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Also known as: 词缀 (cízhuì).

An affix is a linguistic unit added to the beginning, middle or end of a word to change its meaning (ex. Prefix, infix, suffix). Chinese has no infix.

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Notes

Infixes: 得 and 不 in e.g. 看懂: 看得懂, 看不懂

Sources and further reading

Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar (pp. 28 - 85)

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-An affix is a linguistic unit added to the beginning, middle or end of a word to change its meaning. Ex. Prefix, infix, suffix Chinese has no infix.
+An affix is a linguistic unit added to the beginning, middle or end of a word to change its meaning (ex. Prefix, infix, suffix). Chinese has no infix.
 == Subcategories ==