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Expressing "a bit too"
... 不是矮了点儿？Nǐ zhème gāo, nǐ zhège nánpéngyou shì bu shì ǎi le diǎnr?You are so tall. Isn't your boyfriend a little short for you? 这道菜咸了点儿，可以换 ...

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Challenging an adjective with "shenme"
... glum? Look at that blue sky, those green fields. Life is so wonderful If the adjective or psychological verb is repeated after the 什么 as in some of ...

4 KB (665 words) - 10:13, 23 December 2020
Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... yī), literally "1 of 2 portions." Note the order: it's ''NOT'' 一分之二 (yī fēn zhī èr). So "¾" is 四分之三 (sì fēn zhī sān), and "⅚" is 六分之五 (liù fēn zhī wǔ ...

4 KB (650 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing "anyway" with "fanzheng"
... 来了，咱们自己去吧。Fǎnzhèng tāmen bù lái le, zánmen zìjǐ qù ba.They are not coming anyway, so let's just go by ourselves. 我就送给你吧。反正我也不需要。Wǒ jiù ...

4 KB (636 words) - 04:05, 29 December 2020
Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong"
... 辛苦。Nǐ méiyǒu zuò guo shēngyì, bù zhīdào qízhōng de xīnkǔ.You have never done business before, so you don't know the hardship of it. 不要笑话跳广场舞的大妈 ...

4 KB (645 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian"
... huì yùdào xiǎotōu, nǐ yào xiǎoxīn diǎn.There are a lot of people on the bus, so you will inevitably run into thieves. You need to be careful. 刚开始工 ...

4 KB (565 words) - 09:50, 14 January 2021
Complement "-huai le"
... 了。Miànshì guān tài yánsù le, wǒ dōu yào jǐnzhāng huài le.The interviewer was so serious. I was a nervous wreck. It's also OK to use -坏了 with positive ...

4 KB (597 words) - 02:48, 29 December 2020
Stating the effect before the cause
... 你们。Tā zhī suǒyǐ wèn zhème duō shì wèile duō guānxīn nǐmen.The reason she asks so many questions is in order to she cares about you guys. 我之所以不喜 ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "jishi"
... 学。Jíshǐ nǐ duì zhè mén kè bù tài gǎnxìngqù, yě yào xué.Even if you are not so interested in this subject, you still need to study it. 即使她整容，我也能 ...

4 KB (647 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"
... biǎoxiàn hěn hǎo.You won't get promoted so soon unless you perform very well. ... as meaning "only if." 除非 x，才 y So that's "'''Only if''' x, y." A few ...

6 KB (1,000 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Expressing actions in progress (full form)
... it are frequently used in everyday speech, so it's important to know the full form, ... the above pattern is ''optional''''', so you're going to see all ...

5 KB (724 words) - 06:41, 23 May 2019
Separable verb
... have time to meet you. 我没有时间见面你。面 is the object, so adding 你 after it is wrong.Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān jiànmiàn nǐ. The key features of separable verbs ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Yes-no questions with "ma"
... like a question mark you say out loud. So the basic structure is: Statement + 吗 ... Many learners make this mistake, so don't worry if it happens every ...

9 KB (1,438 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Expressing "for" with "wei"
... you. 父母为家庭付出了很多。Fùmǔ wèi jiātíng fùchū le hěn duō.The parents have done so much for their family. 你不为自己的孩子担心吗？Nǐ bù wèi zìjǐ de háizi ...

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Using "nanguai" as a verb
... vase. You can't blame the father for getting so angry. 如果你一定要晚上 ... This question was always controversial, so you cna't blame the students for ...

5 KB (701 words) - 06:56, 11 December 2020
Using "always" as a complaint with "laoshi"
... all the time. 你老是这么凶干吗？Nǐ lǎoshì zhème xiōng gànmá?Why are you always so mean? 他真讨厌，老是跟朋友借钱。Tā zhēn tǎoyàn, lǎoshì gēn péngyou jièqián ...

4 KB (532 words) - 08:26, 17 April 2019
Keywords
... to their respective disambiguation pages. So, for example, if you wanted ... Grammar Wiki, you're welcome to do so Aside from the sortable HTML list ...

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Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... 亏了你帮我。Wǒ néng zhème kuài zuò wán, duōkuī le nǐ bāng wǒ.I was able to finish so quickly thanks to your help. 我没迟到，多亏了你开车送我。Wǒ méi chídào ...

5 KB (784 words) - 03:18, 4 January 2021
Expressing wasted efforts with "bai"
... shíhou tā bù zài jiā, suǒyǐ wǒ bái pǎo le yī tàng.He wasn't home when I got there, so I wasted all of that time going over there. 不好意思，让你白忙了一 ...

5 KB (791 words) - 09:31, 18 January 2021
Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"
... is fine. 我想知道那个人是男的或者女的。It's an embedded question, so it should use 还是Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào nàge rén shì nánde huòzhě nǚde.I'd like to know if that ...

6 KB (863 words) - 03:33, 8 October 2019
Comparing "turan" and "huran"
... 然，我们不知道怎么办。Shìqing fāshēng de tài tūrán, wǒmen bù zhīdào zěnme bàn.Things happened so suddenly, we didn't know what to do. 这场雨下得太突然，都淋湿了 ...

8 KB (1,152 words) - 10:13, 23 December 2020