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Using "ba" sentences
... 书放在桌子上。Bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.Put the book on the table. How would you say this without the 把 construction? You might try this: 放书在桌子上 ...

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Simple rhetorical questions
... 起得这么晚，能不迟到吗？Nǐ qǐ de zhème wǎn, néng bù chídào ma?You got up so late, how could you not be late? A: 我点了很多菜，都是你爱吃的。Wǒ diǎn le hěn duō cài ...

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Verbing briefly with "yixia"
... bit. 你看一下。It should be quick.Nǐ kàn yīxià.Take a look. 试一下吧。How long can trying it take? Shì yīxià ba.Try it. 我要想一下。You're supposed to ...

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Expressing "no matter" with "buguan"
... 多远，我都要跟你一起去。Bùguǎn duō yuǎn, wǒ dōu yào gēn nǐ yīqǐ qù.No matter how far it is, I'm going with you. 不管多难，都不能放弃。Bùguǎn duō nán, dōu bù ...

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Beginner Guide to Chinese Grammar
... ? 北京下雨了。上海呢？ Běijīng xià yǔ le. Shànghǎi ne?It's raining in Beijing. How about Shanghai? 你说他们可以去。我们呢？ Nǐ shuō tāmen kěyǐ qù. Wǒmen ...

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Expressing "age difference" with "da and xiao"
... years older than me. 你比你哥哥小几岁？ Nǐ bǐ nǐ gēge xiǎo jǐ suì? How much younger are you than your elder brother? 他女朋友比他大十岁。Tā nǚpéngyou bǐ ...

4 KB (678 words) - 07:14, 16 October 2018
Ba-test
... 书放在桌子上。Bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.Put the book on the table. How would you say this without the 把 construction? You might try this: 放书在桌子上 ...

12 KB (1,773 words) - 03:08, 29 December 2021
Main Page
... best to link textbooks to our own Chinese Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, '''click on one of the book covers below''' or Chinese textbook ...

11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
Editor instructions
... Box section at the bottom of an article. Look at other Grammar boxes to see how that mark-up looks. Once you make a keyword, you will need to make the ...

14 KB (2,421 words) - 01:27, 22 July 2015
Expressing duration with "le"
... with "le" the action is completed ), followed by the duration. This is how you talk about the duration of completed actions. Examples 他学了 ...

5 KB (692 words) - 08:00, 4 March 2019
Expressing duration of inaction
... without showering. 你多长时间没刮胡子了？Nǐ duō cháng shíjiān méi guā húzi le?How long has it been since you last shaved? 她半个月没出门了。Tā bàn gè yuè ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
... míngtiān zài qù ba.The rain is so heavy. How about we go tomorrow? 你那么聪明 ... 这么没礼貌？Nǐ zěnme zhème méi lǐmào?How can you be this impolite? 这个外国人 ...

4 KB (608 words) - 07:55, 14 May 2019
Big numbers in Chinese
... 十 shí Ten 1 一 yī One A Shortcut One more simple way to remember how to correctly write out large numbers is to pick one or two numbers and just ...

7 KB (1,089 words) - 06:47, 10 April 2019
Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
... 饭。Jiùsuàn zài qióng, tā yě bù qù yàofàn.She never went on the street to beg for money no matter how poor she was. 我已经吃饱了，就算再好吃，我也不想吃了。Wǒ ...

5 KB (718 words) - 03:15, 17 December 2020
Expressing "no matter" with "wulun"
... 发多少消息，他都不回。Wúlùn gěi tā fā duōshǎo xiāoxi, tā dōu bù huí.No matter how many messages you send him, he won't reply. 无论你想不想，你都要加班。Wúlùn nǐ ...

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Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... I give you? 难道他们还要等多长时间？Not a 吗 questionNándào tāmen hái yào děng duōcháng shíjiān?How long do they still have to wait? 难道你还想在这种公司工作多少年 ...

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Expressing "in the end" with "jiujing"
... ?When exactly are they arriving? 我们究竟还要等多久？Wǒmen jiūjìng hái yào děng duōjiǔ?How much longer do we still need to wait? 你们究竟想让我怎么做？Nǐmen ...

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Separable verb
... verb, and the object cannot be treated as part of the verb. How to Use Separable Verbs ''The first step in mastering separable verbs is knowing ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Questions with "ne"
... that one? 这个用中文怎么说？那个呢？Zhège yòng Zhōngwén zěnme shuō? Nàge ne?How do I say this in Chinese? And that? 我在家，你呢？Wǒ zài jiā. Nǐ ne?I'm at ...

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Expressing distance with "li"
... company close to the metro station? 你家离学校多远？Nǐ jiā lí xuéxiào duō yuǎn?How far is it from your home to school? 这个酒店离机场有多远？Zhège jiǔdiàn ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... ; you have to move the girl's (or guy's) heart. 怎么追女孩子？Zěnme zhuī nǚ háizi?How do you pursue a girl? 那个女孩子，你追到了吗？Nàge nǚháizi, nǐ zhuīdào le ...

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Foreword
... such wide applicability is not an easy task, requiring not only technical know-how and careful thinking, but also a strong intuitive sense of what the ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
Chinese word order
... added to the basic sentence structure. How to do this is demonstrated below. ... Whenever you talk about FOR HOW LONG, you're getting into duration. ...

15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
Structure of numbers
... rules of usage are similar to the rules for "hundred." Just note that no matter how many zeroes are in the middle of the number, you just say 零 (líng ...

