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- ... 钱 。Wǒ nìngkě zhège yuè shǎo huā yīdiǎn, yě bù zhǎo fùmǔ yào qián.I'd rather spend less money this month than ask my parents for money. 妈妈 宁可 把 这些 东西 ...4 KB (635 words) - 02:45, 18 January 2021
- ... ?Well are you going to go shopping or what? 你 去 不 去 逛街 呢？Less intense, just asking a question.Nǐ qù bu qù guàngjiē ne?Are you going to go shopping ...6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
- ... open, "maybe A, perhaps B... (or maybe both or neither?)" So it's less exclusive and less demanding of a choice RIGHT NOW. Examples 周末 我 想 在 ...6 KB (863 words) - 03:33, 8 October 2019
- ... uncertain number that is at least more than one, and probably less than five, but definitely less than ten. 几 (jǐ) as "a Few" The simplest way ...6 KB (1,035 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... Here are some other ways to start make a request to still be polite, but less in a less formal way: 你 可 不 可以 …… ？Nǐ kě bu kěyǐ…?Could you...? 你 能 ...4 KB (567 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
- ... already before etc. how however is less need so some therefore when There are ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
- ... This is very important because in English they can, but this is much less common in Chinese. Adverbs can occasionally act as conjunctions (like in the ...3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
- ... ( if ), alternation ( or ), and succession ( then ). Less common relationships include inference, transition, concession, enumeration ...3 KB (402 words) - 03:23, 30 May 2016
- ... relation between component meaning and compound meaning, e.g. 花生 Others less idiomatic - compound source can be traced through components e.g. 矛盾 ...2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013
- ... and measure word e.g. 十多个 means more than the number given but less than the next whole number. Like 'odd' in English e.g. "thirty-odd." 多 after ...5 KB (643 words) - 04:51, 9 March 2019
- ... and ''plan to take action on''. It can sound a bit more demanding (and less polite). 想 (xiǎng) on the other hand, often conveys an idea on one's mind ...4 KB (575 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... go to a good college. Did you ever notice that some Chinese people with less-than-perfect English will use the phrase "very like?" Now you know why ...4 KB (564 words) - 03:53, 16 April 2019
- ... of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion. Structure Statement + 吧 ...3 KB (414 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
- ... be used to intensify negative adjectives , 极了 (jíle) is a somewhat less common way to intensify both positive and negative adjectives. It is used in ...4 KB (523 words) - 08:24, 4 March 2019
- ... " in comparisons Used for Comparing Used for Denying and refusing Structure Sentence Patterns Translation less Translation not4 KB (635 words) - 08:25, 17 December 2020
- ... that you sometimes see 一边 (yībiān) shortened to 边 (biān) as well, which has a less formal feel. Examples 不要 一边 吃 东西，一边 说话 。Bùyào yībiān chī ...4 KB (669 words) - 08:20, 4 March 2019
- REDIRECT Doing something less with "shao"46 bytes (6 words) - 04:26, 24 August 2011
- ... included examples of the "physical location" usage here, because it's less common and more formal. See also Sequencing past events with ...5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
- ... 百姓 更 不 满意 了 。Gǎigé fǎn'ér ràng lǎobǎixìng gèng bù mǎnyì le.Reform actually made the people less satisfied. 你 的 参与 反而 给 我们 带来 了 麻烦 。Nǐ de cānyù fǎn'ér ...6 KB (900 words) - 06:46, 11 December 2020
- ... -得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. Although less common in everyday speech, meaning-wise it is quite similar to Simple ...4 KB (616 words) - 02:37, 17 December 2020
- ... and refusing Used for Comparing Used for Expressing preference POS Verbs Subprop Verbs Translation less Translation not5 KB (811 words) - 00:23, 18 January 2021
