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Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... "with regards to" in English. Just put at the beginning of the sentence, before the further comment you want to make. 至于 + Topic， Comment Examples ...

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Limiting scope with "jiu"
... , there are lots of demands on me. For example, we have to be home before twelve o'clock in the evening. See also "With Regards to" as "zhiyu ...

5 KB (729 words) - 07:39, 19 January 2021
Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian"
... (nánmiǎn) means "to be unavoidable" or "inevitable" and is most commonly placed before a verb phrase, often including an auxiliary verb such as 会 or 要 ...

4 KB (565 words) - 09:50, 14 January 2021
Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"
... 做导游。Nǐ qù guo Shànghǎi, nà zhècì jiù yóu nǐ zuò dǎoyóu.You have been to Shanghai before, so you will be the tour guide this time. 这个国家的粮食主要由 ...

3 KB (519 words) - 05:46, 6 December 2020
Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide"
... Box 值得 (zhídé) means "to be worth" ''doing'' something, and is often placed before a verb or a verb phrase. Note that it is used to describe whether ...

3 KB (436 words) - 09:39, 14 January 2021
Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around"
... direction." It's sort of like "verbing this way and that." The same verb is repeated before the 来 (lái) and 去 (qù). So for example, 走来走去 is a bit ...

3 KB (468 words) - 04:02, 23 June 2021
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REDIRECT Stating the effect before the cause

49 bytes (7 words) - 09:09, 3 July 2013
Expressing "since" with "jiran"
... of a suggestion or inference deduced from the first fact. It can be placed before or after the subject. But if the subjects in the two clauses are the ...

5 KB (685 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Challenging a verb with "shenme"
... měinǚ a?What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a pretty girl before? Verb + 什么 + Object This pattern is often used with separable verb s ...

4 KB (620 words) - 08:17, 23 November 2020
The "however" adverb "que"
... , but he's much more mature than others his age. Common Mistake: Putting 却 Before the Subject It's also important to point out that 却 is not a ...

5 KB (779 words) - 02:39, 29 December 2020
Expressing "only if" with "zhiyou"
... nǐ cái néng shuō hǎo bu hǎochī.You can only tell if it's good or not if you have eaten it before. 只有学习了拼音，你才能更好地学汉字。Zhǐyǒu xuéxí le pīnyīn ...

5 KB (844 words) - 03:02, 29 December 2020
Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... is so easy, then B must be even easier. However if one adds a 不 or 没 before the verb then the meaning is reversed: now A is so hard, B would almost be ...

5 KB (788 words) - 02:07, 7 April 2021
Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
Grammar Box We have seen before that 吧 can be used to Softening speech with "ba" soften the tone of statements , or Suggestions with ba make ...

6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
Advanced uses of direction complement "-qilai"
Grammar Box We have seen before that 起来 (qǐlái), among other things, can be Direction complement "-qilai" used to express a literal upward ...

5 KB (698 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
Expressing actions in progress (full form)
... and Expressing actions in progress 正在 (zhèngzài) can be used before verbs to express that an action is ''ongoing'' or ''in progress''. They ...

5 KB (724 words) - 06:41, 23 May 2019
Expressing completion with "le"
... generally OK to put the 了 (le) right after the verb and before the object. Structure Subj. + Time + Verb + 了 + Obj. Time + Subj. + Verb + 了 ...

8 KB (1,185 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Using "guo" with "le"
... done'' even further, you could add the word for "already," 已经 (yǐjīng), before the verbs in the examples below, and it also works just fine: 她 ...

7 KB (1,068 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing "not very" with "bu zenme"
Grammar Box When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) before an adjective, it means "not very." You might use it to say something like "not very good." ...

3 KB (508 words) - 03:56, 15 May 2019
Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme"
... 我没怎么想过这个问题。Wǒ méi zěnme xiǎng guo zhège wèntí.I didn't really think about this before. 昨天我肚子不舒服，没怎么吃东西。Zuótiān wǒ dùzi bù shūfu, méi ...

3 KB (525 words) - 08:45, 24 April 2019
Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
... bad ''almost'' happened (but didn't), you can add the word 差点 (chàdiǎn) before the verb. You will also hear 差点儿 (chàdiǎnr) in northern China. There ...

4 KB (668 words) - 07:57, 14 May 2019
Expressing "even more" with "geng"
... more badass"), you can use 更 (gèng). 更 (gèng) generally comes before adjective s. Basic Usage Structure The pattern in Chinese is ...

5 KB (691 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021