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Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
... be your "go to word" for expressing "not as... as...," but there are cases where 不比 (in all of its subtle glory) is a better choice. The Difference ...

4 KB (635 words) - 08:25, 17 December 2020
Result complement "-wan" for finishing
... sold out. 我们打扫完了。Wǒmen dǎsǎo wán le.We finished cleaning. Where to put the object If there is an object followed by the verb, 完 must be ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... 都不记得了？Nǐ zěnme le? Lián nǐ zhù zàinǎr dōu bù jìde le?Are you OK? You can't even remember where you live? 她是你女朋友？你连人家姓什么都不知道。Tā shì nǐ ...

6 KB (990 words) - 08:38, 11 November 2020
Big numbers in Chinese
... down in Chinese is a little different from English. Unlike in English, where large numbers are broken down by the number of ''thousands'' they have ...

7 KB (1,089 words) - 06:47, 10 April 2019
Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
... róngyì) means "very difficult" or "really not easy." It is often used where the speaker wants to comment on the result of their hard work, something ...

5 KB (717 words) - 02:18, 29 December 2020
Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong"
... part of a bigger group. This is a little like "of which" in English, where you can say, "I have three ties, of which two feature Batman." Structure ...

4 KB (645 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
Expressing "among" with "dangzhong"
... " 其中 (qízhōng) . However, 其中 means something more like "among the aforementioned," where as 当中 simply means "among." Furthermore 其中 cannot be used in ...

4 KB (586 words) - 07:03, 11 December 2020
Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
... is the doer or initiator of an action, a bit like in English where we might say: "Andy ''is the one who...." Structure Topic + 由 + Person + Verb ...

3 KB (519 words) - 05:46, 6 December 2020
Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... 何况 to add further emphasis. 何况 can be used in two ways, the first of which where 何况 is used to emphasize that if A is like this, then B must be even ...

5 KB (788 words) - 02:07, 7 April 2021
Expressing "after all" with "bijing"
... bìjìng) can be used to emphasize a reason or characteristic, and is like "after all" where you might say, "he is, after all, only a child." 毕竟 is used ...

5 KB (764 words) - 09:17, 14 January 2021
Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
... ?I wonder whose pen this is? 他去哪儿了呢？Tā qù nǎr le ne?I wonder where he's going? 怎么会呢？Zěnme huì ne?How could that be? In the previous examples ...

6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo"
... 别说 + A ，连 / 就是+ B + 也 / 都 + Verb This is similar to English where we might say: "don't think about preparing a banquet, you can't even make instant ...

4 KB (666 words) - 04:23, 18 January 2021
Modal particle "ne"
... 里了？Wǒ zhǎo le nǐ hěn jiǔ ne, nǐ qù nǎlǐ le?I looked for you for quite a while. Where did you go? 雨还很大呢，我们不要出去了。Yǔ hái hěn dàne, wǒmen bùyào ...

3 KB (497 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing completion with "le"
... le I found it Putting 了 After a Verb with an Object Here is where things start to get slightly more complicated. If the verb has an object, 了 ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Yes-no questions with "ma"
... "no."Bù lái.No, I won't come. Finally, a mix of the two ways to answer, where one person is asking questions of two different people. A:你喜欢中国菜吗 ...

9 KB (1,438 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Comparing "li" and "cong"
... In Chinese, however, their meanings are different. 从 is used in cases where the subject's position relative to a fixed location changes. 离 expresses a ...

6 KB (825 words) - 04:36, 30 November 2018
Expressing "just now" with "gangcai"
... shéi lái le? Who came just now? 刚才你去哪儿了？Gāngcái nǐ qù nǎr le? Where did you go just now? 刚才我去洗手间了。Gāngcái wǒ qù xǐshǒujiān le.I just went ...

3 KB (519 words) - 10:00, 2 April 2019
Comparing "zai" and "you"
... 再 and 又 Have Other Uses as Well The comparisons above are the cases where 又 and 再 are most easily confused. This wiki also has other uses of both ...

10 KB (1,603 words) - 07:24, 19 January 2021
Comparing "youdian" and "yidian"
... Websites Chinesegrammar.info: http://chinesegrammar.info/general/yi-dianr-placement/ Where to place 一点儿 (yī diǎnr) in a sentence Category ...

7 KB (1,036 words) - 07:52, 14 May 2019
Comparing "guanyu" and "duiyu"
... Xīnnián Fàngjià de TōngzhīA Notification Regarding New Year Holidays Situations Where 关于 and 对于 Are Interchangeable When the point emphasized ...

6 KB (881 words) - 02:44, 17 December 2020
"Could it be that" with "qibushi"
... ," and it is always used in a rhetorical question. Structure Just insert 岂不是 where you feel that "could it be that" or "isnt it." 岂不是 is usually ...

1 KB (112 words) - 09:00, 10 November 2020