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- Create Translation23 bytes (2 words) - 09:06, 24 July 2013
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- ... all. 你 能 不 能 少 抽 点 烟 ？Nǐ néng bu néng shǎo chōu diǎn yān?Can you smoke less? 快 期中 考试 了 ，少 玩 点 游戏 吧 。Kuài qīzhōng kǎoshì le, shǎo wán diǎn yóuxì ba ...4 KB (606 words) - 07:31, 10 May 2021
- ... 我 家 到 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 ...4 KB (600 words) - 08:43, 24 April 2019
- Create Translation23 bytes (2 words) - 09:06, 24 July 2013
- Create Translation22 bytes (2 words) - 01:52, 27 June 2017
- ... , though. 我 越来越 不 相信 他 了 。Wǒ yuèláiyuè bù xiāngxìn tā le.I believe him less and less. 你 越来越 不 懂 我 了 。Nǐ yuèláiyuè bù dǒng wǒ le.You understand me ...4 KB (602 words) - 07:54, 4 March 2019
- ... 我哥哥 差不多 高。Wǒ gēn wǒ gēge chàbuduō gāo.My older brother and I are more or less the same height. 我 差不多 到 公园 门口 了。Wǒ chàbuduō dào gōngyuán ménkǒu le.I'm ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 08:09, 20 July 2021
- ... . 他 越 问 ，我 越 不 想 说。Tā yuè wèn, wǒ yuè bù xiǎng shuō.The more he asks, the less I want to tell him. 你 越 这样 说 ，他 越 不 听 。Nǐ yuè zhèyàng shuō, tā yuè bù ...5 KB (839 words) - 08:55, 2 December 2020
- ... 小时 以内 能 送到 吗 ？Bàn xiǎoshí yǐnèi néng sòng dào ma?Can you deliver in 30 minutes or less? 这个 大楼 50 米 以内 不 能 停车 。Zhège dàlóu wǔshí mǐ yǐnèi bù néng tíng ...4 KB (661 words) - 09:21, 14 January 2021
- ... as a phrase and use 差很多 (chà hěn duō). Not surprisingly, it's a little less versatile than 差不多. Structure When 差不多 (chàbuduō) is a predicate ...4 KB (631 words) - 08:51, 13 November 2020
- ... , 少. It is further explained in the article doing something less with "shao" . Sources and further reading Books Source Integrated ...4 KB (611 words) - 17:24, 6 December 2018
- ... 钱 。Wǒ nìngkě zhège yuè shǎo huā yīdiǎn, yě bù zhǎo fùmǔ yào qián.I'd rather spend less money this month than ask my parents for money. 妈妈 宁可 把 这些 东西 ...4 KB (635 words) - 02:45, 18 January 2021
- ... ?Well are you going to go shopping or what? 你 去 不 去 逛街 呢？Less intense, just asking a question.Nǐ qù bu qù guàngjiē ne?Are you going to go shopping ...6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
- ... open, "maybe A, perhaps B... (or maybe both or neither?)" So it's less exclusive and less demanding of a choice RIGHT NOW. Examples 周末 我 想 在 ...6 KB (863 words) - 03:33, 8 October 2019
- ... uncertain number that is at least more than one, and probably less than five, but definitely less than ten. 几 (jǐ) as "a Few" The simplest way ...6 KB (1,035 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... Here are some other ways to start make a request to still be polite, but less in a less formal way: 你 可 不 可以 …… ？Nǐ kě bu kěyǐ…?Could you...? 你 能 ...4 KB (567 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
- ... already before etc. how however is less need so some therefore when There are ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
- ... This is very important because in English they can, but this is much less common in Chinese. Adverbs can occasionally act as conjunctions (like in the ...3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
- ... ( if ), alternation ( or ), and succession ( then ). Less common relationships include inference, transition, concession, enumeration ...3 KB (402 words) - 03:23, 30 May 2016
- ... relation between component meaning and compound meaning, e.g. 花生 Others less idiomatic - compound source can be traced through components e.g. 矛盾 ...2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013
- ... and measure word e.g. 十多个 means more than the number given but less than the next whole number. Like 'odd' in English e.g. "thirty-odd." 多 after ...5 KB (643 words) - 04:51, 9 March 2019
- ... and ''plan to take action on''. It can sound a bit more demanding (and less polite). 想 (xiǎng) on the other hand, often conveys an idea on one's mind ...4 KB (575 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... go to a good college. Did you ever notice that some Chinese people with less-than-perfect English will use the phrase "very like?" Now you know why ...4 KB (564 words) - 03:53, 16 April 2019
- ... of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion. Structure Statement + 吧 ...3 KB (414 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
- ... be used to intensify negative adjectives , 极了 (jíle) is a somewhat less common way to intensify both positive and negative adjectives. It is used in ...4 KB (523 words) - 08:24, 4 March 2019
- ... " in comparisons Used for Comparing Used for Denying and refusing Structure Sentence Patterns Translation less Translation not4 KB (635 words) - 08:25, 17 December 2020
- ... that you sometimes see 一边 (yībiān) shortened to 边 (biān) as well, which has a less formal feel. Examples 不要 一边 吃 东西，一边 说话 。Bùyào yībiān chī ...4 KB (669 words) - 08:20, 4 March 2019
