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  • ... 从 书 中 学习 了 很 多 知识 。Wǒ cóng shū zhōng xuéxí le hěn duō zhīshi.I learned a lot from the book. 我们 从 聊天 中 知道 小王 不 喜欢 咖啡 。Wǒmen cóng liáotiān zhōng zhīdào ...
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  • ... 公司 的 客户 来自 美国 。 Wǒmen gōngsī de kèhù láizì Měiguó.Our company's clients come from the USA. 我的 这个 想法 来自 生活 。 Wǒ de zhège xiǎngfǎ láizì shēnghuó.This ...
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  • ... hours. 从 你 家 到 机场 可以 坐 地铁 吗?Cóng nǐ jiā dào jīchǎng kěyǐ zuò dìtiě ma? From your place to the airport, can I take the subway? 从 这里 到 我们 公司,你 会 看见 ...
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  • ... page will break it all down for you. First, some examples: What you are 你是哪里人? 你是哪里的? Where you from 你从哪里来? 你是从哪里来的? 你是从什么地方来的? 你来自哪里? 你 ...
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  • REDIRECT "From… to…" with "cong… dao…"
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  • REDIRECT "From… to…" with "cong… dao…"
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  • Grammar Box 由此 means "根据这个 (原因或者情况)" and used to draw conclusions from a reason or a situation. Usually 由此 is paired with 可见, 看来, 说来 and other ...
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…"
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong"
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong"
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "ever since" with "zicong"
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  • ... , 我 不 想 去。 Nàge jiǔbā lí zhèr tài yuǎn le, wǒ bù xiǎng qù.That bar is too far away from here. I don't want to go. 我 不想 去 离 家 很 远 的 地方 工作。Wǒ bù xiǎng ...
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  • ... 他 身上 学到 了 很多 东西 。Wǒ cóng tā shēnshang xuédào le hěn duō dōngxi.I learned a lot from him. 从 这 件 事 可以 看出 你 的 工作 态度 。Cóng zhè jiàn shì kěyǐ kànchū nǐ de ...
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  • ... 个 小时 。Cóng wǒ jiā zǒu guòlái yào bàn gè xiǎoshí. It took me half an hour to walk here from my place. 你 包里 的 东西 都 拿 出来 了 吗 ?Nǐ bāo lǐ de dōngxi dōu ná ...
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  • ... Chinese has no grammar. While this belief is false, it probably stems from the fact Chinese has no formal tenses to express events that took place ...
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  • ... 欢 向 朋友 借钱 。Wǒ bù xǐhuan xiàng péngyou jiè qián.I don't like to borrow money from friends. 你 会 向 陌生人 求助 吗 ?Nǐ huì xiàng mòshēngrén qiúzhù ma?Would you ...
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  • ... starting points in the future, a little like "from" in English. 自从 cannot be used in ... wǒ yào rènzhēn kàn shū.Starting from tomorrow, I'm going to study ...
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  • ... Chinese Grammar Wiki possible technically, with very little extra production work needed from the academic team. A big thank you also to Adam Abrams ...
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  • ... le hěn duō péngyou de bāngzhù.The first year I was in the USA, I received a lot of help from many friends. 拐卖 孩子 的 人 应该 受到 法律 的 严惩。Guǎimài háizi de ...
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  • ... 刚刚. A few examples: 他 的 感冒 刚刚 好 。Tā de gǎnmào gānggāng hǎo.He just recovered from his cold. 天 刚 晴 。Tiān gāng qíng.The sky just became clear. 牛肉 刚 熟 ...
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  • ... Chinese Grammar Wiki possible technically, with very little extra production work needed from the academic team. A big thank you also to Adam Abrams ...
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  • ... box. 桌子 上 是 昨天 没 吃完 的 菜 。The food that was left over from yesterday is the only thing on the table.Zhuōzi shàng shì zuótiān méi chī wán de cài.The ...
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  • ... Similar Using "zai" with verbs Similar Complement with "dao" Similar "From… To…" with "cong… dao…" Similar Using the verb "qu" POS ...
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  • ... even in many very basic sentence patterns, you'll find that Chinese diverges from English in some important ways. For example, where to put time words ...
