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Revision as of 02:43, 3 February 2012

The most common way to express "and" in Chinese is with 和 (hé). It's important to note that 和 can only be used to link nouns. Verbs cannot be linked with 和. The structure is simple enough:

Noun 1 + 和 + Noun 2

Some examples:

  • 我 姐姐 一起 到 公园。
  • 我 喜欢 啤酒 葡萄酒
  • 小李 小王 一起 工作。

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