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Expressing that something has already happened with "laizhe"
... 我说什么来着！你一吃火锅就拉肚子！I told you so You have a diarrhea every time you eat hotpot 我说什么来着！这个东西肯定是假的！I told you so This thing must ...

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Saying "a lot" with "youdeshi"
... 妈妈，有的是时间。Tā shì quánzhí māma, yǒudeshì shíjiān.She's a full-time mother. She's got plenty of time. 我一个大男人，有的是力气。Wǒ yī gè dà nánrén, yǒudeshì ...

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Using "youde" to mean "some"
... have multiple groups doing different things, and just precede them with a 有的 (yǒude) each time. Examples 外国人有的很有钱，有的没钱。 Wàiguó rén yǒude ...

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Expressing "half" with "ban"
... There are some words that act as their own measure words, notably the time words 天 (tiān), meaning "day," and 年 (nián), meaning "year." Used Alone ...

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Expressing "now" with "le"
... I'm 20 years old now 吃饭了！Chīfàn le Time to eat 我走了。Wǒ zǒu le.I'm ... ！Kuài diǎnr, kāihuì le Hurry up, it's time for the meeting now 到你了。Dào ...

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Expressing "again" in the past with "you"
... express an action that has already happened again for (at least) the second time. It doesn't have to be in quick succession; it happened before, and ...

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Advanced "le" after an object
... .She wore the most beautiful dress. Examples Specifying the Time, Place, Purpose, etc. When time, place, manner, or purpose are specified in a ...

12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
Expressing "have to" with "budebu"
... wèile mǎi xīn shǒujī bùdébù qù dǎgōng.In order to buy a new phone, Xiao Ming had to get a part time job. 我们都是打工的，不得不服从公司的安排。Wǒmen dōu shì ...

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Expressing "compared with" using "gen"
... also be used for comparing one subject over two different time periods. Structure 跟 + Time + 比 (起来) ，⋯⋯ Again, you could use 和 (hé) instead ...

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Expressing "why" with "hebi"
... gifts again? Why? 为了买张电影票排那么长时间的队，何必呢？Spend so much time on waiting to buy a movie ticket? Why? 为这样的人伤心，何必呢？不值得。Don't have to ...

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Expressing "each other" with "bici"
... . 好朋友总是会陪伴彼此。Hǎo péngyou zǒng shì huì péibàn bǐcǐ.Good friends always spend time with each other. 你们是夫妻，怎么一点也不信任彼此？Nǐmen shì fūqī ...

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Expressing "especially" with "gewai"
... 不及吃午饭. Jīntiān géwài máng,dōu láibují chī wǔfàn.I was especially busy today and didn't even have time to eat lunch. 昨天登山累了, 晚上睡得格外香甜。Zuótiān ...

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Expressing "so-called" with "suowei"
... méiyǒu shíjiān, shì nǐ méiyǒu hǎohāo ānpái shíjiān.The so-called lack of time means that you have not managed your time well. 所谓成长，就是自己可以照顾自己，自 ...

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Expressing "only after" with "cai"
... usually involving spending a lot of time, money, or effort. The second ... was finally achieved after spending all that time, money, or effort. The English ...

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Acknowledgments-B2
... . He saved our editors a lot of time. Also thanks to: Matthew Moisen, Jörn ... in Shanghai, once upon a time. Thanks so much for contributing your ...

3 KB (377 words) - 08:13, 18 January 2021
Main Page
... out. We've Got Your Textbooks and Grammar Books Covered It's not yet time to throw out those textbooks We all use the internet for everything now ...

11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
Chinese Grammar Reference Materials
The following list will expand over time, as our editors make use of more and more materials to fill out this grammar wiki. The following are titles ...

10 KB (1,344 words) - 09:03, 29 July 2014
Adverb
... 匆地). Subcategories Degree adverbs Scope adverbs Time adverbs Tone adverbs Negative adverbs Grammar Patterns for ...

3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
Preposition
... verbs. These include: 在, 从 with locations 从 can also go with time 离 goes with distances 对 indicates targets 给 also indicates targets, but ...

2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
Referring to simultaneous events
... Chinese uses to talk about conditions or events that happen at the same time. They are organized according to our grammar points by level . CF ...

217 bytes (33 words) - 04:07, 10 July 2013
Alternative existential sentences
... (worth mentioning) in that area. It's worth noting that there's no real time indication for most sentences like this. It could be setting a scene in ...

5 KB (748 words) - 07:50, 4 March 2019