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Measure words for counting
... 条鱼 yī tiáo yúa fish 一条短信 yī tiáo duǎnxìna text (message) And one noun can take different measure words in different situations: 一块巧克力 yī kuài ...

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Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong"
... 个。Dàochù dōu yǒu gūdú de rén, wǒ zhǐ shì qízhōng yī gè.There are lonely people everywhere. I am just one of them. 这么多项目，其中最难做的就是环境的项目。Zhème ...

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Structural particle "de"
... be using 的 (de) and 得 (de) a lot more in everyday communication than this one. Examples 生气地说 shēngqì de shuōangrily say 开心地笑 kāixīn de ...

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Expressing indifference with "jiu"
... 。Huài le jiù huài le, zài mǎi xīn de.If it's broken, leave it there. We can buy a new one. 走就走，我早就不想干了！Zǒu jiù zǒu, wǒ zǎo jiù bù xiǎng gàn ...

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Using "bei" sentences
... was beaten. Second, passive sentences shift emphasis from the "doer" of the action to the one affected by that action. For example: 你被公司炒鱿鱼了？Nǐ ...

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Offering choices with "haishi"
... 我还是他？ Wǒ háishì tā?Me or him? 一个还是两个？ Yī gè háishì liǎng gè?One or two? 辣的还是不辣的？Là de háishì bù là de?Spicy or non-spicy? 冰的还 ...

5 KB (667 words) - 09:43, 14 March 2019
Reduplication of adjectives
... Two-Syllable Adjectives (AABB) If the adjective has more than one character, then you should repeat each character individually (rather than the ...

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Expressing "and also" with "hai"
... also" is with the word 也 (yě). What's the difference? With 还 (hái), ONE subject is doing TWO different things, whereas when The "also" adverb "ye" 也 ...

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Providing two options with double "huozhe"
... 蛋糕，或者你吃或者我吃。Zhǐyǒu yīkuài dàngāo, huòzhě nǐ chī huòzhě wǒ chī.There's only one piece of cake. Either you eat it, or I eat it. 你或者学汉语，或者学法 ...

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Expressing "among" with "dangzhong"
... 人当中有一个人是小偷。Wǔ gè rén dāngzhōng yǒu yī gè rén shì xiǎotōu.Of the five people, one of them is a thief. 在这么多家餐厅当中，就是他们家比较好吃。Zài zhème ...

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Comparing "cai" and "jiu"
... rén dōu xiě le wǔ yè zhǐ, nǐ jiù xiě le yī yè zhǐ Everyone wrote five pages, but you wrote just one? 那时候中国人都生四五个孩子，他们家就一个孩子？ Nà shíhou ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... 找到 means "to ''find''," that the search was successful, and results were achieved. So if one were to say "你一定要找," it would mean "you must try to find ...

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Expressing "the other" with "lingwai"
... tào zìjǐ zhù, lìng yī tào zū gěi biérén le.She has two houses. She lives in one and rents the other one to other people. 我买了三张票，一张是我的，另外两 ...

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Simple rhetorical questions
... already know: 不是……吗？ This first one is the easiest and most common. It ... have happened. 谁让你……？ The third one is exclusively used by surly or annoyed ...

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Comparing "gei" and "wei"
... verbs, and to make matters worse, some verbs (but not all ) can use either one. There are a few principles you can use to keep them straight, but also ...

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Main Page
... getting hard to find explanations that really address your needs, but this is one place you can find them File:Chinese-grammar-wiki-er.jpg 200px ...

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Complement
... are not the same as objects, and can be as short as one character, or practically as long as a sentence. Complements provide additional information ...

11 KB (1,569 words) - 07:22, 22 November 2018
Grammar points by level
... where your grammar knowledge stands, take a look at one of these levels, and if you can find one where you know ''MOST'' of the grammar points already ...

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Degree complement
... taken out of context. The following table explains different meanings that one complement phrase could have as either a degree complement or potential ...

12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... the subject). A simple 是 can make clear which one the speaker is emphasizing. 你是上周和 ... However, it can actually appear in one of two places. Take a ...

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Expressing ability or possibility with "neng"
... 能到家吗？Kāichē yī gè xiǎoshí néng dào jiā ma?Is it possible to drive home in one hour? 他们明天能早点来吗？ Tāmen míngtiān néng zǎo diǎn lái ma?Would it ...

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