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  • ... 。 Tā shì yōuxiù yuángōng, wǒmen dōu yào xiàng tā xuéxí.He is an exemplary employee, we should all learn from him. 我们 要 向 环保 部门 要求 严查 工厂 排污。Wǒmen yào ...
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  • ... you come to China?" using 来 (lái). Another example is if you want to go from China to Japan, your friends might ask you: “When are you going to Japan ...
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  • ... 看来,这 件 事情 很 简单。zài tā kànlái, zhè jiàn shìqing hěn jiǎndān.From his perspective, this is a very simple matter. See Also Comparing "xiande" and ...
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  • ... hē le liǎng bēi kāfēi, hàide wǒ wǎnshang shuì buzháo.I had two cups of coffee. It kept me from falling asleep at night. 外面 太 吵 了,害得 我们 没 办法 专心 工作 ...
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  • ... Wiki BOOK (print edition) uses a "structure" icon from '''Pixeden.com''', as well as several icons from '''Icomoon.io'''. The HSK Grammar series uses ...
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  • ... In each of the examples above, a compound verb has been created from a verb plus another verb or adjective. These verb-complement compounds behave ...
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  • ... you do not plagiarize It is important not to copy down example sentences from other dictionaries or corpora. We can use them to understand a grammar ...
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  • ... follow the order "year, month, day." This is in keeping with the "from big to small" trend which pervades many facets of Chinese culture. Structure ...
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  • ... here. 上课 的 时候 不 能 说 英文。My teacher has forbidden me from speaking English.Shàngkè de shíhou bù néng shuō Yīngwén.In class, you can't speak English ...
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  • ... but the word order is different from the Expressing duration with "le ... Remember, this pattern differs from both Expressing duration with "le ...
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  • ... 她 十八 岁 就 大学 毕业 了 。Tā shíbā suì jiù dàxué bìyè le.She graduated from college when she was only 18 years old. Not only can 就 emphasize a "point in time ...
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  • ... 我 没有 看 见 。 We didn't say what "I" didn't see; you have to infer it from the context.Wǒ méiyǒu kànjiàn.I didn't see it. 你 没 听 到 吗 ? Nǐ méi tīngdào ...
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  • ... Rel char 一直 Similar To go to a place Similar Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…" Similar Verbs with gei Similar Expressing "when ...
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  • ... 都 (dōu) Structure 除了 ⋯⋯ (+ 以外) ,Subj. + 都 ⋯⋯ 以外 can be omitted from the pattern without changing its meaning. Examples 除了 他 ,我们 都 去 ...
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  • ... simple. 离 我 远 点儿 !我 现在 烦 得很!Lí wǒ yuǎn diǎnr Wǒ xiànzài fán de hěn Stay away from me I'm very stressed right now 你 觉得 他 不 高兴 ?我 看 他 今天 心情 好 得很 ...
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  • ... but is generally used to introduce a ''new'' idea, rather than to move on from a previous related topic. Note that in the pattern above, 来说 is more ...
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  • ... 是 北方人,我 能 听 出来 。Tā kěndìng shì běifāng rén, wǒ néng tīng chūlái.She must be from the north. I can hear it. 你 能 看出 我 多大 吗 ?Nǐ néng kànchū wǒ duōdà ma ...
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  • ... of a suggestion or inference deduced from the first fact. It can be ... Question The suggestion or inference deduced from the first "fact" can come in ...
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  • ... Box AKA 离合词 (líhécí) verb-object phrase "Separable verbs" get their name from their ability to "separate" into two parts (a verb part and an ...
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  • ... used should be followed with a comma. As an adverb, 反而 is not so set apart from the rest of the sentence, and should not be followed by a comma. A,相反 ...
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  • ... a walk into the mountains and meets a mysterious old man who appears to be from an ancient time. The man invites him into his mountain home for a meal ...
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  • ... in an office and copy articles from a book, in the meantime his ... Indicating a number in excess "From… to…" with "cong… dao…" Chapter 7 ...
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  • ... is a companion resource that can complement any Chinese class. Don't expect to read it from start to finish, or to go through the grammar point lists ...
