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Expressing "less than" with "budao"
Grammar Box The word 到 (dào) means "arrive," but it can also mean "to reach" or "to get to" in an abstract sense. So in this pattern, 不到 (bùdào) ...

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Expressing "compared with" using "gen"
... a comment about B, ''as it relates to'' A. 跟 + A + 比 (起来) ，B⋯⋯ B can also come at the beginning of the sentence: B + 跟 + A + 比 (起来) ，⋯⋯ For both of ...

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Expressing "when" with "dengdao"
... mean "to wait until," it also has the less literal translation meaning ... "all the way until" , and also overlaps with the Expressing lateness with ...

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Expressing "some" with question words
... . If the lack of question intonation isn't enough, the 吧 on the end is also a clue that these sentences aren't actually questions. Examples: 什么时候我们 ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... really tired. 看起来 + 像 for Direct Visual Comparisons 看起来 can also be used to express how something "looks like" something else. But unlike the ...

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Acknowledgments-HSK
... little extra production work needed from the academic team. A big thank you also to Adam Abrams for all the layout work that went into creating the ...

4 KB (519 words) - 02:37, 24 June 2019
Ba-test
... míngzì dú cuò le.The teacher read my name wrong. Direction complement s also work well in 把 constructions, for similar reasons. For example: 请把客 ...

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Conjunction
... things. They help make the transition between ideas smoother and also show the relationships between those ideas. Characteristics Conjunctions can ...

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Alternative existential sentences
... different from what you are used to, but 着 (zhe) and 是 (shì) are also ways to make everyday statements such as, "There is a book lying on the desk ...

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Personal pronoun
... all you need to do is add the suffix -们 (-men) to them. There is also a polite second person form 您 (nín), which cannot normally take the -们 (-men ...

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Suffix
... -员 -手 -巴 -于 -以 -热 -度 -坛 -感 -风 -户 See Also Prefix Sources and further reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/product ...

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Causative verbs
... The financial crisis caused lot of companies to go out of business and also caused many people to lose their jobs. Obviously, not every causative verb ...

5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
Result complement
... 考上大学。 - Aspect particles with result complements You can also use the aspect particle s 了 and 过 with result complement compound ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
Potential complement
... many more, but they all follow the same basic pattern outlined here. You can also refer to our article on advanced potential complements . See ...

7 KB (977 words) - 04:50, 9 March 2019
Location complement
... of Chinese find it useful to treat these verbs as special exceptions. Note also that in some views, the term "location complement" is not used at all ...

3 KB (376 words) - 03:18, 30 March 2017
The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... that while the 是⋯⋯的 construction also indicates that an action has been ... details of a completed action. See also 的 (modal particle) Adding ...

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Placement of question words
... Overview Common Question Words List In English, question words are also known as ''wh-words'', as the majority of them begin with ''wh'' ...

19 KB (3,096 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Tag questions with "ma"
... As well as Yes-no questions with "ma" yes/no questions , you can also form tag questions with 吗 (ma). Tag questions are quick questions that are ...

3 KB (490 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
Tag questions with "bu"
... tag questions with ma tag questions with 吗 (ma) , tag questions can also be formed using 不 (bù). This is done by putting an affirmative-negative ...

3 KB (491 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Measure word "ge"
... might not sound quite as smart, you'll still get your point across). Also, for many nouns, 个 (gè) ''is'' the only correct measure word. Counting ...

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Using the verb "jiao"
... 地方叫外滩。Zhège dìfang jiào Wàitān.This place is called the Bund. You can also ask people their names using 叫 (jiào): 你叫什么名字？Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ...

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