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Structure of days of the week
... to as 星期日 (Xīngqīrì). One other implication of this system that you may not have noticed: "day one" is Monday. In Chinese culture, the first day of ...

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Verbs that take double objects
... ，我可以问你一个问题吗？Lǎoshī, wǒ kěyǐ wèn nǐ yī gè wèntí ma?Teacher, may I ask you a question? 大家都叫他 “怪叔叔”。 Dàjiā dōu jiào tā "guài shūshu."Everyone ...

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Expressing duration with "le"
... concluded (not ongoing), a Time words and word order time word may be inserted into the sentence to indicate that you're talking about an event ...

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Expressing duration of inaction
... like it's been a long time since you were this happy. In English, we may say something like, "I haven't eaten since 9:00 this morning" or "I haven't ...

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Modifying nouns with phrase + "de"
... Structure Phrase + 的 Examples Note that for certain phrases, it may be ambiguous what the "what" refers to, and sometimes it could even ...

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Expressing "both A and B" with "you"
Grammar Box When you're getting descriptive, you may find yourself wanting to use multiple adjective s at a time. The character 又 (yòu) can be ...

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Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
Grammar Box At times you may want to politely diss something using the phrase "a little too." For example, if you are getting lunch with a friend ...

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Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
Grammar Box Sometimes you may do something or experience something that you ''never'' ever want to do again. How do we express that in Chinese? ...

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Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
Grammar Box 都 (dōu) is one of those words that on the surface may seem simple, but actually has many different subtle uses. In this article, we ...

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Expressing "not at all" with "yidianr ye bu"
Grammar Box Sometimes we may want to say something is "not even the least bit adjective ." For example, we might say in English: "I am not at all ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... ), "to see," is the result of your brain taking in the visual input. It may sound a little hokey, but it really is possible to "look but not see," and ...

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Result complements
... 把 sentences in this article for the sake of simplicity, you may have noticed that sentences which feature result complements often also use 把 ...

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Descriptive complement
... Sound familiar? Chinese complement s are not an exact science. You may notice that the above uses of descriptive complements overlap a bit with ...

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Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
... want to express the meanings of "except," "besides," or "in addition." You may feel that "except" has a pretty different meaning from the other two ...

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Expressing "every" with question words
... (dōu) to make words and phrases like "everywhere" or "everyone." You may have learned this same pattern for Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou ...

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Acknowledgments
The Chinese Grammar Wiki may have been pioneered by AllSet Learning, but it would not be possible without the hard work of many selfless individuals, ...

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Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
... to find a job first, and then move. Colloquial Usage with 再说 You may have learned that "In addition" with "zaishuo" 再说 can mean "in addition ...

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Expressing "all" with "suoyou"
... all" of a noun, with the quantity of said noun usually being fairly large. You may notice that the 的 after 所有 is occasionally omitted. 所有 (+ 的) + Noun ...

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Expressing "on the contrary" with "fan'er"
... the part that is totally opposite of one's expectations. The word "actually" may be helpful in some translations. ⋯⋯ ，Subj. + 反而 + Unexpected Outcome ...

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Emphatic adverb "ke"
... Structure 可 + Verb Phrase 了 is not needed in this pattern, but may be present. Examples In these examples 可 is used with 别, and sounds ...

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Adjectival complement "de budeliao"
... 得不得了 (de bùdéliǎo) can be used to suggest a situation is serious or may result in terrible consequences. It can also be used in a positive sense, such ...

4 KB (644 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020