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  • ... be an adventure, instead of a five-year stint in solitary confinement. And from the very outset, students can begin to move toward the goal that was ...
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  • ... 父母 差 很 多 。Wǒ de shēnghuó xíguàn gēn wǒ fùmǔ chà hěn duō.My life habits are very different from my parents'. 两 个 老师 都 很 好 ,不过 他们 的 学历 差 很 多 。Liǎng gè ...
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  • ... 感冒 才 好 。Zhídào bàn gè yuè yǐhòu, wǒ de gǎnmào cái hǎo.It took me half a month to recover from the cold. 她 直到 十八 岁 才 见到 亲生 父母 。Tā zhídào shíbā suì cái ...
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  • ... is a companion resource that can complement any Chinese class. Don't expect to read it from start to finish, or to go through the grammar point lists ...
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  • ... . They help indicate the environment (when and where), direction (to, from, at), reason, manner, and other functions that make the sentences cohesive ...
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  • ... .mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/perapera-chinese/ Chinese Perapera Popup Dictionary From now on, you will see a little yellow star in the bottom ...
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  • ... 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 to list two ...
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  • ... 字 怎么 读?Dì-èr háng dì-wǔ gè Hànzì zěnme dú? How do you read the fifth character from the second line? 这 次 考试,我 是 我们 班 第 一。Zhè cì kǎoshì, wǒ shì wǒmen ...
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  • ... verbs and help express a tone or mood. (The word "modal" comes from "mood.") In English, auxiliary verbs include words like "should," "will," and "can ...
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  • ... verb maps perfectly to an English causative verb. You can see from these examples than in some cases the natural English translation doesn't even ...
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  • ... first. The most important and commonly used potential complements are derived from other complements such as the following: Verb + 见 e.g. 看 ...
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  • ... 很. For example: 她说得很清楚. This serves to distinguish them from potential complements, which are never directly preceded by an adverb. Descriptive and ...
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  • ... with adjective phrase state complements, they can describe a state that arose from the action of the main verb in the sentence. Structure Verb ...
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  • ... components e.g. 矛盾 Finally, some compounds very obviously formed from components e.g. 洗澡 Compounds are formed frequently and creatively - can't ...
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  • ... 了 。Tā bèi dǎ le.He was beaten. Second, passive sentences shift emphasis from the "doer" of the action to the one affected by that action. For example ...
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  • ... , though they are based on the above framework. Some articles may deviate from the basic pattern a bit more, like basic grammar articles, comparison ...
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  • ... to link ''two nouns'', so you can't rely too much on translating directly from English when it comes to expressing the English verb "to be" in Chinese ...
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  • ... 个 老婆liǎng gè lǎopo two wives 十 个 男人, 七 个 傻, 八 个 坏。A line from a songShí gè nánrén, qī gè shǎ, bā gè huài.Ten men: seven are fools, and eight are bad ...
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  • Grammar Box The verb 有 (yǒu) is negated differently from ordinary verbs. Rather than placing 不 (bù) before it as with other verbs, you must use 没 ...
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  • ... : Subj. + 怎么 + Verb + Obj. Note that the subject can often be omitted from general "how to" questions, and there doesn't always have to be an object ...
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  • ... Obj. This structure is the easiest way to express all kinds of skills, from languages, to sports, to skills in daily life such as cooking and driving ...
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  • ... as this is one case in which Chinese word order is quite different from English. Structure To indicate the location that a verb takes place in ...
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…"
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  • Grammar Box Aside from How to do something with "zenme" just meaning "how," 怎么 (zěnme) can also be used to ask "why" or "how come." Basic ...
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  • ... food Without a Noun In some cases, it is possible to drop the noun from the pattern, and just use the "Noun + 的 (de)." This is kind of like ...
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  • ... River? 你 家 离 这儿 多 远?Nǐ jiā lí zhèr duō yuǎn?How far is your house away from here? 你 要 在 美国 待 多 久?Nǐ yào zài Měiguó dāi duō jiǔ? How long are you ...
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  • ... . The word order will take a little getting used to, but aside from that, the pattern is quite easy. Structure To say that one thing ...
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  • ... smarter''' than me. (不比) You'd probably be more upset to hear the former from a friend than the latter. The two above sentences in Chinese are: 你 没 ...
