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Expressing "again" in the past with "you"
... above pattern, but is also a little tricky because it expresses something that is still ongoing, and has already started as the speaker is speaking ...

5 KB (771 words) - 01:53, 10 November 2020
Verb
... A common mistake is to say "不有," but we're going to try to avoid that as much as possible Special verb 在 Like "是," "在" can not be modified with ...

6 KB (835 words) - 07:15, 15 June 2017
Editing for print
... . The main ones are: Clarity Above all, explanations need to be ''CLEAR''. That doesn't mean we need to explain every possible meaning of a word ...

3 KB (553 words) - 04:06, 25 April 2017
Expressing "toward" with "wang"
... kàn.Look up there. 那个小偷往东跑了。Nàge xiǎotōu wǎng dōng pǎo le.That thief ran towards the east. 不要往楼下扔垃圾。Bùyào wǎng lóuxià rēng lājī.Don't ...

4 KB (591 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Rhetorical questions
... 父母说话呢？Nǐ zěnme néng gēn nǐ de fùmǔ zhèyàng shuōhuà ne?How can you talk to your parents like that? 他结婚才两个月，怎么可能这么快就离婚了？Tā jiéhūn cái liǎng ...

6 KB (926 words) - 03:06, 17 December 2020
Location complement
... may take place in a location but do not imply motion towards that location. In that case an adverbial location phrase should be used before the verb ...

3 KB (376 words) - 03:18, 30 March 2017
Reduplication of verbs
... cháng yī cháng wǒ zuò de cài ma? Do you want to taste the food that I cooked? Using this kind of structure lightens the mood and seriousness of the ...

5 KB (743 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Expressing duration with "le"
... zuò le bā nián jīnglǐ.He worked as a manager for eight years. Also note that 的 can be used in this pattern, which must be placed between the duration ...

5 KB (692 words) - 08:00, 4 March 2019
Separable verb
... translated into other languages in a way that makes both the verb and the ... 觉. What makes them especially hard is that the "object" part of each word ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Using "guo" with "le"
... actions are ''done.'' Here, 过 (guo) and 了 (le) work together to emphasize that an action is ''already done.'' This is why the translations on the side ...

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Comparing "xiande" and "kanqilai"
... this makes you appear stingy. 那样说显得她很笨。 Nàyàng shuō xiǎnde tā hěn bèn.Saying that made her appear stupid. 这种颜色的衣服显得你的脸色不好看。 Zhè ...

4 KB (565 words) - 14:54, 14 January 2021
Expressing comparable degree with "you"
... pretty? 这个药有这么神奇吗？Zhège yào yǒu zhème shénqí ma?Is this medicine really that magical? 他有姚明那么高吗？Tā yǒu Yáo Míng nàme gāo ma?Is he really ...

4 KB (648 words) - 08:28, 22 April 2019
Complement "-zhao"
... le, nǐ yào de dōngxi wǒ méi mǎizháo.The supermarket is closed. I didn't buy things that you need. 我终于见着你了。Wǒ zhōngyú jiànzháo nǐ le.I have ...

4 KB (624 words) - 02:50, 29 December 2020
Distinguishing word
... What are they "Distinguishing words" are a special type of adjective that actually evolved from nouns. As such, they are more rigidly defined then ...

3 KB (337 words) - 09:25, 28 November 2018
Advanced "le" after an object
... 明花光了钱。 Completion in the Future 了 (le) can also indicate that one action is completed before another in the ''future'', and this type of 了 is ...

12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
Placement of "le" with objects
... the number in front of the object is already a big number, and the other is to indicate that this number could continue to grow. 我给他打了十几个电话了 ...

6 KB (698 words) - 04:10, 25 April 2017
Advanced potential complements
... 得下那么多东西吗？Nǐ bāo li fàng dexià nàme duō dōngxi ma?Can your bag hold that many things? 我的车太小，坐不下五个人。 Wǒ de chē tài xiǎo, zuò buxià wǔ ...

8 KB (1,173 words) - 02:44, 29 December 2020
Expressing "only after" with "cai"
... 我看了两遍才看懂。Nà běn shū wǒ kàn le liǎng biàn cái kàn dǒng.I had to read that book twice to understand it. 我去了三次北京才见到了那个客户。Wǒ qù le sān ...

5 KB (757 words) - 04:25, 26 November 2020
Preposition
... affirmative-negative questions . Functions Prepositions do a lot of work that we sometimes take for granted. They help indicate the environment ...

2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
Basic comparisons with "bi"
... is: Noun 1 + 比 + Noun 2 + Adj. The noun that's placed first is the one that comes out on top in the comparison. So in the sentence: 小李比小张高。Xiǎo ...

7 KB (1,076 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
... 那么 / 这么 + Adj. Examples You could think of 这么 as "this" or "so," and 那么 as "that" or "so." 他说得这么快，你们听得懂吗？Tā shuō de zhème kuài, nǐmen ...

4 KB (608 words) - 07:55, 14 May 2019