Reference:Qing Wen
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
- QW0001: Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
- QW0002: Reduplication of Verbs
- See: Verb reduplication
- QW0003: Using 又 (yòu) and 再 (zài)
- QW0004: Saying Sorry
- QW0005: Name-Calling, Chinese-Style
- QW0006: 了 (le): Something's About to Happen
- QW0007: Negating Verbs: When to Use 没有 (méiyǒu), When to Use 不 (bù)
- QW0008: Thinking in Chinese: 觉得 (juéde), 认为 (rènwéi) and 以为 (yǐwéi)
- QW0009: We Answer
- QW0010: To Finish Something Off: Verb 好 (hǎo)
- QW0011: 你好 (Nǐhǎo) is a Many-Splendored Thing
- QW0012: It's Not Hard to Say Goodbye
- QW0013: All About 所有 (suǒyǒu) and 都 (dōu)
- QW0014: More or less? 多 (duō) and 少 (shǎo)
- QW0015: You Can and Will Use 会 (huì)!
- QW0016: Two 'Iffy' Words
- QW0017: The Double 了 (le) phenomenon
- QW0018: Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
- QW0019: All About Measure Words
- QW0020: Two words for '2'
- See: "Er" and "liang"
- QW0021: Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne)
- See: Questions with "ne"
- QW0022: Excuse Us!
- QW0023: A Little Bit About 一点儿
- QW0024: More and More
- QW0025: Just Say Yes
- QW0026: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
- QW0027: Most Frequently Asked Question in China
- QW0028: What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
- QW0029: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Electronics
- QW0030: You talking about me?
- QW0031: Using Verbs 不出来 (bu chūlai), 得出来 (de chūlai)
- QW0032: Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
- QW0033: The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
- QW0034: 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
- QW0035: Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern
- QW0036: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
- QW0037: Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
- QW0038: 一...就... (yī...jiù...) pattern
- QW0039: Embrace your Fears! 怕 (pà)...Adj
- QW0040: 无论 (wúlùn) No matter...
- QW0041: You Must Listen to this Episode - 非...不可 (fēi...bù kě)
- QW0042: Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
- QW0043: Ending your sentence with 嘛 (ma)
- QW0044: Xīnkǔ 辛苦
- QW0045: Ending your sentence with 啊 & 呀 (a & ya)
- QW0046: Lo and La (咯 & 啦)
- QW0047: More than 50 kuai!
- QW0048: Aren't you.... (不是.... 吗)
- QW0049: I Don't Have the Strength (... 不动)
- QW0050: I Can/Can't Afford it (...得起 & ...不起)
- QW0051: I Just.... 刚 & 刚才(gāng & gāngcái)
- QW0052: Do You Remember....
- QW0053: ...都 (dōu): The Bryan Adams pattern
- QW0054: The Attitude Pattern (yǒu shénme... 有什么...)
- QW0055: Clarifying how to use "every" 每(měi)
- QW0056: Colors, By Degrees
- QW0057: Addressing People
- QW0058: The 是...的 (Shì...de) Pattern
- QW0059: Measure Words for Counting People
- QW0060: 会 (Huì) and 能 (Néng) Face-off
- QW0061: The My Minefield
- QW0062: The Pretty Podcast
- QW0063: Making Negative Comparisons
- QW0064: Don't Never Say Never
- QW0065: Using 'Almost'
- QW0066: No Wonder!
- QW0067: Numbers in Chinese
- QW0068: Last and Next
- QW0069: 麻烦你 (Máfan Nǐ) to Say Please
- QW0070: Good, Bad and Otherwise
- QW0071: When 比较 (bǐjiào) becomes 更 (gèng)
- QW0072: Often: Using 常常,经常,通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng)
- QW0073: 请 (Qǐng) - Please and Beyond
- QW0074: The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)
- QW0075: Using 除了。。。以外 (Chúle... Yǐwài)
- QW0076: Understanding 了解 (Liǎojiě) and 理解 (Lǐjiě)
- QW0077: Always in Chinese: 总是 (zǒngshì) and 老是 (lǎoshi)
- QW0078: Being Vague: 大概 (dàgài), 左右 (zuǒyòu), 上下 (shàngxià)
- QW0079: All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ)
- QW0080: Stop in the Name of the 法 (fǎ)
- QW0081: Lucky Duckies
- QW0082: Slang-ular Momentum
- QW0083: Talking with Numbers
- QW0084: Funny Business -- 搞笑, 好笑, 可笑
- QW0085: Interesting or Boring?