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  • ... nǐ yǒu jīngyàn, nǐ yīnggāi duō xiàng tā xuéxí.He's more experienced than you. You should learn from him more. 想 提高 汉语 口语 ,就要 多 练习 。Xiǎng tígāo Hànyǔ ...
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  • ... of an action or the "disposal" of an object. Apart from result complements involving perception and psychological verbs, most result compounds work ...
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  • ... 起来 。Qǐng dàjiā zhàn qǐlái.Everyone, please stand up. 捡 起来。Jiǎn qǐlái.Pick it up (from the floor). 头 抬 起来 。Tóu tái qǐlái.Raise your head. 别动 !把 手 举 ...
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  • ... 都⋯⋯ (měi cì... dōu...) is a pattern used to express "every time." Translating from English, you might feel that the only part really needed is 每次 (měi ...
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  • ... 钱 ,还没 还 吧 ?Nǐ jiè wǒ de qián, hái méi huán ba?You haven't returned the money you borrowed from me, right? 他 的 事 ,我 不 想 管 那么 多 。Tā de shì, wǒ bù xiǎng ...
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  • ... is: 对 + Person + 来说 ,⋯⋯ While this pattern was too common to omit from this page, it's covered in more depth as part of Phrases using "laishuo ...
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  • ... in which large numbers are broken down in Chinese is a little different from English. Unlike in English, where large numbers are broken down by the ...
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  • ... . 他 是 东北 人 ,不过 他 没有 口音 。Tā shì dōngběi rén, bùguò tā méiyǒu kǒuyīn.He's from the northeast, but he doesn't have the accent. 他 说 得 不错 ,不过 不 认识 汉字 。Tā ...
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  • ... 月 来 ,我 学到 了 很 多 。Shíxí jǐ gè yuè lái, wǒ xuédào le hěn duō.I've learned a lot from my internship during the last few months. 出国 几 个 月 来 ,她 一点 也 不 想 家 ...
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  • ... ...," you can use 那么 or 那 in order to begin a judgment or result from previous context. An example of this in English would be: "so, what should we do ...
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  • ... the subject'' (if there is one) and ''before the verb''. (This is different from a conjunction like 但是 which comes ''before'' the subject ) Also 反而 ...
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  • ... 家 远 了 一点儿。Nàge dìfang lí wǒ jiā yuǎn le yīdiǎnr.That place is a little too far from my home. 这 件 衬衫 小 了 点儿 ,我 想 换 一 件。Zhè jiàn chènshān xiǎo le diǎnr ...
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  • ... wénzhāng yǒu wǔ fēn zhī sān shì chāo biérén de.Three fifths of this article has been copied from others. 差不多 三 分 之 一 的 美国 人 有 护照 。Chàbuduō sān fēn ...
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  • ... wǒ.As I sat through class after class, I heard someone calling me from outside. See also "Verbing around" with "lai" and "qu" Sources and ...
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  • ... 大 进口。Zhège guójiā de liángshi zhǔyào yóu Jiānádà jìnkǒu.This country's grain is mainly imported from Canada. 这个 规定 是 由 政府 发布 的。Zhège guīdìng shì yóu ...
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  • ... , there were lots of people outside lined up to withdraw money from the ATMs. Sources and further reading Books Source HSK Standard ...
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  • ... . 首相 因为 受贿 丑闻 而 下 了 台。Because the prime minister's bribery scandal, he fell from power. 伦敦 地铁 因 罢工 而 处于 瘫痪 状态。Because of the London Underground ...
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  • Grammar Box 对⋯⋯而言 (duì...ér yán) means "from the point of view of" and is equivalent to but more formal than Using "dui" with verbs 对⋯⋯来说 . ...
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  • ... fǒuzé lǎobǎn bù huì kǎolǜ nǐ de.The boss won't consider you unless you graduated from a big name university. Reverse Pattern with 除非 and 才 除非 is ...
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  • ... flag, not to mention any other countries' flags. Some sentences will deviate from the structure a little bit, dropping the 连 or even both the 连 ...
