Style guide

This page gives example code and advice for styling the wiki. If editors stick to these guidelines, the Chinese Grammar Wiki will have a consistent style and appearance, which is beneficial to users.

Example sentences

The wiki uses either a span or a div, both with CSS class liju, to style example sentences. Usage of these is covered below. In either case, separate words in the sentence with spaces to allow browser plugins and other software to parse them more accurately. The CSS class will not show these spaces, so the sentence will still display correctly.

Individual

Indent the sentence using a colon (:), and wrap it in a span with class liju. Separate words with spaces.

我 吃了 馒头。

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Lists

Wrap the entire list (or lists, if you want separate sections) in a div with class liju. Separate words with spaces.

• 你 把 作业 做 完 了 吗 ？
• 你 看 完 了 那 部 电影 吗 ？

• 谁 能 把 ‘ 打喷嚏 ’ 的 ‘ 嚏 ’ 写 对 ？
• 我们 刚才 听到 的 音乐 是 哪个 乐队 的 ？

• 你 有 没有 记住 我的 名字？
• 他 是 不 是 我们 昨天 看到 的 人？

Tables

Wrap the whole table in a div with class liju. Separate words with spaces.

Result complements with aspect particles

Subject	RC compound verb	Aspect particle	Object
我	看到	了	你	。
我	看见	过	那 个 有名的 人	。
我	听见	过	这 个 声音	。

Rules for spacing words

Separating words with spaces in the example sentences helps software to parse them more accurately. The CSS style ensures that the user sees a nicely displayed sentence that is not broken up by spaces.

• Separate all parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.).
  我 喜欢 红色 的 自行车。⇒ 我喜欢红色的自行车。
• Separate all particles,
  吃 饭 了 吗？ ⇒ 吃饭了吗？
• Separate numbers and measure words,
  一 个 苹果。 ⇒ 一个苹果。

Styling elements within the text

• Put double quotation marks (") around whole sentences in English or Chinese.
• Put single quotation marks (') around
• Leave individual Chinese words or characters as they are. They naturally look different to the surrounding text.
• Put technical terms in italics (two single quotes on each side).
• Put key words (i.e. terms that are central to the content of the article, and are likely to be repeated) in bold italics (three single quotes on each side).