- QW0086: Taking it all off
- QW0087: Sorry and Thank You
- QW0088: Making Commands More Emphatic with 千万 and 一定
- QW0089: About Face! A Multi-faceted Look at 面子
- QW0090: Letting go with 放
- QW0091: Broken, Busted, and Smashed
- QW0092: Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢,丢掉
- QW0093: Picking Up 拿
- QW0094: The Magic Word 把
- See: Ba sentence
- QW0095: How Far Away are You From Understanding 离?
- QW0096: Are You Happy, Content, or Delighted?
- QW0097: Pain and Suffering 伤心, 难受,郁闷 ,不爽,难过
- QW0098: Hot and Cool 热, 烫 , 凉 , 冷
- QW0099: Podcast Language 1
- QW0100: Podcast Language 2
- QW0101: Podcast Language 3
- QW0102: To do
- QW0103: Finally
- QW0104: How Long Has This Been Going On?
- QW0105: Hate is a Very Strong Word
- QW0106: How're You Doing? 得
- QW0107: Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来
- See: Direction complement
- QW0108: Measure Word Fundamentals: 个,只,条,张
- QW0109: Measure Words for Food
- QW0110: Pair, Set, Match 双, 副, 对 , 套
- QW0111: Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就
- QW0112: 把 Humbug
- QW0113: Hotels, Hostels and Restaurants
- QW0114: How to Say "and" in Chinese
- QW0115: 都......了Already
- QW0116: Coming Up Next: 接下来,然后,还有,那么
- QW0117: Fruit Basket of Cause-Effect
- QW0118: Giving 给 Another Look grammar
- QW0119: Dare to Use 敢 grammar
- QW0120: Nothing More Than Only and Just grammar
- QW0121: Even If... grammar
- QW0122: Originally Original grammar
- QW0123: Flexible, Not Reflexive grammar
- QW0124: With Regards to 对 and 对于 grammar
- QW0125: Expressing Location with 边 and 面 grammar
- QW0126: Picking things up: 拿、带、取 verb, grammar
- QW0127: 次,遍,趟: Measuring Times measure words, time
- QW0128: Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar
- QW0129: Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar
- QW0130: Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar
- QW0131: Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar
- QW0132: 舍不得 feelings, grammar
- QW0133: Talking about others: 别的,其他的,另外的 other, grammar
- QW0134: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar
- QW0135: Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage
- QW0136: The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors
- QW0137: The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors
- 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
- QW0140: Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept
- QW0141: The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors
- QW0142: Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar
- See: Bei sentence
- 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
- QW0145: Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary
- QW0146: Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names
- QW0147: Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar
- QW0148: Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals
- QW0149: Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception
- QW0150: Feelings affection, emotions, feelings
- QW0151: Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people
- QW0152: Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good
- QW0153: Doing the math with 算 (suàn)
- QW0154: Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
- QW0155: Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)
- QW0156: 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls
- QW0157: Some uses of 些
- See: "Some" using "yixie"
- QW0158: Whatever, Wherever, Whoever
- QW0159: Separable Verbs
- See: Separable verb
- QW0160: Comparing Buts: 但 and 却
- QW0161: Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave
- QW0162: Revisiting Before and After
- QW0163: Making people do things with 让,令,and 使
- QW0164: What is up with 由
- QW0165: Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui)
- See: Using "gen" and Using "dui"
- QW0166: There Is No Try
- QW0167: Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang)
- QW0168: Ending, Completing, Finishing
- QW0169: Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai)
- QW0170: An Introduction to Chengyu
- QW0171: Keeping and Leaving
- QW0172: Dealing with 管 (guan)
- QW0173: Losing and Forgetting
- QW0174: Surfing the Web Chinese Style
- QW0175: Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale)
- QW0176: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb
- QW0177: Possible, Possibly, Possibility
- QW0178: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
- QW0179: Adjectives with 是 (shi)
- QW0180: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States
- QW0181: Actually
- QW0182: Back in the Day with "当"
- QW0183: So (adjective) that...
