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Revision as of 08:25, 10 August 2011
The simplest structure for expressing too or too much in Chinese is:
太 + Adjective + 了
As in English, this can express that something really is excessive, or can colloquially express the meaning of so or very. You can easily form sentences with this structure:
Subject + 太 + Adjective + 了
Some examples:
Subject | 太 | Adjective | 了 | |
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盒子 | 太 | 重 | 了 | 。 |
米饭 | 太 | 少 | 了 | 。 |
雪 | 太 | 多 | 了 | 。 |
你 | 太 | 好 | 了 | 。 |
他 | 太 | 高 | 了 | 。 |
小猫 | 太 | 可爱 | 了 | 。 |
By negating this structure, you can express the meaning of not so much or not very. Just put 不 in front of 太:
Subject + 不 + 太 + Adjective + 了
Some examples:
Subject | 不 | 太 | Adjective | 了 | |
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我 | 不 | 太 | 高兴 | 了 | 。 |
他 | 不 | 太 | 好看 | 了 | 。 |
你 | 不 | 太 | 友好 | 了 | 。 |