- REDIRECT Doing something less with "shao"46 bytes (6 words) - 04:26, 24 August 2011
- ... included examples of the "physical location" usage here, because it's less common and more formal. See also Sequencing past events with ...5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
- ... 百姓 更 不 满意 了 。Gǎigé fǎn'ér ràng lǎobǎixìng gèng bù mǎnyì le.Reform actually made the people less satisfied. 你 的 参与 反而 给 我们 带来 了 麻烦 。Nǐ de cānyù fǎn'ér ...6 KB (900 words) - 06:46, 11 December 2020
- ... -得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. Although less common in everyday speech, meaning-wise it is quite similar to Simple ...4 KB (616 words) - 02:37, 17 December 2020
- ... and refusing Used for Comparing Used for Expressing preference POS Verbs Subprop Verbs Translation less Translation not5 KB (811 words) - 00:23, 18 January 2021
- ... 合 (shìhé) and 合适 (héshì) annoying, to say the least. They mean more or less the same thing, but the former is a verb, while the latter is an adjective ...4 KB (653 words) - 09:48, 14 January 2021
- ... of result complement s by now, but there are a few that are less common and thus may have escaped direct scrutiny until now. This grammar point ...7 KB (1,104 words) - 03:29, 29 December 2020
- ... informal than "No Matter" with "wulun" 无论 , but it is used in more or less the same way. As with other constructions, 都 and 也 can be used in the ...6 KB (863 words) - 07:36, 19 January 2021
- ... " used to express a literal upward movement . 起来 also has some less intuitive usages, which are figurative extensions of the "movement" idea. For ...5 KB (698 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
- ... pinyin for characters. We realize that this makes the content far less accessible to beginners, but there is a solution: '''students of Chinese ...6 KB (774 words) - 05:56, 27 January 2014
- ... ), 生气 (shēngqì), 谈话 (tánhuà), 洗澡 (xǐzǎo), 游泳 (yóuyǒng). Slightly less common (but still useful for intermediate learners) separable verbs include: 帮忙 ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
- ... me to worry about this. The Other Meaning of 难怪 This usage is definitely less common, but sometimes 难怪 is a combination of the Difficult to do ...5 KB (799 words) - 03:27, 22 November 2020
- ... . We're talking no more than 1-30 minutes in most situations, and often less than 5 minutes. When used before a verb, 刚才 emphasizes something happened ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
- ... to approval and affirmation. 确定 can be a verb or an adjective, or, less commonly, an adverb of the form "确定 + 地 + Verb." More objective in tone ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
- ... ) , which have the same meaning. In spoken Chinese, this patter is less used than Expressing "would rather" with "ningke" 宁可 . Structure 与 ...5 KB (654 words) - 09:42, 2 December 2020
- ... already before etc. how however is less need so some therefore when There are ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
- ... 才 (cái) can be used to emphasize that a number is small, or less than expected. Used as a Verb Structure In this case, 才 means "is ...3 KB (516 words) - 08:29, 17 April 2019
- ... of words like 看到 ("to see") and 听到 ("to hear"). But other times it's less clear what the -到 really means. Like the difference between 买 and 买到 or 做 ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 07:27, 17 December 2020
- ... ." In English, as well, "would like to" feels more indirect, and thus less demanding and more more polite. Subj. + 想 + Verb Examples 你 想 去 ...10 KB (1,565 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... de shǎo yīdiǎn ba, huì lěng.If I wear a little more, it will be hot. If I wear a little less, it will be cold. 去 吧 ，要 给 红包 ；不 去 吧 ，他 没 面子 。Qù ba, yào ...4 KB (706 words) - 17:21, 6 December 2018
- ... after 点 (diǎn) in the same way as half and quarter hours. Minutes Less Than 10 Structure In Chinese, when the minute is under 10, the ...6 KB (955 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
- ... differences are not huge, but there are a few: The 成 versions are a bit less formal than the 作 versions. 看成 / 看作 is often followed by a person or ...12 KB (1,686 words) - 04:01, 18 January 2021
- ... " with "bu zenme" "In addition" with "zaishuo" Doing something less with "shao" Chapter 5 Referring to "all" using "suoyou ...4 KB (479 words) - 03:37, 14 March 2019
- ... 以防万一(yǐfángwànyī) as "just in case " This usage is notably less common than the other two, but if you're looking to sophisticate your Chinese, this ...4 KB (675 words) - 03:12, 17 December 2020
- ... while it can literally mean "to wait until," it also has the less literal translation meaning "when (the time comes)" or "by the time (something ...5 KB (705 words) - 02:53, 11 November 2020