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Result complements
... xué huì le shǔ shù.My daughter has learned how to count. 我爸爸还没学会 ... yòng zhìnéng shǒujī.My father hasn't learned how to use a smartphone yet. 老师 ...

10 KB (1,437 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Aspect particle "zhe"
... This pattern is used when you want to use one verb to describe how ''another'' action is performed. Structure Verb 1 + 着 + Verb 2 Note that ...

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Expressing "every" with question words
... 都没有用。Wǒ gēn tā shuō duōshao biàn dōu méiyǒu yòng.It doesn't matter how many times I tell him. "However" with 怎么都怎么 (zěnme) also works with ...

6 KB (862 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Learner FAQ
... don't try to learn them all at once. Learn them as you need them. How do I use 了 (le)? That, my friend, is the million-dollar question that ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "napa"
... ，我们也不相信。Nǎpà nǐ shuō de zài hǎotīng, wǒmen yě bù xiāngxìn.No matter how convincing you are, we're still not going to believe it. 哪怕再累，她也不要 ...

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Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... 怎么了？Nǐ dàodǐ zěnme le?What on earth is up with you? 到底怎么走？Dàodǐ zěnme zǒu?How on earth do we get there? 快说啊！你男友到底是谁？Kuài shuō a Nǐ nányǒu ...

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Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme"
... (bù zěnme) seems to mean "not how," but it actually means "not often" ... Used for Expressing frequency Similar How to do something with "zenme" ...

3 KB (525 words) - 08:45, 24 April 2019
Comparing "renjia" and "bieren"
... what other people say. 别人怎么想我怎么知道？Biérén zěnme xiǎng wǒ zěnme zhīdào?How could I know what other people are thinking? 那是人家的事，你管那么多干 ...

4 KB (505 words) - 08:50, 24 April 2019
New Main Page
... different grammar points. Get clear on how these words work in different ways ... Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, Chinese textbook grammar ...

11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... zìsī hé lěngmò, zěnme huì yǒu rén xǐhuan nǐ? You're so selfish and cold, how could anyone like you? In this second group, using 和 to group two totally ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Advanced uses of "ba"
... parts. 我知道怎么把图片做成视频。Wǒ zhīdào zěnme bǎ túpiàn zuò chéng shìpín.I know how to make this picture into a video. 老师把全班同学分成了三个小组。Lǎoshī bǎ ...

12 KB (1,686 words) - 04:01, 18 January 2021
Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 来 + 像 for Direct Visual Comparisons 看起来 can also be used to express how something "looks like" something else. But unlike the previous usage of 看起来 ...

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Aspect
... conjugating its verbs, Chinese uses particles to indicate how a verb works within a particular timeframe, or how the verb relates to the flow of time ...

2 KB (226 words) - 07:09, 20 February 2020
To-do
... think we need 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 ...

9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020
The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... qù Hángzhōu le.I went to Hangzhou yesterday. B: 你是怎么去的？Nǐ shì zěnme qù de?How did you get there? A: 我是坐火车去的。Wǒ shì zuò huǒchē qù de.I went ...

16 KB (2,467 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Style guide
... any of the above instructions seem confusing, don't worry The best way to learn how articles are set up is take a look at the code in the article by ...

14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... you're like most learners, when you first learn this pattern, you're thinking, ''"How can 很 (hěn) mean "very" one minute, but then nothing but a "link ...

5 KB (780 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
... a complaint, or a reason for not doing something. They're similar to how we would use "too" in English, and the translations are straightforward. 米 ...

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Verbs that take double objects
... to tell you the good news. 他们给了你多少钱？Tāmen gěi le nǐ duōshao qián?How much money did they give you? 他送了女朋友很多花。Tā sòng le nǚpéngyou hěn ...

4 KB (627 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Expressing lateness with "cai"
... clear: 你怎么才吃晚饭？已经十点了。Nǐ zěnme cái chī wǎnfàn? Yǐjīng shí diǎn le.How come you are eating dinner now? It's 10 pm. 你怎么才来？我们等了半个多小 ...

4 KB (636 words) - 08:16, 4 March 2019
Expressing "had better" with "haishi"
... should Similar Expressing "had better" with "zuihao" Similar Expressing "how about" with "yaobu" Used for Expressing quality Used for ...

4 KB (539 words) - 07:55, 26 November 2018
Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou"
... she visits me. 为什么每次我来他都不在？Wèishénme měi cì wǒ lái tā dōu bù zài?How come he's not here every time I come? 我每次玩这个游戏都输。Wǒ měi cì wán ...

4 KB (645 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
... ), as a conjunction that means "next," or "afterwards." A longer example to help you understand how they can all work together: 今天早上我起床以后先准备早饭 ...

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Expressing "either... or..." with "yaome"
... /or" 要么 pattern is similar to one of the uses of each Expressing "how about" with "yaobu" 要不 and Providing two options with double "huozhe" 或者 ...

4 KB (621 words) - 07:00, 11 December 2020
Expressing "all along" with "yuanlai"
... nǐ zài piàn wǒ Wǒ zěnme nàme shǎ?You have been tricking me all along. How could I be so stupid? The more formal expression 原来如此 (yuánlái rúcǐ) can ...

4 KB (567 words) - 04:52, 9 March 2019
Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo"
... shuō Zhōngwén wǒ yě bù zhīdào zěnme huídá.Forget about English Even if you speak Chinese, I don't know how to answer. 这么难的问题，别说你，就是老师也不知道答案 ...

4 KB (666 words) - 04:23, 18 January 2021
Structural particle "de"
... Li's house This comparison works very well for possession, as it shows how English and Chinese handle possession in a similar way. Just remember that ...

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