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Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
... go to work every day. 老师每天都迟到。 Lǎoshī měi tiān dōu chídào. The teacher comes late every day. 她每天都不吃早饭。 Tā měi tiān dōu bù chī zǎofàn.Every ...

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Superlative "zui"
... most beautiful. 最 (zuì) with Psychological Verbs 最 (zuì) can also come before psychological verb s, to express what one "most likes," "most ...

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Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
... and the English translations above. This is because the "main" action usually comes second in English (after the "while"), but first in Chinese. For ...

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Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... topic in Chinese grammar, but you can approach them in stages. The structure you come across the most is a verb with 到 (dào): Subj. + Verb + 到 + Obj ...

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Result complements
Grammar Box Result complements come immediately after verbs to indicate that an action has led to a certain result and make that result clear to ...

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Direction complement "-qilai"
Grammar Box 起来 (qǐlái) comes up very frequently in Chinese and can be used both literally and figuratively. This is a little like the usage of "up ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... with him. I want a divorce. Used with 再 When the adverb 再 comes before the verb, there's an implication that if "things keep going on this ...

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Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"
Grammar Box You will often come across 因为⋯⋯所以⋯⋯ (yīnwèi... suǒyǐ...) in both written and spoken Chinese. This pattern will give your Chinese a ...

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Expressing "not only... but also" with "budan... erqie..."
... When there is only one subject with 不但⋯⋯而且⋯⋯, the subject has to come at the beginning of the sentence, before both 不但 and 而且. When using two ...

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Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou"
... 事都不做？Nǐ zài jiālǐ zěnme shénme shì dōu bù zuò? How come you haven't done anything at home? See Also Expressing "every time" with "mei" and ...

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Topic-comment sentences
... to the beginning of the sentence, with the comment on the topic coming after the topic has been stated. Structure Topic ，Comment Examples ...

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Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"
... 点水果。Xiàbān yǐhòu zǎo diǎn huílái. Háiyǒu, huílái de lùshang mǎi diǎn shuǐguǒ.Come back early after work. Also, buy some fruit on your way back. 今天 ...

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Big numbers in Chinese
... ten thousand 亿 (yì): hundred million Ten Thousand - 万 (wàn) 万 (wàn) comes up the most often and is the largest stumbling block for most people ...

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A softer "but" with "buguo"
... " but ." Structure Just like its counterparts, 不过 is a conjunction that comes between two distinct clauses. ⋯⋯ ，不过 ⋯⋯ Examples 这件衣服我 ...

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Measure words for verbs
... times" mirror each other in structure. In Chinese sentences, these measure words come after the verb. You should also know that, like nouns, some ...

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Expressing "if… then…" with "jiaru"
... nǐ de chéngjì zài hǎo yīdiǎnr, nǐ jiù néng shēnqǐng Běi Dà le.If your grades come up a little more, then you can apply to Beijing University. 假如我是 ...

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Expressing "since the beginning" with "yixiang"
... 季一向来得很突然。Yúnnán de yǔjì yīxiàng láide hěn tūrán.Yunnan's rainy season always comes suddenly. 他的态度一向很认真。Tā de tàidù yīxiàng hěn rènzhēn.His ...

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Comparisons with "buru"
... can also be used to mean "might as well" to emphasize that the choice that comes after 不如 is better than what was just being discussed. When used like ...

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Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... the ''denominator'' is the ''bottom'' number in a fraction, but it comes ''first'' in spoken Chinese. Knowing that this order actually totally fits ...

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Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... , zhìyú jùtǐ de shíjiān, wǒ jiù bù zhīdào le.She told me she was coming back tomorrow. With regards to the specific time, I don't know about that. 律 ...

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Marking a topic with "de hua"
... also be used to simply identify a topic, sort of like saying "when it comes to...." Structure 的话 can also be used to introduce a topic which the ...

4 KB (570 words) - 03:48, 29 December 2020