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Indicating purpose or intent using "shi...de"
REDIRECT The "shi... de" construction for indicating purpose

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Grammar Points Added or Updated for HSK
A small number of grammar points not appearing in previous Chinese Grammar Wiki publications (print books and ebooks) were added in order to fully ...

347 bytes (54 words) - 08:28, 23 May 2019
Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"
... 道他们是支持还是反对。Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào tāmen shì zhīchí háishì fǎnduì.I want to know if they support or oppose. 老板不确定是这个周末出差还是下个周末出差。Lǎobǎn bù ...

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Style guide
... This is a bit of text that can be used to set up a context or add other details that puts the example sentence into a proper perspective. If you ever ...

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Offering choices with "haishi"
... ? 他是美国人还是英国人？ Tā shì Měiguó rén háishì Yīngguó rén?Is he American or British? 你喜欢我还是我的钱？ Nǐ xǐhuan wǒ háishì wǒ de qián?Do you like ...

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Beginner Guide to Chinese Grammar
... system is that you don't need separate words for "my" or "your" or "his"; you just follow the words for "I" or "you" or "he" with a 的 (de). 小李的手机 ...

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Providing two options with double "huozhe"
... . 咱们或者去爬山或者泡温泉。Zánmen huòzhě qù páshān huòzhě pào wēnquán.Let's either go hiking or go for a soak in the hot springs. 咱们或者今天去或者明天去，一定要 ...

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Affirmative-negative question
... want rice? 你爸爸喝不喝酒？ Nǐ bàba hē bu hējiǔ?Does your dad drink alcohol or not? 今天老板来不来办公室？Jīntiān lǎobǎn lái bu lái bàngōngshì?Is the boss ...

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Part of speech
... are some, such as ''-性'' or ''-化'' or ''-们'', but they're not common ... meaning. An action is a verb. A person or a thing is a noun. Simple right? Well ...

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Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... Examples 你是不是我的老师？Nǐ shì bu shì wǒ de lǎoshī? Are you my teacher or not? 她想不想来？Tā xiǎng bu xiǎnglái? Does she want to come? 你爱不爱 ...

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Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding"
... needs to be followed by a noun or a noun phrase.Wǒmen yào xiān ... 肯定" needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase.Lǎobǎn kěndìng le zuìjìn wǒ hěn nǔlì ...

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Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... on earth is your boyfriend? 你到底说不说？Nǐ dàodǐ shuō bu shuō?Are you going to tell me or not? 你到底喜不喜欢我？Nǐ dàodǐ xǐ bu xǐhuan wǒ?Do you like me ...

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Result complement
... don't see it as much as 没有 (remember that 不 negates verbs about the present or future, whereas 没有 is used for things in the past). This makes sense if ...

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Editor instructions
... see our Tools page). That said, on a page specifically about a certain word or phrase, the pinyin should be given in parentheses at the top of the ...

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Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... can mean "know how to" and can express an action that you had to ''learn'' or ''be trained in'' to do. 能 means "to be able to" and expresses having ...

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Chinese word order
... in a sentence 也 behaves like other adverbs, but if the sentence also contains 很, 都 or 不, 也 should appear before them. Before 很: 他很喜欢吃包子。我也 ...

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Direction complement
... and an object after a single verb, but it's OK to put just a 来 or 去 after the object. In spoken language, if the context is clear, people often omit ...

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Using "ba" sentences
... Negating 把 Sentences To negate a 把 sentence, insert 不要 or 别 (present or future) or 没有 (past) directly in front of 把. You can't put it after ...

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Approximating with sequential numbers
... 家的孩子五六岁了吧。 Tāmen jiā de háizi wǔ liù suì le ba.Their child is about five or six years old. 这件衣服只要七八十块钱。 Zhè jiàn yīfu zhǐ yào qī bā ...

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Expressing the only two possibilities
... yuǎn jiùshì juéde zìjǐ lèi.This year, I haven't traveled at all. I either find the places too far away or I feel too tired. 这个星期不是今天开会就是明天开会 ...

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Ba-test
... Negating 把 Sentences To negate a 把 sentence, insert 不要 or 别 (present or future) or 没有 (past) directly in front of 把. You can't put it after ...

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