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# QW0128 Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar
 
# QW0128 Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar
 
# QW0129 Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar
 
# QW0129 Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar
QW0130 Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar
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# QW0130 Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar
QW0131 Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar
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# QW0131 Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar
QW0132 舍不得 feelings, grammar
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# QW0132 舍不得 feelings, grammar
QW0133 Talking about others: 别的,其他的,另外的 other, grammar
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# QW0133 Talking about others: 别的,其他的,另外的 other, grammar
QW0134 Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar
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# QW0134 Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar
QW0135 Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage
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# QW0135 Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage
QW0136 The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors
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# QW0136 The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors
QW0137 The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors
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# QW0137 The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors
QW0138 How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People culture, relationships, conversation, questions
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# QW0138 How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People culture, relationships, conversation, questions
QW0139 The Red Spectrum of Meaning colors, red, culture, happiness, grammar, popular
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# QW0139 The Red Spectrum of Meaning colors, red, culture, happiness, grammar, popular
QW0140 Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept
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# QW0140 Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept
QW0141 The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors
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# QW0141 The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors
QW0142 Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar
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# QW0142 Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar
QW0143 Talking about Talking in Chinese to say, to speak, to talk, to discuss, verb, grammar
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# QW0143 Talking about Talking in Chinese to say, to speak, to talk, to discuss, verb, grammar
QW0144 Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men) noun, people, plural
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# QW0144 Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men) noun, people, plural
QW0145 Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary
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# QW0145 Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary
QW0146 Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names
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# QW0146 Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names
QW0147 Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar
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# QW0147 Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar
QW0148 Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals
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# QW0148 Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals
QW0149 Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception
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# QW0149 Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception
QW0150 Feelings affection, emotions, feelings
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# QW0150 Feelings affection, emotions, feelings
QW0151 Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people
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# QW0151 Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people
 
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# QW0152 Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good
 
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# QW0153 Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
QW0152 Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good
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# QW0154 Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
QW0153 Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
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# QW0155 Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)
QW0154 Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
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# QW0156 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls
QW0155 Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)
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# QW0157 Some uses of 些
QW0156 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls
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# QW0158 Whatever, Wherever, Whoever
QW0157 Some uses of 些
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# QW0159 Separable Verbs
QW0158 Whatever, Wherever, Whoever
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# QW0160 Comparing Buts: 但 and 却
QW0159 Separable Verbs
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# QW0161 Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave
QW0160 Comparing Buts: 但 and 却
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# QW0162 Revisiting Before and After
QW0161 Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave
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# QW0163 Making people do things with 让,令,and 使
QW0162 Revisiting Before and After
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# QW0164 What is up with 由
QW0163 Making people do things with 让,令,and 使
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# QW0165 Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui)
QW0164 What is up with 由
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# QW0166 There Is No Try
QW0165 Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui)
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# QW0167 Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang)
QW0166 There Is No Try
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# QW0168 Ending, Completing, Finishing
QW0167 Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang)
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# QW0169 Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai)
QW0168 Ending, Completing, Finishing
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# QW0170 An Introduction to Chengyu
QW0169 Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai)
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# QW0171 Keeping and Leaving
QW0170 An Introduction to Chengyu
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# QW0172 Dealing with 管 (guan)
QW0171 Keeping and Leaving
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# QW0173 Losing and Forgetting
QW0172 Dealing with 管 (guan)
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# QW0174 Surfing the Web Chinese Style
QW0173 Losing and Forgetting
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# QW0175 Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale)
QW0174 Surfing the Web Chinese Style
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# QW0176 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
QW0175 Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale)
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# QW0177 Possible, Possibly, Possibility
QW0176 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
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# QW0178 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
QW0177 Possible, Possibly, Possibility
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# QW0179 Adjectives with 是 (shi)
QW0178 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
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# QW0180 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States
QW0179 Adjectives with 是 (shi)
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# QW0181 Actually
QW0180 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States
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# QW0182 Back in the Day with "当"
QW0181 Actually
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# QW0183 So (adjective) that...
QW0182 Back in the Day with "当"
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# QW0184 Making the Most of 最 (zui)
QW0183 So (adjective) that...
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# QW0185 The Various Guises of "Until"
QW0184 Making the Most of 最 (zui)
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# QW0186 Of Soldiers and Military People
QW0185 The Various Guises of "Until"
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# QW0187 Eating Idioms, Part 1
QW0186 Of Soldiers and Military People
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# QW0188 Eating Idioms, Part 2
QW0187 Eating Idioms, Part 1
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# QW0189 Eating Idioms, Part 3
QW0188 Eating Idioms, Part 2
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# QW0190 By Myself, So Alone
QW0189 Eating Idioms, Part 3
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# QW0191 Getting to the Bottom of 到底
QW0190 By Myself, So Alone
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# QW0192 Rainbow
QW0191 Getting to the Bottom of 到底
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# QW0193 Deadly Complements of Degree
QW0192 Rainbow
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# QW0194 Preferences and Druthers
QW0193 Deadly Complements of Degree
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# QW0195 Actually Contrary with 倒
QW0194 Preferences and Druthers
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# QW0196 就 for Emphasis
QW0195 Actually Contrary with 倒
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# QW0197 When Opposites Collide (1)
QW0196 就 for Emphasis
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# QW0198 When Opposites Collide (2)
QW0197 When Opposites Collide (1)
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# QW0199 The Complement 不了
QW0198 When Opposites Collide (2)
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# QW0200 The Complement 不下
QW0199 The Complement 不了
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# QW0201 为 and 为了
QW0200 The Complement 不下
 