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  • ... 准"(most probably) "意味着"(implies) "动词/形容词 ¬+ 下来"(using 下来to denote a change from strong to weak) "以…为中心"(taking something to be most important)
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  • ... the listener. A second verb is only necessary if different from the first verb. 呢 with Questions Involving Interrogative Pronouns Interrogative ...
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  • ... . It can be used when the speaker feels what he is saying is obvious (from his point of view). Structure Statement + 嘛 Examples 你 妹妹 很 漂亮 ...
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  • Many of the separable verb s below come from Chinese Grammar Without Tears http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&tag= ...
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  • ... You might be wondering how the examples using 得 (de) above are different from adverbs. That's actually a really good question, but it's one that you ...
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  • ... to indicate the purpose of an action or the person that will benefit from some act of kindness. In the "purpose" sense, it almost exactly corresponds ...
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  • ... on the meaning of " always ." (Literally, 从来 means something like "from the beginning," although no one is really thinking that phrase when they ...
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  • ... , chàdiǎnr méi lèi sǐ.This place is so big. I walked for so long I almost died from exhaustion. 我 差点儿 没 被 发现。Wǒ chàdiǎnr méi bèi fāxiàn.I was almost ...
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  • ... gēn péngyou jièqián.He's such a nuisance. He's always borrowing money from his friends. See also "Always" with "conglai" "Never" with ...
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  • ... grammar points on the Chinese Grammar Wiki, you're welcome to do so Aside from the sortable HTML list above, you can also obtain the latest data in ...
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  • ... event "just" occurred, specifically. Structure 刚 (gāng) can also express "from the time an action happens until the present time." Subj. + 刚 ...
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  • ... méi nàme zāo.Now it looks like things aren't that bad. 看来 as "From X's Perspective" 看来 can also be used to highlight a specific person's point ...
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  • ... yī cì.Please say it one more time. 再 Can Express "Another" Aside from expressing the repetition of an action, Again in the future with "zai" 再 ...
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  • ... differences in ''word usage'', and not about '''grammar'''. Thus it has been delisted from the Chinese Gramar Wiki grammar point lists. 对象不同 "推广 ...
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  • ... 飞机 只 要 几 个 小时。Cóng Shànghǎi dào Dōngjīng zuò fēijī zhǐ yào jǐ gè xiǎoshí.Flying from Shanghai to Tokyo only takes a few hours. 我 每 天 都 要 喝 几 杯 咖啡。Wǒ ...
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  • ... nǐ duǎn dànshì shuō de bǐ nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiù kěyǐ shuō wǒ bǐ nǐ cōngming.From the fact that I have studied Chinese for a shorter time but speak it better ...
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  • ... de kànfǎ hěn bù yīyàng.On children's education, her opinion is very different from her husband's. Using 关于 in a Formal Way 关于 (guānyú) can ...
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  • ... grammar points on the Chinese Grammar Wiki, you're welcome to do so Aside from the HTML list below, you can also obtain the latest data in the ...
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  • Grammar Box Stub 之 is one of the characters from classical Chinese that has come into common usage. It a formal written way to express ...
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from this" with "youci"
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  • ... de lǜhuà miànjī dōu zài kuòdà.Every year our green ified area is expanding. From Verb to Noun Part of speech can be quite fluid in Chinese, and ...
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  • ... answer comes after the 莫过于. 莫过于 is one of the phrases that comes from 文言文 Chinese. The 莫 means "not" or "nobody," and the 过于 means "surpass." Topics ...
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  • ... by level difficulty level . Here is just a small selection of articles from the first four levels which you might like to read up on: '''Beginner ...
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  • Grammar Box Stub 与否 is a grammatical particle that comes from classical Chinese meaning "whether or not." It is typically used at the end of ...
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  • ... "Distinguishing words" are a special type of adjective that actually evolved from nouns. As such, they are more rigidly defined then other adjectives ...
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  • ... ways just happens to involve 是⋯⋯的. This is a different usage from the The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details "classic" 是⋯⋯的 pattern ...
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  • ... xǐhuan de gōngzuò.He hasn't found a job that he really enjoys ever since graduating from college. 一向 一向 does not have a starting point in time ...
