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Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
... If you want to say something happened while another thing was happening, it would be better to use Expressing "when" with "de shihou" 的时候 (de shíhou ...

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Expressing "mistakenly think that" with "yiwei"
... to a situation in the present or even the future. It can also be used for commands, usually of the negative "don't think that..." type. Examples ...

4 KB (573 words) - 04:51, 9 March 2019
Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"
... + 好像 ⋯⋯ Examples 他好像是英国人。Tā hǎoxiàng shì Yīngguó rén.He seems to be British. 你好像不是本地人。Nǐ hǎoxiàng bù shì běndìrén.You don't seem to ...

3 KB (425 words) - 03:48, 11 November 2020
Learner FAQ
... "past experiences" that the subject has had. When do I know whether I should be using 如果 or 要是 for an "if...then" statement? It's a matter of ...

7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
Sequencing past events with "houlai"
... 他以前是厨师，后来当了老板。Tā yǐqián shì chúshī, hòulái dāng le lǎobǎn.He used to be a chef. Afterwards, he became the owner. 我昨晚走得早，不知道后来发生了什么 ...

4 KB (586 words) - 09:49, 17 April 2019
Emphatic adverb "ke"
... 气了！The speaker never expected puppies to be this naughtyZhè zhǐ xiǎo gǒu kě táoqì le ... in this pattern, but may be present. Examples In these ...

4 KB (612 words) - 09:45, 14 January 2021
Expressing "both… and…" with "ji...you"
... adjectives, verbs or short phrases. Most of the time A and B will be of the same form. It often sounds better one both A and B are single syllables or ...

4 KB (608 words) - 03:46, 29 December 2020
Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
... 目好不容易啊。Yào wánchéng zhège dà xiàngmù hǎobù róngyì a.Finishing this big project will not be an easy task. 养大一个孩子好不容易。Yǎng dà yī gè háizi hǎobù ...

5 KB (717 words) - 02:18, 29 December 2020
Adjectival complement "de budeliao"
... 了，怎么会这么冷？Jīntiān lěng de bùdéliǎo, zěnme huì zhème lěng?It's terribly cold today How can it be this cold? 最近有很多项目，忙得不得了。Zuìjìn yǒu hěn duō ...

4 KB (644 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020
Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
... alone, laundry, cooking, and so on all need to be done yourself. 电视、洗衣机什么的，我 ... exhaustive lists with "dengdeng" 等 can be used in place of 什么的. When ...

4 KB (654 words) - 04:49, 9 March 2019
Expressing "among" with "dangzhong"
... all of my friends, you are the most loyal." Also, 当中 can be used to express being "in the middle" of an activity or process that is fairly formal in ...

4 KB (586 words) - 07:03, 11 December 2020
Marking a topic with "de hua"
... Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua" to express the meaning of "if." It can be used independently, or with 如果, both meaning "if." But it can also ...

4 KB (570 words) - 03:48, 29 December 2020
Expressing "since" with "jiran"
... 身吧。 Tā jìrán gānggāng fēnshǒu, nà xiànzài yīnggāi shì dānshēn ba.Since she just had a breakup, she should be single now. 既然你们是好朋友，那他肯定会帮你吧 ...

5 KB (685 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Expressing "even if…" with "jiushi"
... qióngguāngdàn, wǒ yě yuànyì gēn tā zài yīqǐ.Even if he were penniless, I would still be willing to be with him. 就是以后会失败，我也想尝试。Jiùshì yǐhòu huì ...

5 KB (737 words) - 10:16, 19 January 2021
Expressing contrariness with "dao"
... with you, but you would need to wait until the weekend. For more on 倒 , be sure to check our C1 grammar point on even more Advanced usages of the ...

5 KB (701 words) - 06:44, 17 December 2020
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"
... 不好。Chúfēi yǒu qíjī, bùrán tā de bìng zhì bù hǎo.Unless a miracle happens, his disease can't be cured. 除非你听我的，否则我不会帮你。Chúfēi nǐ tīng wǒ de ...

6 KB (1,000 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Many types of "not only... but also..."
... by 而且 (érqiě), 还 (hái), or 也 (yě). Other than 不但……而且 being more common than the others, they are all similar in usage and formality. Structure ...

5 KB (759 words) - 01:18, 18 January 2021
Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"
... in an answer to a question. Also, 吗 can't appear in a question formed with 到底 but 没有 can be used instead: 你到底吃了吗？Nǐ dàodǐ chī le ma? 你到底吃了没有 ...

5 KB (717 words) - 09:17, 18 January 2021
Reference:Common Chinese Patterns 330 (汉语常用格式330例)
... 式330例) by Chen Ru, Zhu Xiao Yan The Chinese language can be quite confusing to new learners because there is a large number of grammatical phenomena ...

8 KB (328 words) - 02:15, 25 October 2017
Expressing "how about" with "yaobu"
... cold. 打车吧，要不会迟到的。Dǎchē ba, yàobù huì chídào de.Take a taxi. Otherwise, you'll be late. 快回家吧，要不你爸妈会担心的。Kuài huíjiā ba, yàobù nǐ bà mā ...

4 KB (637 words) - 09:40, 12 April 2019
Expressing the self-evident with "ma"
... you learned back in the day, but with a rather different function. It can be used when the speaker feels what he is saying is obvious (from his point ...

3 KB (526 words) - 03:23, 16 December 2020