QW0201 为 and 为了
 

Revision as of 12:40, 23 May 2011

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
  18. QW0018: Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
  19. QW0019: All About Measure Words
  20. QW0020: Two words for '2'
  21. QW0021 Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne)
  22. QW0022 Excuse Us!
  23. QW0023 A Little Bit About 一点儿
  24. QW0024 More and More
  25. QW0025 Just Say Yes
  26. QW0026 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
  27. QW0027 Most Frequently Asked Question in China
  28. QW0028 What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
  29. QW0029 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Electronics
  30. QW0030 You talking about me?
  31. QW0031 Using Verbs 不出来 (bu chūlai), 得出来 (de chūlai)
  32. QW0032 Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
  33. QW0033 The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
  34. QW0034 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
  35. QW0035 Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern
  36. QW0036 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
  37. QW0037 Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
  38. QW0038 一...就... (yī...jiù...) pattern
  39. QW0039 Embrace your Fears! 怕 (pà)...Adj
  40. QW0040 无论 (wúlùn) No matter...
  41. QW0041 You Must Listen to this Episode - 非...不可 (fēi...bù kě)
  42. QW0042 Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
  43. QW0043 Ending your sentence with 嘛 (ma)
  44. QW0044 Xīnkǔ 辛苦
  45. QW0045 Ending your sentence with 啊 & 呀 (a & ya)
  46. QW0046 Lo and La (咯 & 啦)
  47. QW0047 More than 50 kuai!
  48. QW0048 Aren't you.... (不是.... 吗)
  49. QW0049 I Don't Have the Strength (... 不动)
  50. QW0050 I Can/Can't Afford it (...得起 & ...不起)
  51. QW0051 I Just.... 刚 & 刚才(gāng & gāngcái)
  52. QW0052 Do You Remember....
  53. QW0053 ...都 (dōu): The Bryan Adams pattern
  54. QW0054 The Attitude Pattern (yǒu shénme... 有什么...)
  55. QW0055 Clarifying how to use "every" 每(měi)
  56. QW0056 Colors, By Degrees
  57. QW0057 Addressing People
  58. QW0058 The 是...的 (Shì...de) Pattern
  59. QW0059 Measure Words for Counting People
  60. QW0060 会 (Huì) and 能 (Néng) Face-off
  61. QW0061 The My Minefield
  62. QW0062 The Pretty Podcast
  63. QW0063 Making Negative Comparisons
  64. QW0064 Don't Never Say Never
  65. QW0065 Using 'Almost'
  66. QW0066 No Wonder!
  67. QW0067 Numbers in Chinese
  68. QW0068 Last and Next
  69. QW0069 麻烦你 (Máfan Nǐ) to Say Please
  70. QW0070 Good, Bad and Otherwise
  71. QW0071 When 比较 (bǐjiào) becomes 更 (gèng)
  72. QW0072 Often: Using 常常,经常,通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng)
  73. QW0073 请 (Qǐng) - Please and Beyond
  74. QW0074 The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)
  75. QW0075 Using 除了。。。以外 (Chúle... Yǐwài)
  76. QW0076 Understanding 了解 (Liǎojiě) and 理解 (Lǐjiě)
  77. QW0077 Always in Chinese: 总是 (zǒngshì) and 老是 (lǎoshi)
  78. QW0078 Being Vague: 大概 (dàgài), 左右 (zuǒyòu), 上下 (shàngxià)
  79. QW0079 All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ)
  80. QW0080 Stop in the Name of the 法 (fǎ)
  81. QW0081 Lucky Duckies
  82. QW0082 Slang-ular Momentum
  83. QW0083 Talking with Numbers
  84. QW0084 Funny Business -- 搞笑, 好笑, 可笑
  85. QW0085 Interesting or Boring?
  86. QW0086 Taking it all off
  87. QW0087 Sorry and Thank You
  88. QW0088 Making Commands More Emphatic with 千万 and 一定
  89. QW0089 About Face! A Multi-faceted Look at 面子
  90. QW0090 Letting go with 放
  91. QW0091 Broken, Busted, and Smashed
  92. QW0092 Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢,丢掉
  93. QW0093 Picking Up 拿
  94. QW0094 The Magic Word 把
  95. QW0095 How Far Away are You From Understanding 离?
  96. QW0096 Are You Happy, Content, or Delighted?
  97. QW0097 Pain and Suffering 伤心, 难受,郁闷 ,不爽,难过
  98. QW0098 Hot and Cool 热, 烫 , 凉 , 冷
  99. QW0099 Podcast Language 1
  100. QW0100 Podcast Language 2
  101. QW0101 Podcast Language 3
  102. QW0102 To do
  103. QW0103 Finally
  104. QW0104 How Long Has This Been Going On?
  105. QW0105 Hate is a Very Strong Word
  106. QW0106 How're You Doing? 得
  107. QW0107 Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来
  108. QW0108 Measure Word Fundamentals: 个,只,条,张
  109. QW0109 Measure Words for Food
  110. QW0110 Pair, Set, Match 双, 副, 对 , 套
  111. QW0111 Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就
  112. QW0112 把 Humbug
  113. QW0113 Hotels, Hostels and Restaurants
  114. QW0114 How to Say "and" in Chinese
  115. QW0115 都......了Already
  116. QW0116 Coming Up Next: 接下来,然后,还有,那么