- QW0184: Making the Most of 最 (zui)
- QW0185: The Various Guises of "Until"
- QW0186: Of Soldiers and Military People
- QW0187: Eating Idioms, Part 1
- QW0188: Eating Idioms, Part 2
- QW0189: Eating Idioms, Part 3
- QW0190: By Myself, So Alone
- QW0191: Getting to the Bottom of 到底
- QW0192: Rainbow
- QW0193: Deadly Complements of Degree
- See: Degree complement
- QW0194: Preferences and Druthers
- QW0195: Actually Contrary with 倒
- QW0196: 就 for Emphasis
- See: Emphasis with "jiu"
- QW0197: When Opposites Collide (1)
- QW0198: When Opposites Collide (2)
- QW0199: The Complement 不了
- QW0200: The Complement 不下
- QW0201: 为 and 为了
- QW0202: Two tones, two meanings for 转
- QW0203: Unfairness, Misblaming, and Feeling Wronged
- QW0204: Sleeping in
- QW0205: Manly Men and Womanly Women
- QW0206: Going and Leaving
- QW0207: Strong
- QW0208: Paying Attention and Caring
- QW0209: Strong (in the abstract)
- QW0210: Words with Heart
- QW0211: Words with Heart (Part 2)
- QW0212: Punctuation Marks
- QW0213: Building, Establishing, and Creating
- QW0214: Translation Tools
- QW0215: The Depth of 深
- QW0216: Western Brands in Chinese
- QW0217: Addressing People Revisited
- QW0218: Pinyin Terms
- QW0219: The Complexities of 'De'
- QW0220: 'Very' and Other Degree Modifiers
- QW0221: The Glorious了(le): Part 1
- See: Uses of "le"
- QW0222: The Glorious了(le): Part 2
- See: Uses of "le"
- QW0223: 过(guo)
- QW0224: 一下,一会儿,and 一点儿
- QW0225: Measure Words for Animals
- QW0226: 一下,一会儿,and 一点儿
- QW0227: How to be Negative
- QW0228: Essential Math Terms
- QW0229: Lucky and Unlucky Numbers in Chinese
- QW0230: Water
- QW0231: An Improved Understanding of Improve
- QW0232: Christmas in Chinese
- QW0233: Giving Gifts in China
- QW0234: Old and New
- QW0235: Popular Slang from 2011
- QW0236: New Year's Well-Wishes
- QW0237: Family Member Terms of Address
- QW0238: International Currency
- QW0239: Prices and Expenses
- QW0240: Salaries and Income
- QW0241: Onomatopoeias
- QW0242: Email Terms and Composition
- QW0243: A Qing Wen to Our Listeners
- QW0244: Why oh Why
- QW0245: Number One Idioms
- QW0246: Always Reexamined
- QW0247: the Correct Usage of Correct
- QW0248: WithstAnding 和,跟,and 与
- QW0249: Meet up Frenzy
- QW0250: A Much-Needed Discussion of 需要 and 要
- QW0251: No Worries No Problem
- QW0252: The Stable 稳 (wen)
- QW0253: The Different Differences of Different and Difference
- QW0254: Hiring and Employment
- QW0255: The Preposition 于 (yu)
- QW0256: Words with 可 (ke)
- QW0257: Additional Conjunctions
- QW0258: Expectations and Predictions
- QW0259: Taking Transportation
- QW0260: Random and Reckless
- QW0261: Addressing Women
- QW0262: Ferocious Tiger Idioms
- QW0263: Rules and Regulations
- QW0264: Petty Chicken Idioms
- QW0265: 看 You Dig it?
- QW0266: The Quick, Smooth 马
- QW0267: Regardless
- QW0268: Duplicitous Snake Idioms
- QW0269: Whether or Not to Use "if"
- QW0270: Send and Deliver
- QW0271: We're Serious!
- QW0272: Life's A Zoo
- QW0273: The Mysteries of 而 Revealed
- QW0274: The Many Ways to 'But' In
- QW0275: Increase and Decrease, Rise and Fall
- QW0276: The Opposite and The Unexpected: 相反 and 反而
- QW0277: American TV Shows in China
- QW0278: The Degrees of Willingness
- QW0279: So It Goes
- QW0280: Talking about Mistakes (Part 1)
- QW0281: Talking About Mistakes (Part 2)
- QW0282: The Chinese Experience
- QW0283: Everything is Entirely Complete
- QW0284: The Mysterious Metric System (Part 1)
- QW0285: The Mysterious Metric System (Part 2)
- QW0286: The Many Ways to Play
- QW0287: Getting Your Pictures Perfect
- QW0288: Chinese Catch Phrases for 2012
- QW0289: Spreading the Word on Marketing
- QW0290: We're So Excited!
- QW0291: Accounting for Taste
- QW0292: Chengyu By the Numbers (Part 1)
- QW0293: The Mysteries of Age
- QW0294: Chengyu By the Numbers (Part 2)
- QW0295: Chinese Gets Cooking
- QW0296: Tone Controversies
- QW0297: Nouns Becoming Adjectives! (Part 1)
- QW0298: Nouns Becoming Adjectives! (Part 2)
- QW0299: Nouns Becoming Adjectives! (Part 3)
- QW0300: Get Happy!
