi tīngdào ...

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Expressing "until" with "dao"
... Rel char 一直 Similar To go to a place Similar Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…" Similar Verbs with gei Similar Expressing "when ...

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Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
... 都 (dōu) Structure 除了 ⋯⋯ (+ 以外) ，Subj. + 都 ⋯⋯ 以外 can be omitted from the pattern without changing its meaning. Examples 除了他，我们都去 ...

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Adjectival complement "de hen"
... simple. 离我远点儿！我现在烦得很！Lí wǒ yuǎn diǎnr Wǒ xiànzài fán de hěn Stay away from me I'm very stressed right now 你觉得他不高兴？我看他今天心情好得很 ...

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