Reference:Qing Wen

Qing Wen (请问) is a popular podcast published weekly by ChinesePod. While the show is not focused on Chinese grammar exclusively, the majority of Qing Wen episodes revolve around a grammar point, or comparing the usage of several words. It is useful to have an index of all the grammar points covered on Qing Wen. (See also the ChinesePod Qing Wen episode listing.)

Grammar Points by Episode

1. QW0001: Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
   • 看
   • 看起来
2. QW0002: Reduplication of Verbs
3. QW0003: Using 又 (yòu) and 再 (zài)
4. QW0004: Saying Sorry
5. QW0005: Name-Calling, Chinese-Style
6. QW0006: 了 (le): Something's About to Happen
7. QW0007: Negating Verbs: When to Use 没有 (méiyǒu), When to Use 不 (bù)
8. QW0008: Thinking in Chinese: 觉得 (juéde), 认为 (rènwéi) and 以为 (yǐwéi)
9. QW0009: We Answer
10. QW0010: To Finish Something Off: Verb 好 (hǎo)
11. QW0011: 你好 (Nǐhǎo) is a Many-Splendored Thing
12. QW0012: It's Not Hard to Say Goodbye
13. QW0013: All About 所有 (suǒyǒu) and 都 (dōu)
14. QW0014: More or less? 多 (duō) and 少 (shǎo)
15. QW0015: You Can and Will Use 会 (huì)!
16. QW0016: Two 'Iffy' Words
17. QW0017: The Double 了 (le) phenomenon

QW0018 Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi) QW0019 All About Measure Words QW0020 Two words for '2' QW0021 Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne) QW0022 Excuse Us! QW0023 A Little Bit About 一点儿 QW0024 More and More QW0025 Just Say Yes QW0026 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation QW0027 Most Frequently Asked Question in China QW0028 What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway? QW0029 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Electronics QW0030 You talking about me? QW0031 Using Verbs 不出来 (bu chūlai), 得出来 (de chūlai) QW0032 Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) QW0033 The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode QW0034 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...) QW0035 Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern QW0036 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě QW0037 Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ QW0038 一...就... (yī...jiù...) pattern QW0039 Embrace your Fears! 怕 (pà)...Adj QW0040 无论 (wúlùn) No matter... QW0041 You Must Listen to this Episode - 非...不可 (fēi...bù kě) QW0042 Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba) QW0043 Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma) QW0044 Xīnkǔ 辛苦 QW0045 Ending your sentence with 啊 & 呀 (a & ya) QW0046 Lo and La （咯 & 啦） QW0047 More than 50 kuai! QW0048 Aren't you.... （不是.... 吗） QW0049 I Don't Have the Strength (... 不动） QW0050 I Can/Can't Afford it (...得起 & ...不起） QW0051 I Just.... 刚 & 刚才（gāng & gāngcái）

QW0101 Podcast Language 3 QW0100 Podcast Language 2 QW0099 Podcast Language 1 QW0098 Hot and Cool 热, 烫 , 凉 , 冷 QW0097 Pain and Suffering 伤心, 难受，郁闷 ,不爽，难过 QW0096 Are You Happy, Content, or Delighted? QW0095 How Far Away are You From Understanding 离？ QW0094 The Magic Word 把 QW0093 Picking Up 拿 QW0092 Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉 QW0091 Broken, Busted, and Smashed QW0090 Letting go with 放 QW0089 About Face! A Multi-faceted Look at 面子 QW0088 Making Commands More Emphatic with 千万 and 一定 QW0087 Sorry and Thank You QW0086 Taking it all off QW0085 Interesting or Boring? QW0084 Funny Business -- 搞笑， 好笑， 可笑 QW0083 Talking with Numbers QW0082 Slang-ular Momentum QW0081 Lucky Duckies QW0080 Stop in the Name of the 法 (fǎ) QW0079 All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ) QW0078 Being Vague: 大概 (dàgài), 左右 (zuǒyòu), 上下 (shàngxià) QW0077 Always in Chinese: 总是 (zǒngshì) and 老是 (lǎoshi) QW0076 Understanding 了解 (Liǎojiě) and 理解 (Lǐjiě) QW0075 Using 除了。。。以外 (Chúle... Yǐwài) QW0074 The Magic Word 让 (Ràng) QW0073 请 (Qǐng) - Please and Beyond QW0072 Often: Using 常常，经常，通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng) QW0071 When 比较 (bǐjiào) becomes 更 (gèng) QW0070 Good, Bad and Otherwise QW0069 麻烦你 (Máfan Nǐ) to Say Please QW0068 Last and Next QW0067 Numbers in Chinese QW0066 No Wonder! QW0065 Using 'Almost' QW0064 Don't Never Say Never QW0063 Making Negative Comparisons QW0062 The Pretty Podcast QW0061 The My Minefield QW0060 会 (Huì) and 能 (Néng) Face-off QW0059 Measure Words for Counting People QW0058 The 是...的 (Shì...de) Pattern QW0057 Addressing People QW0056 Colors, By Degrees QW0055 Clarifying how to use "every" 每（měi） QW0054 The Attitude Pattern (yǒu shénme... 有什么...) QW0053 ...都 (dōu): The Bryan Adams pattern QW0052 Do You Remember....