- QW0301: Excited about Exclamations! (Part 1)
- QW0302: Excited about Exclamations! (Part 2)
- QW0303: English Letters Make Chinese Words
- QW0304: English Loan Words in Chinese
- QW0305: Excited about Exclamations (Part 3)
- QW0306: Excited about Exclamations (Part 4)
- QW0307: It Takes All Kinds
- QW0308: The Time Has Come
- QW0309: Not Feeling Well?
- QW0310: Causing, Creating and Making with 造
- QW0311: 亏 Has Its Day
- QW0312: Strange Addictions
- QW0313: Show Me the Ways
- QW0314: Coming to Order
- QW0315: Excited about Exclamations (Part 5)
- QW0316: We've Got the Power
- QW0317: Days of Wonder
- QW0318: You're Fired!
- QW0319: Bringing Up 以
- QW0320: Learning Your Lessons
- QW0321: Chinese School System
- QW0322: One Visit After Another
- QW0323: Something Special
- QW0324: Groups, Associations and Foundations
- QW0325: Telling Your 尽 Apart
- QW0326: Taking on the Machines
- QW0327: An I for an I
- QW0328: Listen Up, Foreigners!
- QW0329: Time to Perform
- QW0330: Making the Cut
- QW0331: Useful Usages
- QW0332: In Praise of Praise!
- QW0333: 2013 Chinese Internet Buzzwords
- QW0334: Saying the Right Things - Good Times
- QW0335: Saying the Right Things - Bad Times
- QW0336: Help!
- QW0337: Where Is The 在 At?
- QW0338: The Right Way to 教
- QW0339: The “然” Around
- QW0340: A Hands On Approach
- QW0341: Syllables and Verbs
- QW0342: The Many Ways of 长, 好 and 数
- QW0343: Immediate Solutions
- QW0344: Surname Surprises
- QW0345: Approximate Numbers - Part 1
- QW0346: Approximate Numbers - Part 2
- QW0347: Words in the North and South
- QW0348: So Many Sayings!
- QW0349: Toilet Time
- QW0350: Taking Advantage
- QW0351: Persuasion
- QW0352: Dealing with Regrets
- QW0353: Documents, Documents, Documents
- QW0354: You Can Handle the Truth
- QW0355: Sorting Out the Situation
- QW0356: Do Your Measure Words Measure Up?
- QW0357: "Practice" Made Perfect
- QW0358: Goal!
- QW0359: "Warm" and "Speechless"
- QW0360: Which one is Which
- QW0361: Ways to Say "Stubborn"
- QW0362: "在 时间" and "中"
- QW0363: "Continue" and "Very"
- QW0364: All about "But"
- QW0365: The usage of 来 (lái)
- QW0366: Get "Famous"
- QW0367: Investigation: 考察 (kǎochá) and 考查 (kǎochá)
- QW0368: To Regret: 后悔 (hòuhuǐ) vs 遗憾 (yíhàn)
- QW0369: How to Say 'Blame' in Chinese
- QW0370: 吧 (ba) and 要不 (yào bù)
- QW0371: To carry out: 推行 (tuīxíng) vs 实施 (shíshī)
- QW0372: Using "avoid": 省得 (shěngdé) vs 以免 (yǐmiǎn)
- QW0373: To train: 训练 (xùnliàn) or 培训 (péixùn)
- QW0374: Ways to say Interesting: 有兴趣 (yǒu xìngqù) and 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
- QW0375: Using 过程 (Guòchéng) and 流程 (liúchéng): Process
- QW0376: Outstanding: 出色 (chūsè) and 优秀 (yōuxiù)
- QW0377: To Express: 标志 (biāozhì) and 表示 (biǎoshì)
- QW0378: Using 赶得上 (gǎndéshàng) or 来得及 (láidéjí)
- QW0379: Life! 生活 (shēnghuó),生命 (shēngmìng),人生 (rénshēng) Video
- QW0380: Towards: 向 (xiàng) , 朝 (cháo) , 往 (wǎng)
- QW0381: To Accumulate 积累 (jīlěi) , 积蓄 (jīxù) and 累积 (lěijī)
- QW0382: Ways to say "Otherwise": 否則 (fǒuzé) 不然 (bùrán) 要不 (yào bù) Video
- QW0383: The Important Difference Between 需 (xū) and 须 (xū) Video
- QW0384: When To Use “不” bù and “没” méi?