  117. QW0117 Fruit Basket of Cause-Effect
  118. QW0118 Giving 给 Another Look grammar
  119. QW0119 Dare to Use 敢 grammar
  120. QW0120 Nothing More Than Only and Just grammar
  121. QW0121 Even If... grammar
  122. QW0122 Originally Original grammar
  123. QW0123 Flexible, Not Reflexive grammar
  124. QW0124 With Regards to 对 and 对于 grammar
  125. QW0125 Expressing Location with 边 and 面 grammar
  126. QW0126 Picking things up: 拿、带、取 verb, grammar
  127. QW0127 次,遍,趟: Measuring Times measure words, time
  128. QW0128 Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar
  129. QW0129 Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar
  130. QW0130 Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar
  131. QW0131 Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar
  132. QW0132 舍不得 feelings, grammar
  133. QW0133 Talking about others: 别的,其他的,另外的 other, grammar
  134. QW0134 Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar
  135. QW0135 Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage
  136. QW0136 The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors
  137. QW0137 The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors
  138. QW0138 How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People culture, relationships, conversation, questions
  139. QW0139 The Red Spectrum of Meaning colors, red, culture, happiness, grammar, popular
  140. QW0140 Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept
  141. QW0141 The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors
  142. QW0142 Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar
  143. QW0143 Talking about Talking in Chinese to say, to speak, to talk, to discuss, verb, grammar
  144. QW0144 Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men) noun, people, plural
  145. QW0145 Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary
  146. QW0146 Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names
  147. QW0147 Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar
  148. QW0148 Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals
  149. QW0149 Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception
  150. QW0150 Feelings affection, emotions, feelings
  151. QW0151 Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people
  152. QW0152 Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good
  153. QW0153 Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
  154. QW0154 Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
  155. QW0155 Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)
  156. QW0156 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls
  157. QW0157 Some uses of 些
  158. QW0158 Whatever, Wherever, Whoever
  159. QW0159 Separable Verbs
  160. QW0160 Comparing Buts: 但 and 却
  161. QW0161 Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave
  162. QW0162 Revisiting Before and After
  163. QW0163 Making people do things with 让,令,and 使
  164. QW0164 What is up with 由
  165. QW0165 Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui)
  166. QW0166 There Is No Try
  167. QW0167 Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang)
  168. QW0168 Ending, Completing, Finishing
  169. QW0169 Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai)
  170. QW0170 An Introduction to Chengyu
  171. QW0171 Keeping and Leaving
  172. QW0172 Dealing with 管 (guan)
  173. QW0173 Losing and Forgetting
  174. QW0174 Surfing the Web Chinese Style
  175. QW0175 Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale)
  176. QW0176 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
  177. QW0177 Possible, Possibly, Possibility
  178. QW0178 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
  179. QW0179 Adjectives with 是 (shi)
  180. QW0180 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States
  181. QW0181 Actually
  182. QW0182 Back in the Day with "当"
  183. QW0183 So (adjective) that...
  184. QW0184 Making the Most of 最 (zui)
  185. QW0185 The Various Guises of "Until"
  186. QW0186 Of Soldiers and Military People
  187. QW0187 Eating Idioms, Part 1
  188. QW0188 Eating Idioms, Part 2
  189. QW0189 Eating Idioms, Part 3
  190. QW0190 By Myself, So Alone
  191. QW0191 Getting to the Bottom of 到底
  192. QW0192 Rainbow
  193. QW0193 Deadly Complements of Degree
  194. QW0194 Preferences and Druthers
  195. QW0195 Actually Contrary with 倒
  196. QW0196 就 for Emphasis
  197. QW0197 When Opposites Collide (1)
  198. QW0198 When Opposites Collide (2)
  199. QW0199 The Complement 不了
  200. QW0200 The Complement 不下
  201. QW0201 为 and 为了