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Expressing "less than" with "budao"
... 岁就去世了。Yéye bùdào liùshí suì jiù qùshì le.My grandpa was less than 60 years old when he died. 老板不到 30 岁就有白头发了。Lǎobǎn bùdào sānshí suì jiù ...

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Defining upper and lower limits
... "/"above" and "less than"/"below," respectively. Generally they are non-inclusive, meaning that when you say 十岁以下 you mean "less than ten years of age ...

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Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
... now I still don't know his full name. See also Expressing "when" with "dengdao" Complement with "dao" Sources and further reading ...

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Expressing "each other" with "bici"
... Structure As a personal pronoun, 彼此 (bǐcǐ) is often used as a subject. When used as an object, the verb must be disyllabic and is quite formal in ...

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Expressing "and then" with "yushi"
... that happened in the past. 因此 is more formal and mostly used in writing. 于是 is more commonly used when speaking. 他经常随便开玩笑，于是，大家都不喜欢跟他说话 ...

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Use "zicong……yilai" to express "since"
stub "Since" as a preposition is useful especially when explaining when a situation changed. In English, we'll say, for example, "since going to ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 看来 can be used to express one's interpretation of a situation. Note that when 看来 is used in a manner, the speaker isn't usually commenting on the ...

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Indicating negative impact with "haide"
... jiù xià yǔ le, hàide wǒ yòu huàn le yī jiàn yīfu.I had just left the house when it rained, forcing me to change clothes again. 老板让我今天就去出差，害 ...

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Noun
... has a measure word that it can use, as well as the general "个." When quantifying nouns, they must have a measure word. If you are just being general ...

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Preposition
... that we sometimes take for granted. They help indicate the environment (when and where), direction (to, from, at), reason, manner, and other functions ...

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Alternative existential sentences
... Rel char 是 Similar Aspect particle "zhe" Similar Using "zhe" when "verbing away" Similar Expressing actions in progress (full form ...

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Interrogative pronouns
... who 谁 shéi - what 什么 shénme - where 哪里 nǎlǐ - when 什么时候 shénme shíhou - why 为什么 wèishénme - how 怎么 ...

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Auxiliary verb
... they take the aspect particles: 了 (le), 着 (zhe), and 过 (guo). Finally, when you are responding to a question that uses an auxiliary verb, you reply ...

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Proper nouns and common nouns
... nouns and some animate nouns can be made plural with 们 (but only when nothing else in the sentence marks plural) Nouns involving the suffixes 子, 儿 ...

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Location complement
... " is not used at all, and replaced with the idea of co-verbs . When to use Location Complements Only certain verbs that are closely tied to the ...

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Basic sentence order
... qù 什么地方？shénme dìfang? What place do you want to go to? When Things Get Tricky Despite the convenient word order similarities highlighted above ...

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Connecting nouns with "shi"
... nouns'', so you can't rely too much on translating directly from English when it comes to expressing the English verb "to be" in Chinese. Examples ...

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Using the verb "xing"
... "What is your honorable surname?" Use this form to be polite when asking people their surnames. See also Using the verb "jiao" Introducing ...

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Negation of past actions with "meiyou"
... food this evening. Go Easy on the 了 (le) One thing you need to remember when using 没有 (méiyǒu) is that '''了 (le) is not normally used with 没有 ...

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Expressing close possession without "de"
... Chinese is accomplished with the particle 的 (de). But sometimes when certain (especially close) relationships are involved, it's more natural to ...

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The "also" adverb "ye"
... "Me Too" with 也 (yě) It can be tricky to know how to say "me too" when you first study 也 (yě), as you can't say "wǒ yě" all by itself. That's not a ...

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