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Emphasizing a negation with "bing"
... 我打电话了。Wǒ bìng bù zhīdào nǐ zuótiān gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà le.I didn't know at all that you called me yesterday. 昨天下的雨很大，但是天气并不凉快。Zuótiān xià ...

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Using the particle "bei"
... it can express resignation. It can also express a lack of enthusiasm, or that something should or can only be done a certain way. Examples 别 ...

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Expressing "always previously" with "xianglai"
... 一向被称为 “金脚”，因为他踢足球踢得非常好。That soccer player is known as "Goldfoot" because he plays soccer really well. See also "Never" with "conglai ...

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Expressing the unexpected with "jingran"
... didn't pass the exam. 那个人骗了你的钱，你竟不生他的气？You got ripped off by that guy. 大家都以为他不会答应，可是他竟然答应了。Everyone thought he would say no ...

2 KB (280 words) - 04:52, 9 March 2019
Expressing location with "zai... shang / xia / li"
... the preposition "preposition" comes after the location and object that it modifies. That is, in English we say "on the table," but in Chinese ...

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Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao"
... to dinner. Pointing to a Cause with 少不了 Sometimes the two things that 少不了 connects can be events, saying "It's like A because B happened." This ...

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Expressing "be going to" with "yao"
... plan to do things. Subj. + Time + 要 + Verb Time + Subj. + 要 + Verb Note that the time word is not strictly required, and when it's missing, you may at ...

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Taiwanese "you"
... this word. 你有见过那个人吗？Nǐ yǒu jiàn guò nàge rén ma?Have you seen that person before? 你有自己做过饭吗？Nǐ yǒu zìjǐ zuò guò fàn ma?Have you ever ...

7 KB (987 words) - 02:07, 18 December 2020
Advanced yes-no questions with "ma"
... . Structure You'll remember that this is the simple pattern for ... 吗？ If you embed a ''question that uses a question word'' instead of a statement ...

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Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... . 原来他们住在一起，怪不得他们常常一起上下班。It turns out that they're living together. No wonder they often come to work and leave work together. 怪不得总是对他那么 ...

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Expressing "it depends" with "kan"
... when you are available. 那要看他愿不愿意。Nà yào kàn tā yuàn bu yuànyì.That depends on whether he is willing or not. 这得看天气怎么样。Zhè děi kàn tiānqì ...

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Making judgments with "suan"
... Examples 这次考试不算难。Zhè cì kǎoshì bù suàn nán.This exam isn't that difficult. 三十岁结婚不算晚。Sānshí suì jiéhūn bù suàn wǎn.Getting married ...

5 KB (796 words) - 07:27, 22 April 2019
Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"
... him about this. 告诉他明天不用来了。Gàosu tā míngtiān bùyòng lái le.Tell him that he doesn't need to come tomorrow. 买吧，不用考虑价钱。Mǎi ba, bùyòng kǎolǜ ...

3 KB (498 words) - 07:37, 22 April 2019
Expressing "when" with "dengdao"
... yǒu le háizi, cái zhīdào zuò fùmǔ duōme bù róngyì.It wasn't until he had had a child that he realized how hard it is to be a parent. 等到他到家了，才发 ...

5 KB (705 words) - 02:53, 11 November 2020
Expressing "as if" with "sihu"
... 她似乎隐瞒了什么。She seems to be hiding something. 似乎没有人关心那个小男孩。It seems that nobody cares about that little boy. 也可以用于表示一件事看起来如此，但事实相反或不同。她似乎才 ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... 么喜欢你。Xiànzài kànlái, tā méiyǒu nàme xǐhuan nǐ. It seems now that he's just not that into you. 看来 as "From X's Perspective" 看来 can also be used ...

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Simple rhetorical questions
... your text. B:那你怎么会不知道？Nà nǐ zěnme huì bù zhīdào?Then how is it that you don't know? A:我感觉最近有一点胖了。Wǒ gǎnjué zuìjìn yǒu yīdiǎn pàng le.I ...

7 KB (1,110 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu..."
... (Subj. +) 再不 …… 就 ……（了） What comes right after 再不 is the action that needs to be taken ''now''. What comes after 就 is the dire consequences which will ...

5 KB (740 words) - 03:21, 17 December 2020
Adverb
... verbs (but never nouns ). They can't stand by themselves. This means that they don't usually serve as single-word answers to questions by themselves ...

3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
Reading Tools
... is a Keywords grammar keyword on the Chinese Grammar Wiki, you'll see a note to that effect, and can hit "G" to open the relevant page on the wiki ...

3 KB (427 words) - 02:41, 16 July 2021
To-do
... . 2 Lvl. 2) 受 (there is an article in B2 “as a passive marker," but maybe there are other uses of this that we don't have) 有讲究&讲究哪有当记者哪有你说的那么容易 ...

9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020