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Practical, Comprehensive, and Free!
Resources for Chinese grammar have been scattered, incomprehensible, and hidden behind paywalls for way too long. Wikipedia has shown us a better way, and we are working hard to make Chinese grammar learner-friendly and accessible to all. \r\nWe've already got 2,125 articles online, and we're growing! If you'd like to contribute, please get in touch.

Need Pinyin?
\r\nIt's easy to get pinyin for all the Chinese characters in this wiki using free browser plugins. Also, by clicking on the little cog at the top right of any page you can also add spaces between characters if that helps you. \r\nTry it out with this: 你会中文吗？\r\n\|}

Beginner (A1)
New to learning Chinese? Head over to our Learner FAQ.\r\nHere are some good grammar points for beginners: Basic sentence order Suggestions with ba Negation of past actions\r\n

Elementary (A2)
At this level, you're probably started to wonder a lot about how to use 了 (le).\r\nHere are some other useful grammar points:\r\n* "Zai" following verbs Expressing duration Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"\r\n

Intermediate (B1)
So much to learn at this level! For example:\r\n* 把 (ba) Sentences 被 (bei) Sentences The 是……的 (shi... de) Construction The particle 着 (zhe) Complements Separable verbs Expressing the Self-Evident with "ma"\r\n

Upper Intermediate (B2)
There are still plenty of finer points to work on at this level.\r\nFor example:\r\n* Emphatic adverb "ke" Expressing Fractions with "fenzhi" Emphasizing the Doer of an Action with "you"\r\n

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Textbook Friendly

This is the Internet Age, but it's not yet time to throw out those textbooks! We see the value in textbook grammar explanations and exercises, and are doing our best to link textbook to the Chinese Grammar Wiki content. To see how it works, try finding your own textbook in our list, and then seeing what it links to.\r\nPurchasing these books by clicking on the textbook references linked within this website will also help to support this project.\r\n

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Referenced Throughout

To create this grammar wiki, AllSet Learning and its editor partners have made extensive use of various high-quality Chinese grammar reference materials. You can see the full list of references on our Chinese textbook grammar index page.\r\nPurchasing these books by clicking on the grammar references linked within this website will also help to support this project.\r\n

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\r\n\r\n== About AllSet Learning ==\r\nAllSet Learning is a Shanghai-based learning consultancy dedicated to helping foreigners better learn Mandarin Chinese. While many of the company's services are only available to clients physically in Shanghai, this wiki is open to the public through a Creative Commons license.\r\nYou can also find us on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Google+.\r\n

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-Resources for Chinese grammar have been scattered, incomprehensible, and hidden behind paywalls for way too long.  Wikipedia has shown us a better way, and we are working hard to make Chinese grammar learner-friendly and accessible to all.
+Resources for Chinese grammar have been scattered, incomprehensible, and hidden behind paywalls for way too long.  Wikipedia has shown us a better way, and we are working hard to make Chinese grammar learner-friendly and accessible to all. \r\nWe've already got '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles''' online, and we're growing! If you'd like to contribute, [[Contact|please get in touch]].
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+[[File:Popup-Plugins.png|link=Tools#Browser Extensions: Pinyin Popups|left|Pinyin Popup Plugins]]\r\nIt's easy to get pinyin for all the Chinese characters in this wiki using [[Tools#Browser Extensions: Pinyin Popups|free browser plugins]]. Also, by clicking on the little cog at the top right of any page you can also add spaces between characters if that helps you. \r\nTry it out with this: <span class="liju">你 会 中文 吗 ？</span>\r\n|}
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-New to learning Chinese? Head over to our '''[[Learner FAQ]]'''.
+New to learning Chinese? Head over to our '''[[Learner FAQ]]'''.\r\nHere are some good grammar points for beginners:
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-At this level, you're probably started to wonder a lot about '''[[Uses of "le"|how to use 了 (le)]]'''.
+At this level, you're probably started to wonder a lot about '''[[Uses of "le"|how to use 了 (le)]]'''.\r\nHere are some other useful grammar points:\r\n* [["Zai" following verbs]]
-Here are some other useful grammar points:
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-So much to learn at this level!  For example:
+So much to learn at this level!  For example:\r\n* [[Ba sentence|把 (ba) Sentences]]
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 * [[Bei sentence|被 (bei) Sentences]]
 * [[Shi... de construction|The 是……的 (shi... de) Construction]]
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-There are still plenty of finer points to work on at this level.
+There are still plenty of finer points to work on at this level.\r\nFor example:\r\n* [[Emphatic adverb "ke"]]
-For example:
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+This is the Internet Age, but it's not yet time to throw out those textbooks!  We see the value in textbook grammar explanations and exercises, and are doing our best to link textbook to the Chinese Grammar Wiki content.  To see how it works, [[Chinese textbook grammar index#Textbooks|'''try finding your own textbook in our list''']], and then seeing what it links to.\r\n''Purchasing these books by clicking on the textbook references linked within this website will also help to support this project.''\r\n<div class="alignleft" style="width:75px; padding: 0px 15px">
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-To create this grammar wiki, AllSet Learning and its editor partners have made extensive use of various high-quality Chinese grammar reference materials. You can see the full list of references on our '''[[Chinese textbook grammar index]] page'''.
+To create this grammar wiki, AllSet Learning and its editor partners have made extensive use of various high-quality Chinese grammar reference materials. You can see the full list of references on our '''[[Chinese textbook grammar index]] page'''.\r\n''Purchasing these books by clicking on the grammar references linked within this website will also help to support this project.''\r\n<div class="alignleft" style="width:75px; padding: 0px 15px">
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Difference between revisions of "New Main Page"

Revision as of 04:55, 26 November 2013

Practical, Comprehensive, and Free!

Need Pinyin?

Beginner (A1)

Elementary (A2)

Intermediate (B1)

Upper Intermediate (B2)

Textbook Friendly

Referenced Throughout