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Expressing actions in progress (full form)
... shàng Hànyǔ kè ne. 我们上着汉语课呢。Wǒmen shàng zhe Hànyǔ kè ne.We're having a Chinese lesson now. 老板在开会，不方便接电话。Lǎobǎn zài kāihuì, bù fāngbiàn ...

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... project.'' Some of the key reference materials for this wiki have been: Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar http://www.amazon.com ...

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Expressing the self-evident with "ma"
... tǐng yǒuqián de ma.He is pretty rich. 不想去就不要去嘛。Clearly you don't have to.Bù xiǎng qù jiù bùyào qù ma.If you don't wanna go, don't go. 你别太谦 ...

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Particle
... the end of a phrase, modifying the entire thing. Finally, particles always have a neutral tone. Functions Particles in Chinese can do all sorts of ...

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Expressing completion with "le"
... 他们到了。Tāmen dào le.They have arrived. 我买了。Wǒ mǎi le.I've bought ... of things happened in the past? Do you have to put a 了 (le) after each ...

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Yes-no questions with "ma"
... 没有工作吗？Negative verb in the questionNǐ méiyǒu gōngzuò ma?Do you not have a job? B: 对。对 (duì) affirms the negative verb.Duì.No, I don't. Now let's ...

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Comparing "li" and "cong"
... 离我们的婚礼还有两个星期。Lí wǒmen de hūnlǐ háiyǒu liǎng gè xīngqī.We still have two weeks until our wedding. 离毕业还有几个月。Lí bìyè háiyǒu jǐ gè yuè.I am ...

6 KB (825 words) - 04:36, 30 November 2018
Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."
... 要去吃午饭。È sǐ le, wǒ yī xiàkè jiù yào qù chī wǔfàn.I'm starving. I'm going to have lunch as soon as class is over. 你能不能一下班就去接孩子？Nǐ néng bu ...

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Expressing purpose with "weile"
... case, 为了 mean "for." Note that 为了 and 因为 both have the character 为 in them, and they have sort of similar meanings. You will also see 因为 following 是 ...

5 KB (714 words) - 09:30, 17 December 2020
Expressing "no wonder"
... it here because if you ever run into and think that 难怪 can only ever have one meaning, it can totally throw you for a loop. A few examples: 这也难 ...

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Expressing "as much as possible" with "jinliang"
... Sunday. 我们要尽量满足客户的需求。 Wǒmen yào jǐnliàng mǎnzú kèhù de xūqiú.We have to try our best to meet the client's needs. 老板生气了，你和他说话要尽 ...

4 KB (612 words) - 09:41, 14 January 2021
Comparing "youdian" and "yidian"
... 有点, you can use 不 or 没 before the adjective, however the adjective should have a positive connotation, like 高兴 (gāoxìng), 舒服 (shūfu), 喜欢 (xǐhuan), etc ...

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Comparing "pingshi" and "pingchang"
... (after all, they do start with 平), and they have similar meanings of "often" or "usually," but they have slightly different uses. Both 平时 and 平常 ...

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Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
... What just happened is really upsetting. 刚 and 刚才 with 了 You may have noticed that something interesting is going on with regards to 了 in the ...

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Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan"
... 表现形式相反。Zhè liǎng zhǒng yìshù de biǎoxiàn xíngshì xiāngfǎn.These two art pieces have completely different forms. 我们的看法是相反的。Wǒmen de kànfǎ shì ...

5 KB (700 words) - 07:01, 11 December 2020
Expressing "about to happen" with "le"
... 友快要过生日了。 Wǒ nǚpéngyou kuài yào guò shēngrì le.My girlfriend is about to have her birthday. 快下车了，你再等一会儿。Kuài xiàchē le, nǐ zài děng yīhuìr ...

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Emphasis with "jiushi"
... tīng lǎoshī de huà.The student just wouldn't listen to his teacher. As you may have noticed, many of these uses of 就 or 就是 carry a flippant, stubborn ...

5 KB (686 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Complement "-zhao"
... . I didn't buy things that you need. 我终于见着你了。Wǒ zhōngyú jiànzháo nǐ le.I have finally met you. 最近太忙了，他累着了。Zuìjìn tài máng le, tā lèizháo le ...

4 KB (624 words) - 02:50, 29 December 2020
Expressing "not even one"
... 外国朋友都没有。 Lái Shànghǎi yǐqián, tā yī gè wàiguó péngyou dōu méiyǒu.He didn't have a single foreign friend before coming to Shanghai. 她一瓶可乐也没喝 ...

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Conditions with "yao" and "jiu"
... (command sentences). Therefore, 要⋯⋯就⋯⋯ sentences typically do not have a subject, but they can have a topic. This grammar form is similar to the ...

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Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
... nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiù kěyǐ shuō wǒ bǐ nǐ cōngming.From the fact that I have studied Chinese for a shorter time but speak it better than you, I can say that ...

5 KB (849 words) - 08:02, 18 December 2020