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  • ... mean "among" like this. Usages of 之间 之间 as "Ranging from... to..." This usage refers to examples like "between 8am and 3pm" or "between ...
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  • ... "shenme dou" Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi" "From… to…" with "cong… dao…" "Already" with "yijing" Auxiliary verb ...
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  • ... 你的 生日 礼物 。Zhè shì wǒmen sòng gěi nǐ de shēngrì lǐwù.This is your birthday present from us. 这 本 书 是 谁 借 给 你 的 ?Zhè běn shū shì shéi jiè gěi nǐ de?Who ...
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  • ... Cóng tā nàlǐ, wǒ liǎojiě dào le zhēnxiàng.I learned the real truth of the matter from him. 联系 vs. 联系到 You can think of 联系 as "initiate contact ...
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  • ... be helpful to imagine a demanding child using this pattern to get stuff from his parents. This "''I want x ''" pattern can seem slightly impolite, but ...
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  • ... a Noun Structure In some cases, it is possible to drop the noun from the pattern, and just use the adjective + 的 (de). This is kind of like ...
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  • ... phrase of a sentence, and state something about the subject . Aside from verbs, adjective s and sometimes even noun s can be predicates as ...
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  • Grammar Box Taiwanese Mandarin differs slightly from Mainland Mandarin. (Don't be surprised if a Beijinger tells you these patterns are 100% ...
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  • ... , for example, 商场往往周末的时候比较热闹。This is where 往往 differs from 常常. For the most part, you can translate 常常 as "often," where as you can translate 往往 as ...
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  • ... 毕业 时 就 分手 了 。Tāmen dàxué bìyè shí jiù fēnshǒu le.They broke up when they graduated from college. 飞机 起飞 时 ,他 关 了 手机 和 电脑 。Fēijī qǐfēi shí, tā guān le ...
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  • ... station. 了 After a Verb with an Object You may remember these from your original studies of 了 to indicate completion, but it's worth revisiting ...
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  • ... him. 他 帮了 几 十 个 农村 的 孩子 了。 He's helped a few dozen poor kids from the rural area. 我 哥哥 换 了 三 个 女朋友 了。 My older brother has had three girlfriends ...
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  • ... fixed at "once" as part of the question. That actually won't stop people from answering "twice a week" in Chinese, though; it's just how the question ...
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  • ... old" in English. There are a details that work differently from English, however. Basic Structure for 岁 (suì) Structure The structure ...
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  • ... zhèngfǔ bǎ “Hanchéng” gǎi chéng le “Shǒu'ěr”.The South Korean government changed the capital name from "Hanseong" to "Seoul." 请 你 把 这些 句子 翻译 成 中文 ...
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  • ... 来 ,我 还 差得远 呢。Bǐ qǐ nǐ lái, wǒ hái chà de yuǎn ne.Compared with you, I'm still far from it. 本科生 比起 博士生 来,学位 要 低 很 多 。Běnkē shēng bǐ qǐ bóshì shēng lái ...
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  • ... là ma?Is this spicy? Editor's Note: The following sentences are no different from standard Mandarin, and this need major revisions. 他 会 哭 吗 ?Tā huì ...
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  • Grammar Box stub Taiwanese Mandarin differs slightly from Mainland Mandarin. A characteristic of Taiwanese Mandarin is the usage of 不错. ...
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  • ... 我们 就 要 考试 了 。Háiyǒu liǎng gè xīngqí wǒmen jiù yào kǎoshì le.We're just two weeks away from the exam date. 还有 一 个 月 就 要 过年 了 。Háiyǒu yī gè yuè jiù yào ...
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  • ... formal in English, but in Chinese, even everyday phrases such as "learn from each other" use the word 互相, which expresses this "each other" aspect ...
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  • ... 彼此 配合。Wǒmen shì yī gè bùmén de, gōngzuò shàng yào bǐcǐ pèihé.We are from the same department. We should cooperate with each other in our work. 如果 你们 ...
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  • ... His home got burned by the fire. 我 的 iPad 被 老师 给 拿 走了。My iPad was taken away from me by my teacher. 我们 都 被 他 的 样子 给 吓 坏了。We all got so scared by the ...