QW0151 Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people QW0150 Feelings affection, emotions, feelings QW0149 Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception QW0148 Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals QW0147 Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar QW0146 Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names QW0145 Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary QW0144 Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men) noun, people, plural QW0143 Talking about Talking in Chinese to say, to speak, to talk, to discuss, verb, grammar QW0142 Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar QW0141 The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors QW0140 Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept QW0139 The Red Spectrum of Meaning colors, red, culture, happiness, grammar, popular QW0138 How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People culture, relationships, conversation, questions QW0137 The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors QW0136 The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors QW0135 Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage QW0134 Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar QW0133 Talking about others: 别的，其他的，另外的 other, grammar QW0132 舍不得 feelings, grammar QW0131 Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar QW0130 Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar QW0129 Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar QW0128 Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar QW0127 次，遍，趟: Measuring Times measure words, time QW0126 Picking things up: 拿、带、取 verb, grammar QW0125 Expressing Location with 边 and 面 grammar QW0124 With Regards to 对 and 对于 grammar QW0123 Flexible, Not Reflexive grammar QW0122 Originally Original grammar QW0121 Even If... grammar QW0120 Nothing More Than Only and Just grammar QW0119 Dare to Use 敢 grammar QW0118 Giving 给 Another Look grammar QW0117 Fruit Basket of Cause-Effect QW0116 Coming Up Next: 接下来，然后，还有，那么 QW0115 都......了Already QW0114 How to Say "and" in Chinese QW0113 Hotels, Hostels and Restaurants QW0112 把 Humbug QW0111 Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就 QW0110 Pair, Set, Match 双, 副, 对 , 套 QW0109 Measure Words for Food QW0108 Measure Word Fundamentals: 个，只，条，张 QW0107 Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来 QW0106 How're You Doing? 得 QW0105 Hate is a Very Strong Word QW0104 How Long Has This Been Going On? QW0103 Finally QW0102 To do

QW0201 为 and 为了 purpose QW0200 The Complement 不下 space, grammar, complement QW0199 The Complement 不了 complement, grammar QW0198 When Opposites Collide (2) words, language QW0197 When Opposites Collide (1) size QW0196 就 for Emphasis people, place QW0195 Actually Contrary with 倒 grammar, adverb QW0194 Preferences and Druthers preferences QW0193 Deadly Complements of Degree feelings, positive, negative, complement, degree QW0192 Rainbow rainbow, colors QW0191 Getting to the Bottom of 到底 feelings, questions QW0190 By Myself, So Alone myself, people, pets, alone QW0189 Eating Idioms, Part 3 idioms, eating, culture QW0188 Eating Idioms, Part 2 eating, idioms, culture QW0187 Eating Idioms, Part 1 eating, language, culture, idioms QW0186 Of Soldiers and Military People navy, military, soldiers QW0185 The Various Guises of "Until" until, time, relationships QW0184 Making the Most of 最 (zui) ranking, list, most QW0183 So (adjective) that... adjective QW0182 Back in the Day with "当" local, place, year, time QW0181 Actually actually, fact QW0180 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States open, location, particles QW0179 Adjectives with 是 (shi) adjective QW0178 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress particles, verb, grammar QW0177 Possible, Possibly, Possibility possibly, possible, possibility QW0176 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb verb, grammar QW0175 Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale) grammar, just QW0174 Surfing the Web Chinese Style website, network, online, internet QW0173 Losing and Forgetting lost QW0172 Dealing with 管 (guan) to manage QW0171 Keeping and Leaving leaving, keeping QW0170 An Introduction to Chengyu culture, language, idioms QW0169 Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai) actions QW0168 Ending, Completing, Finishing homework, task QW0167 Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang) speech QW0166 There Is No Try verb, clothes, food, try QW0165 Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui) talking, chat, speaking QW0164 What is up with 由 responsibility, directions QW0163 Making people do things with 让，令，and 使 feelings QW0162 Revisiting Before and After time, before, after, future QW0161 Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave holidays, festivals, vacation QW0160 Comparing Buts: 但 and 却 but, adverb, conjunction QW0159 Separable Verbs verb, Separable Verbs QW0158 Whatever, Wherever, Whoever whatever, whenever, wherever, whoever, however, whichever QW0157 Some uses of 些 grammar QW0156 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls other, grammar QW0155 Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1) future tense, plans, will QW0154 Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn) good habit, bad habit, habit QW0153 Doing the math with 算 (suàn) to consider, to count, verb QW0152 Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good verb, going, place, leaving