Search results

There is a page named "That" on this wiki. See also the other search results found.

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
Direction complement
... B: 那是你的卧室吗？我能进去吗？Nà shì nǐ de wòshì ma? Wǒ néng jìnqù ma?Is that your bedroom? Can I go in? A: 你下班了吗？几点回来吃饭？Nǐ xiàbān le ma? Jǐ diǎn ...

14 KB (2,058 words) - 03:11, 29 December 2020
Structure of numbers
... 105 would be read as 一百零五 (yībǎi líng wǔ). For numbers greater than 100 that end in a number in the teens, it's normal to pronounce the ten as "yīshí ...

10 KB (1,641 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
Using the verb "xing"
... xìng Lǐ ma?Is your boss's last name Li? 那个帅哥姓张。Nàge shuàigē xìng Zhāng.That handsome guy's last name is Zhang. 我爸爸姓周，我妈妈姓林。Wǒ bàba xìng ...

3 KB (542 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Using the verb "qu"
... 去。literally, "I'm going."Wǒ qù.Yes. When answering a yes-no question that uses 去 (qù) you don't need anything following it. However, it's important to ...

4 KB (636 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
Verbing briefly with "yixia"
... 请你等一下。You get the feeling that it shouldn't be a long wait.Qǐng nǐ děng ... 要想一下。You're supposed to believe that I won't need to think about it long ...

4 KB (573 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Expressing a learned skill with "hui"
... use a computer. 你不会开车吗？Nǐ bù huì kāichē ma?You can't drive a car? Note that if we say 我不能说中文 (wǒ bù néng shuō Zhōngwén), the speaker is saying ...

4 KB (520 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
Using "lai" as a dummy verb
... Let him do it himself. 还是你们自己来吧。Háishì nǐmen zìjǐ lái ba.It's better that you do it by yourselves. 你写得好看，你来吧。Nǐ xiě de hǎokàn, nǐ lái ba ...

3 KB (571 words) - 17:14, 6 December 2018
Expressing duration of inaction
... has to be Negation of past actions negated with 没 , as the action ''hasn't'' happened. Note that 已经 can be omitted. Examples 他们已经两天没吃东 ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"
... Wǒ hái hǎo.I'm OK. 爸爸做的菜还可以。Bàba zuò de cài hái kěyǐ.The food that dad cooks is OK. 我们老板还不错。Wǒmen lǎobǎn hái bùcuò.Our boss is not too bad ...

4 KB (558 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Doing something more with "duo"
... "eat ''more''," "drink ''more'' beer," and "I need to exercise ''more''." Notice that in every one of these cases, the word "more" (equivalent to this ...

4 KB (611 words) - 17:24, 6 December 2018
Result complements "-dao" and "-jian"
... ma? 你看到那个帅哥了吗？ Nǐ kàndào nàge shuàigē le ma?Did you see that handsome guy? 我看见了。 We didn't say what "I" saw; you have to infer it from ...

5 KB (764 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Result complement "-wan" for finishing
... 我完了电影。Wǒ wán le diànyǐng. 我看完了电影。To tell us that you watched it till the end.Wǒ kàn wán le diànyǐng.I finished watching the movie. See also ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Descriptive complement
... use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地, since they could be pronounced as a neutral ...

4 KB (584 words) - 09:21, 15 August 2017
Change of state with "le"
... completed , which is also known as "了1." However, this article is not about that use of 了 (le); instead, it is about indicating a ''change of state'' ...

6 KB (967 words) - 04:08, 12 March 2019
Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua"
... between 如果 and 的话. Fuller Pattern Structure 如果 ⋯⋯ 的话，(就) ⋯⋯ Note that 就 (jiù) is often optional. For more on using 如果 with 就, check out ...

5 KB (654 words) - 07:35, 27 November 2020
Using "dui" with verbs
... you shouldn't be plugging in just any old verb here; the ones that work with 对 are limited. Examples 宝宝对我笑了。Bǎobao duì wǒ xiào le.The ...

5 KB (736 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Sequencing past events with "houlai"
... tā huì lái, hòulái yòu shuō bù lái le.He said he would come, but later he said that he's not coming. 他们上周吵架了，后来和好了。Tāmen shàng zhōu chǎojià ...

4 KB (586 words) - 09:49, 17 April 2019
Expressing "towards" with "xiang"
... towards a reference point but doesn't have any actual motion towards that point. 向 + Direction / Person + Verb Examples 向东走。Xiàng dōng ...

3 KB (515 words) - 07:35, 19 April 2019
Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
... 见客户。Wǒ xiànzài qù chīfàn, zhīhòu qù jiàn kèhù.I'm going to eat now. After that I will go meet a client. Slight Differences between 之前/之后 and 以前/以 ...

5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing "even" with "shenzhi"
... add further emphasis. The noun being emphasized is the "surprising" one or one that is the most "extreme." Noun or Group of Nouns + 甚至 + Emphasized ...

5 KB (727 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020