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|[[ASGJQPSC|Placement of Question Words]] || 什么 / 什么时候 / 谁 / 哪儿  / 为什么 / 怎么 || <span class="liju">你 是 <em>谁</em> ?你 在 <em>哪儿</em> ?</span>
 
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|[[ASGA8NIB|Offering Choices as a Question]] || A + 还是 + B ? || <span class="liju">你 要 茶 <em>还是</em> 咖啡 ?</span>
 
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|[[ASGQ2AZA|Yes/No Questions with "''ma''"]] || ...吗? || <span class="liju">你 爱 我 <em>吗</em> ?</span>
 
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|[[ASGRZG7F|"Verb-Not-Verb" and "Adjective-Not-Adjective" Questions]] || V + 不 + V / Adj + 不 + Adj || <span class="liju">你 <em>爱 不 爱</em> 我 ?</span>
 
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|[[ASGSJYZ2|Tag Questions with "''ma''"]] || ⋯是吗?, ⋯对吗?, ⋯好吗? || <span class="liju">我们 喝 茶 , <em>好 吗</em> ?</span>
 
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|[[ASG4D8XB|Tag Questions with "''bu''"]] || ⋯是不是?, 对不对?, ⋯好不好? || <span class="liju">我们 喝 茶 , <em>好 不 好</em> ?</span>
 
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|[[ASGYKDNF|Questions with "''le ma''"]] || V + 了 + 吗? || <span class="liju">北京 去 <em>了 吗</em>?</span>
 
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|[[ASGD7NS3|Asking "Why" with "''zenme''"]] || 怎么……? || <span class="liju">你 <em>怎么</em> 没 来?</span>
 
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|[[ASGG2GAJ|Measure Words in Quantity Questions]] || 几 + MW (+ N) ? || <span class="liju"><em>几</em> 头 牛?<em>几</em> 杯 水?</span>
 
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Latest revision as of 07:44, 31 May 2013

The following structures that are used to ask questions in Chinese are organized according to our grammar points by level.

A1 Asking questions

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Affirmative-negative question Verb + 不 + Verb / Adj. + 不 + Adj. 去 不 去好 不 好 ?
How to do something with "zenme" 怎么 + Verb ? 怎么 走?
Offering choices with "haishi" A + 还是 + B ? 你 要 喝 茶 还是 咖啡 ?
Placement of question words 什么 / 什么时候 / 谁 / 哪儿 / 为什么 / 怎么 你 是 ?你 在 哪儿
Questions with "ne" ⋯⋯呢 ? 我 很 好。你  ?
Tag questions with "bu" ⋯⋯是不是 / 对不对 / 好不好 ? 你们 明天 来,好 不 好 ?
Tag questions with "ma" ⋯⋯是吗 / 对吗 / 好吗 ? 这样 做, 对 吗 ?
Yes-no questions with "ma" ⋯⋯吗? 他 是 老板  ?

A2 Asking questions

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Asking about degree with "duo" Subj. + 多 + Adj. ? 高?
Asking how something is with "zenmeyang" ⋯⋯怎么样? 你 最近 怎么样
Asking why with "zenme" 怎么⋯⋯? 怎么 没 来?
Measure words in quantity questions 几 + Measure Word (+ Noun) ? 人?
Questions with "le ma" Verb + 了 + 吗? 你 吃饭 了 吗

B1 Asking questions

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Advanced yes-no questions with "ma" Confirmation + Question + 吗 ? 你 要 什么  ?
Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe" 还是 vs. 或者 我们 明天 见 还是 后天 见 ?明天 或者 后天 都 可以 。
Simple rhetorical questions 不 是…… 吗 ? 不 是 说好 了 吗 ?怎么 会 这样 ?

B2 Asking questions

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Advanced uses of "hai" Subj. + 还 + Predicate + 呢 好朋友 ,天天 说 我 坏话 。
Rhetorical questions with "nandao" 难道⋯⋯? 这 都 是 你 引起 的 , 难道 你 就 不 内疚 ?