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Result complement "-wan" for finishing
... put the object If there is an object followed by the verb, 完 must be placed between the verb and the object. To indicate completion, 了 usually goes ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... 书你一定要认真地看下去。Zhè běn shū nǐ yīdìng yào rènzhēn de kàn xiàqù.You must keep reading this book carefully. 这样做很有意义，你应该做下去。Zhèyàng zuò hěn ...

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Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... ? If the object the comes after 连 is a whole sentence, there must be a specific interrogative pronoun (a "question word") in the sentence. 你 ...

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Providing two options with double "huozhe"
... 定要去。Zánmen huòzhě jīntiān qù huòzhě míngtiān qù, yīdìng yào qù.We can either go today or tomorrow, but we must go. 你或者买这个或者买那个，其他的都不好看。Nǐ ...

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Expressing "towards" with "xiang"
... already departed. She kept waving at me. 你必须向他道歉！Nǐ bìxū xiàng tā dàoqiàn You must apologize to him 这件事你应该向老板汇报一下。Zhè jiàn shì nǐ ...

3 KB (515 words) - 07:35, 19 April 2019
Expressing "then…" with "name"
... ? Nà tā de Zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo ba?He's studied Chinese for ten years? So he must speak Chinese really well, then? 他表现不错，那么让他通过吧。Tā ...

4 KB (559 words) - 07:41, 4 March 2019
Expressing "if… then…" with "jiaru"
... of days. 假如一定要去的话，她就去。Jiǎrú yīdìng yào qù dehuà, tā jiù qù.If she really must go, then she will go. 假如我们又见面了，你还会记得我吗？Jiǎrú wǒmen yòu ...

3 KB (453 words) - 07:42, 17 December 2020
Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
... be used to state that something is worth a certain monetary value. For that 值 must be used on its own. 值得 as an Adverb Structure 值得 + Verb ...

3 KB (436 words) - 09:39, 14 January 2021
Marking a topic with "de hua"
... 的话，一定要去外滩。Nǐ qù Shànghǎi lǚyóu dehuà, yīdìng yào qù Wàitān.If you're going to Shanghai, you must go to the Bund. 买衣服的话，还是要去实体店试试的。Mǎi yīfu ...

4 KB (570 words) - 03:48, 29 December 2020
Expressing "even if…" with "jishi"
... us, we're still going to make this public. Note that the clause used after 即使 must be ''hypothetical'', otherwise 虽然 should be used. 现在即使很忙，我们也 ...

4 KB (647 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020
Expressing "even if…" with "jiushi"
... with me, I still need to tell him about it. Note that the clause used after 就是 must be hypothetical, otherwise 虽然 should be used: 现在就是是高峰期，但我也要 ...

5 KB (737 words) - 10:16, 19 January 2021
Expressing various aspects with "yi fangmian"
... fāngmiàn bìxū zhèyàng zuò.On the one hand, we don't want to do it this way; on the other hand, we must do it this way. 抽烟一方面对自己有害，一方面对身边的人 ...

5 KB (841 words) - 09:00, 22 April 2019
Expressing "would rather" with "ningke"
... that you intend to achieve. Structure 宁可 ⋯⋯ ，也要 ⋯⋯ Here the speaker must pay a price in order to complete or gain something, a bit like "even ...

4 KB (635 words) - 02:45, 18 January 2021
Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇
... Points by Chapter Lesson 1 "动词 + 出来" (verb + 出来) "非…不可"(must, have to) "仍然" (still) "再也" (never again) "渐渐"(gradually) Lesson 2 "显 ...

3 KB (259 words) - 06:33, 7 November 2011
Separable verb
... is to remember that they are "Verb + Object" constructs.''' The verb alone must be treated as a verb, and the object cannot be treated as part of the ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Yihou, zhihou, houlai and ranhou
... 天下班以后去接她。错－我明天下班后来去接她。后来 can stand alone. 以后 can not. It must be acompanied by a time expresion. 对－我以前在Intel工作，后来就去了Microsoft。错－我以前在Intel工作，以 ...

966 bytes (71 words) - 08:41, 13 June 2012
Opportune timing with "chen"
... chèn wǒ bù zhùyì de shíhou, bǎ wǒ de shǒujī tōu zǒu de.The thief must have stolen my cell phone when I wasn't paying attention. Sources and further ...

3 KB (502 words) - 09:40, 14 January 2021
Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... (bù) and 没 (méi) are not usually interchangeable, so it's important to learn when you must use 不 (bù) as opposed to 没 (méi), and vice versa. 不 (bù ...

17 KB (2,625 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding"
... 确定 / 一定 + （的 +） Noun But when used in this grammar structure, you must clearly differentiate the ''meanings'' of the words. 肯定 takes its verb meaning ...

9 KB (1,327 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
"In order to avoid" with "yimian"
... ，以免发生交通事故。 Make sure that 以免 is not used with a single verb or adjective. It must be used with a complete verb phrase. 你赶紧走，以免晚。你赶紧走，以免晚了。快 ...

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Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... . You should give it a try 你想得倒美！不工作还想拿工资？You must be talking when you sleep. You want to get paid without doing your job? 你想得倒简单！怎 ...

4 KB (463 words) - 06:28, 8 April 2018