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  • ... get any candy to eat. 凡是 会员 都 有 折扣 。As long as you have a membership, you can benefit from a discount. 凡是 with 就: 凡是 美国 公民 就 可以 投票 ,这 是 真的 吗 ?As ...
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  • ... 公司 不到 五 百 米 。Wǒ jiā dào gōngsī bùdào wǔ bǎi mǐ.My house is less than 500 meters from the office. 在 美国 ,不到 21 岁 不 能 喝酒 。Zài Měiguó, bùdào èrshí-yī suì ...
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  • Grammar Box Aside from its 还 other uses , 还 (hái) can be used to express a surprised or sarcastic tone, and can also be used with rhetorical ...
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  • ... so much. Carry them one at a time. Used as "Little by Little" Aside from just meaning "one by one," when 一 (yī) is used with a measure word ...
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  • ... use “年轻” (niánqīng) or "老“ (lǎo). ''Note: this grammar point has been pulled from the B1 list, as its mostly an explanation of a special usage of 大 ...
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  • ... 家 到 那儿 要 通过 两 座 桥 。Cóng wǒ jiā dào nàr yào tōngguò liǎng zuò qiáo.To get there from my house, you have to cross two bridges. 通过 那个 红色 的 大门 ,左拐 就 到 了 ...
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  • ... zhàn zài liǎng mǐ yǐwài de dìfang.Please stand 2 meters or more from this place. Books Category:B2 grammar points Basic Grammar 以上 B2 级 ...
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  • ... or "5 ''times'' more." Its usage can be a little tricky (different from English), so pay close attention to the pattern below. Directly Expressing ...
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  • ... whether or not you are able to do something. It is subtly different from using "不能 + Verb" because "Verb + 不了" usually suggests some external factor ...
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  • ... Get great digital products to complement your Chinese studies direct from Allet Learning Initial products include hugely helpful pronunciation packs ...
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  • ... wǒmen mǎi le huángniú piào.The tickets on the website were all sold out. So then we bought tickets from scalpers. 他 的 英语 太差 了,于是 ,他 妈妈 给 他 请 了 一个 英语 ...
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"
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  • ... 外 香甜 。Zuótiān dēngshān lèi le, wǎnshang shuì de géwài xiāngtiánI was tired from climbing yesterday, so my sleep at night was especially sweet. 去年 孩子 ...
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  • ... going to college, I have discovered so many new interests." Or, to borrow from Kelly Clarkson's hit song, "since you been gone, I can breathe for the ...
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "to come from" with "laizi"
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  • REDIRECT Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong"
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  • ... material will be covered by your teachers: Vocabulary and Grammar Review (from your previous lessons) Main lesson of the day (using our flexible ...
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  • ... , it's still somewhat interesting, so we saved it here.'' Purely from the "separable" aspect, Mandarin's separable verbs have a counterpart in English ...
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  • ... nǐ…Can I trouble you to... (?) More Advanced Uses of 请 (qǐng) Aside from this "please" usage, the word 请 (qǐng) has some additional uses not ...
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  • ... HSK level lists, while learners focused more on real-life communication can benefit more from the CEFR levels. This book focuses on the HSK levels.
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  • ... like this.Shéi ràng nǐ bù fàng zài bāo lǐ.What stopped you from putting it in your bag? See also Yes-no questions with "ma" Rhetorical ...
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  • Imported from::foaf:knows Property description::A person known by this person (indicating some level of reciprocated interaction between the ...
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  • Imported from::foaf:name Property description::A name for some thing or agent.@en Category:Imported vocabulary DISPLAYTITLE:foaf: ...
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  • Imported from::foaf:homepage Property description::URL of the homepage of something, which is a general web resource.@en Category: ...
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  • Imported from::owl:differentFrom Property description::The property that determines that two given individuals are different.@en ...
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  • ... common usage of 为 is for uncontrollable emotional reactions that result from relationships with other people. These reactions aren't really done out ...
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  • ... the same content as the paper versions. The following grammar points were omitted from the B2 book in order to stay under 400 pages (the hard limit ...
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  • ... covered by the new (2021) HSK. The following grammar points were taken from the Chinese Ministry of Education's http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt ...
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