Difference between revisions of "Potential complement "bu xia""
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Revision as of 09:35, 16 October 2012
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Used for
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Keywords
Structure
To talk about whether or not something can happen or is possible, potential complements are used. One of the most common is 不下. This is used to talk about whether or not something will fit or go somewhere.
Subject + Verb + 不下 + Object
Examples
The sentence could also be arranged with the object first (a topic).
- 放 不 下 这么 多 书。
- 饭太多，我们 吃 不 下。
- 这 间 房间 太 小，坐 不 下 三十 个 人。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 205) →buy
- Contemporary Chinese 4 (当代中文4) (pp. 94) →buy
