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• Passive verbs with "shou"
  ... 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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• Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
  ... 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 ...
  11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
• Acknowledgments-HSK
  ... 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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• Alternative existential sentences
  ... 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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• Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
  ... 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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• Learner FAQ
  ... 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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• Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
  ... 。 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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• Directional verbs "lai" and "qu"
  ... 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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• Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
  ... 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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• Indicating negative impact with "haide"
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (690 words) - 08:14, 18 December 2020
• Acknowledgments-B2
  ... Wiki BOOK (print edition) uses a "structure" icon from '''Pixeden.com''', as well as several icons from '''Icomoon.io'''. The HSK Grammar series uses ...
  3 KB (377 words) - 08:13, 18 January 2021
• Result complement
  ... 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 ...
  11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
• Editor instructions
  ... 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 ...
  14 KB (2,421 words) - 01:27, 22 July 2015
• Structure of dates
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (578 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
• Expressing ability or possibility with "neng"
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (804 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
• Expressing duration of inaction
  ... but the word order is different from the Expressing duration with "le ... Remember, this pattern differs from both Expressing duration with "le ...
  5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
• Expressing earliness with "jiu"
  ... 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 ...
  6 KB (930 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
• Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
  ... 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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• Expressing "until" with "dao"
  ... 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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• Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (704 words) - 08:23, 4 March 2019
• Adjectival complement "de hen"
  ... 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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• Limiting scope with "jiu"
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (729 words) - 07:39, 19 January 2021
• Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
  ... 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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• Expressing "since" with "jiran"
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (685 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
• Separable verb
  ... 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 ...
  16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
• Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan"
  ... 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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• The Sixty-Year Dream:《六十年的梦》
  ... 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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• Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League:《卷发公司的案子》
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (600 words) - 06:41, 8 January 2014
• Introduction
  ... 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 ...
  2 KB (353 words) - 01:25, 3 May 2017
• Foreword
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
• The opposite of "chabuduo" is "cha hen duo"
  ... 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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• Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (682 words) - 08:43, 24 April 2019
• Introduction-B2
  ... 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 ...
  2 KB (414 words) - 08:52, 18 January 2021
• Preposition
  ... . They help indicate the environment (when and where), direction (to, from, at), reason, manner, and other functions that make the sentences cohesive ...
  2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
• Reading Tools
  ... .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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• To-do
  ... 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 ...
  9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020
• Ordinal numbers with "di"
  ... 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 ...
  7 KB (1,069 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
• Auxiliary verb
  ... 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 ...
  2 KB (346 words) - 06:30, 22 November 2020
• Causative verbs
  ... 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 ...
  5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
• Potential complement
  ... first. The most important and commonly used potential complements are derived from other complements such as the following: Verb + 见 e.g. 看 ...
  7 KB (977 words) - 04:50, 9 March 2019
• Degree complement
  ... 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 ...
  12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
• State complement
  ... with adjective phrase state complements, they can describe a state that arose from the action of the main verb in the sentence. Structure Verb ...
  6 KB (754 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
• Word structure
  ... 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 ...
  2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013
• Using "bei" sentences
  ... 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 ...
  11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
• Style guide
  ... , though they are based on the above framework. Some articles may deviate from the basic pattern a bit more, like basic grammar articles, comparison ...
  14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
• Connecting nouns with "shi"
  ... 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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• Measure word "ge"
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (576 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
• Negation of "you" with "mei"
  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 ...
  5 KB (791 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
• How to do something with "zenme"
  ... : 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 ...
  4 KB (552 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
• Expressing a learned skill with "hui"
  ... 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 ...
  4 KB (520 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
• Indicating location with "zai" before verbs
  ... 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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