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Tricky uses of "dao"
... ; you have to move the girl's (or guy's) heart. 怎么追女孩子？Zěnme zhuī nǚ háizi?How do you pursue a girl? 那个女孩子，你追到了吗？Nàge nǚháizi, nǐ zhuīdào le ...

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Foreword
... such wide applicability is not an easy task, requiring not only technical know-how and careful thinking, but also a strong intuitive sense of what the ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
Chinese word order
... added to the basic sentence structure. How to do this is demonstrated below. ... Whenever you talk about FOR HOW LONG, you're getting into duration. ...

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Structure of numbers
... rules of usage are similar to the rules for "hundred." Just note that no matter how many zeroes are in the middle of the number, you just say 零 (líng ...

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Result complements
... xué huì le shǔ shù.My daughter has learned how to count. 我爸爸还没学会 ... yòng zhìnéng shǒujī.My father hasn't learned how to use a smartphone yet. 老师 ...

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Aspect particle "zhe"
... This pattern is used when you want to use one verb to describe how ''another'' action is performed. Structure Verb 1 + 着 + Verb 2 Note that ...

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Expressing "every" with question words
... 都没有用。Wǒ gēn tā shuō duōshao biàn dōu méiyǒu yòng.It doesn't matter how many times I tell him. "However" with 怎么都怎么 (zěnme) also works with ...

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Learner FAQ
... don't try to learn them all at once. Learn them as you need them. How do I use 了 (le)? That, my friend, is the million-dollar question that ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "napa"
... ，我们也不相信。Nǎpà nǐ shuō de zài hǎotīng, wǒmen yě bù xiāngxìn.No matter how convincing you are, we're still not going to believe it. 哪怕再累，她也不要 ...

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Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... 怎么了？Nǐ dàodǐ zěnme le?What on earth is up with you? 到底怎么走？Dàodǐ zěnme zǒu?How on earth do we get there? 快说啊！你男友到底是谁？Kuài shuō a Nǐ nányǒu ...

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Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme"
... (bù zěnme) seems to mean "not how," but it actually means "not often" ... Used for Expressing frequency Similar How to do something with "zenme" ...

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Comparing "renjia" and "bieren"
... what other people say. 别人怎么想我怎么知道？Biérén zěnme xiǎng wǒ zěnme zhīdào?How could I know what other people are thinking? 那是人家的事，你管那么多干 ...

4 KB (505 words) - 08:50, 24 April 2019
New Main Page
... different grammar points. Get clear on how these words work in different ways ... Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, Chinese textbook grammar ...

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Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... zìsī hé lěngmò, zěnme huì yǒu rén xǐhuan nǐ? You're so selfish and cold, how could anyone like you? In this second group, using 和 to group two totally ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Advanced uses of "ba"
... parts. 我知道怎么把图片做成视频。Wǒ zhīdào zěnme bǎ túpiàn zuò chéng shìpín.I know how to make this picture into a video. 老师把全班同学分成了三个小组。Lǎoshī bǎ ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 来 + 像 for 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 ...

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Aspect
... conjugating its verbs, Chinese uses particles to indicate how a verb works within a particular timeframe, or how the verb relates to the flow of time ...

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To-do
... think we need an article on written Chinese （书面语) in general, and how it is different from spoken CHinese. 于 "而" series 而 on its own (conjunction ...

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The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... qù Hángzhōu le.I went to Hangzhou yesterday. B: 你是怎么去的？Nǐ shì zěnme qù de?How did you get there? A: 我是坐火车去的。Wǒ shì zuò huǒchē qù de.I went ...

16 KB (2,467 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Style guide
... any of the above instructions seem confusing, don't worry The best way to learn how articles are set up is take a look at the code in the article by ...

14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... you're like most learners, when you first learn this pattern, you're thinking, ''"How can 很 (hěn) mean "very" one minute, but then nothing but a "link ...

5 KB (780 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021