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Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
... ?Why is it so cold today? 你怎么这么没礼貌？Nǐ zěnme zhème méi lǐmào?How can you be this impolite? 这个外国人怎么会了解那么多中国历史？Zhège wàiguórén zěnme huì ...

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Direction complement "-qilai"
... 聊 (liáo), or with states like 热 (rè), 冷 (lěng), or 好 (hǎo) etc. It cannot be used with planned actions. 你几点工作起来？Nǐ jǐ diǎn gōngzuò qǐlái? 你几点开 ...

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Big numbers in Chinese
... unit, 亿 (yì), which is used to express "hundred million." A number like 1,101,110,000 would be written out as "十一亿一百一十一万 (shíyī yì yībǎi yīshí-yī wàn ...

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Expressing "ever since" with "yilai"
... length of time, rather than a specific date. In other words, it needs to be used with a certain number of years, months, days, hours, etc. In English ...

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Expressing "since the beginning" with "yixiang"
... rén yīxiàng bǎ hóngsè shì wéi jíxiáng xǐqìng de yánsè.Chinese people have always considered red to be a lucky and joyous color. 云南的雨季一向来得很突然 ...

5 KB (706 words) - 09:32, 14 January 2021
Challenging an adjective with "shenme"
... jiù xíguàn le ba.What are you nervous for? Haven't you been on stage a bunch of times? You should be used to it by now. 担心什么啊，肯定可以买到票的。Dānxīn ...

4 KB (665 words) - 10:13, 23 December 2020
Challenging a verb with "shenme"
... 什么 + Verb Just like in English, asking "what are you looking at?" can be a rhetorical question (hinting that you should stop staring), but can also ...

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Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... typical English rhetorical question might be: "you're not saying you ... 难道 can only be used for rhetorical questions which could be answered with yes ...

4 KB (648 words) - 09:04, 17 December 2020
Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
... ?I wonder where he's going? 怎么会呢？Zěnme huì ne?How could that be? In the previous examples, the speaker has a tone of conjecture, a bit like saying ...

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Advanced uses of direction complement "-qilai"
... xìngqù jiéhé qǐlái, gōngzuò jiù huì hěn kuàilè. If you combine your work with your interests, working will be fun. 如果你能回忆起来这件事情，就好了。Rúguǒ nǐ ...

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Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... to 幸亏幸亏 (xìngkuī) in meaning, the major grammatical similarity being that both can be used with 不然 or 才. But there are a few difference between ...

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Comparing "cai" and "jiu"
... answer is ''yes''. For this "small quantity" emphasis, both 才 and 就 can be used before the verb to express essentially the same thing. (If you really ...

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Comparing "fan'er" and “que"
... 帮了他，他反而不高兴了。The speaker thought the other person would be happy.I helped him, but he wasn't happy. Special structures Both of these often ...

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Complement "-zhao"
... le, tā lèizháo le.I've been so busy lately, he's tired. You might be wondering: "''why the heck would I use this instead of Result complements "-dao ...

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Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
... shīfu.On the basis of Lao Li's twenty years of experience in this industry, he is qualified to be your teacher. 他只凭歌声就能听出是谁唱的。Tā zhī píng ...

5 KB (849 words) - 08:02, 18 December 2020
Adding emphasis with "fei....buke"
... you can use 一定会 instead. 非(要) + Subj. + Verb Phrase + 不可 Note 不可 can't be omitted in this sentence pattern. Examples 要是被老板发现了，非炒你鱿鱼 ...

4 KB (515 words) - 10:58, 25 May 2018
Making "-ize" and "-ify" verbs with "hua"
... our green ified area is expanding. From Verb to Noun Part of speech can be quite fluid in Chinese, and using the suffix -化 to change a noun or ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... with "de shihou" during an action . For example, "when you play ball" can be seen as "when you are playing ball." It is this sort of difference that ...

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Foreword
... of precious life spent “learning to learn Chinese,” before the hapless student could be weaned from a diet of pre-digested pabulum and delve into the ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
Comparing "bici" and "duifang"
... used after personal pronouns like 你们, 我们, and 大家. 对方 (duìfāng) cannot be used in this way. Used before a Verb Before a verb, you can use 彼此 to ...

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Advanced uses of "bei"
... 被和谐 to be harmonized) 被自杀 to be suicided) 被就业 to be employed) 被代表 to be represented) 被潜规则 to be (forced to) follow the potential ...

4 KB (475 words) - 10:11, 21 November 2016