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* 你 听 <em>见</em> 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you hear it?</span> | * 你 听 <em>见</em> 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you hear it?</span> | ||
| + | * 你 听 <em>到</em> 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you hear it?</span> | ||
* 你 看 <em>见</em> 那 个 帅哥 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you see that handsome boy?</span> | * 你 看 <em>见</em> 那 个 帅哥 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you see that handsome boy?</span> | ||
| + | * 你 看 <em>到</em> 那 个 帅哥 了 吗？<span class="trans">Did you see that handsome boy?</span> | ||
| + | * 我 没 <em>找 到</em> 我 的 手机。<span class="trans">I didn't find my cellphone.</span> | ||
* 我 买 <em>到</em> 了 一 些 龙虾。<span class="trans">I bought some lobsters.</span> | * 我 买 <em>到</em> 了 一 些 龙虾。<span class="trans">I bought some lobsters.</span> | ||
* 没 <em>想 到</em> 你 那么 迷信!<span class="trans"> I didn't think you were so suspicious!</span> | * 没 <em>想 到</em> 你 那么 迷信!<span class="trans"> I didn't think you were so suspicious!</span> | ||
* 小 时候 没 学过 乐器, 我 <em>感到</em> 很 遗憾。<span class="trans">When I was younger, I didn't learn how to play an instrument. Now I regret it.</span> | * 小 时候 没 学过 乐器, 我 <em>感到</em> 很 遗憾。<span class="trans">When I was younger, I didn't learn how to play an instrument. Now I regret it.</span> | ||
| − | * | + | * 我 走 进 家 门 的 时候，<em>闻 到</em>了 美味的 鸡汤!<span class="trans"> I could smell the delicious chicken soup when I walked into home.</span> |
| − | + | * 我 <em>了解 到 </em> 了 一些 最 新 的 事情。<span class="trans"> </span> | |
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Two of the most common result complements in Chinese are 到 (dào) and 见 (jiàn). On this page we're only going to be talking about verbs related to the senses ("see," hear," etc.), and for this usage, the two are interchangeable.
Structure
Result complements are a huge topic in Chinese grammar, but you can approach them in stages. The structure you come across the most is a verb with 到 (dào):
Subject + Verb + 到 + Object
What 到 does is indicate that the outcome of the verb is achieved - what its result is. Without a result complement, the sentence would describe only the action itself. To illustrate, 看 "to look" is the action of turning one's head in a particular direction and focusing one's eyes, whereas 看到," to see," is the result of your brain taking in the visual input.
The complement 见 is very similar to 到, and it is used in the same way:
Subject + Verb + 见 + Object
However, there is a difference. 见 is generally only used after verbs involving sense, like 听 and 看, whereas 到 can be attached to a large variety of verbs (which we will discuss at a higher level on another page).
Examples
- 你 听 见 了 吗？Did you hear it?
- 你 听 到 了 吗？Did you hear it?
- 你 看 见 那 个 帅哥 了 吗？Did you see that handsome boy?
- 你 看 到 那 个 帅哥 了 吗？Did you see that handsome boy?
- 我 没 找 到 我 的 手机。I didn't find my cellphone.
- 我 买 到 了 一 些 龙虾。I bought some lobsters.
- 没 想 到 你 那么 迷信! I didn't think you were so suspicious!
- 小 时候 没 学过 乐器, 我 感到 很 遗憾。When I was younger, I didn't learn how to play an instrument. Now I regret it.
- 我 走 进 家 门 的 时候，闻 到了 美味的 鸡汤! I could smell the delicious chicken soup when I walked into home.
- 我 了解 到 了 一些 最 新 的 事情。
As in the last sentence, this structure can be negated using 没.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Threshold Vol. 2 (汉语口语入门篇下) (pp. 92) →buy
- Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 109) →buy
- 40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册） (pp. 205-6)→buy
