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Adverbial phrase
... 副词短语 (fùcí duǎnyǔ) adverb phrase An adverbial phrase is a phrase with two or more words that act like an adverb , modifying a verb or adjective ...

364 bytes (47 words) - 08:08, 22 November 2018
Comparing "changchang" and "wangwang"
Grammar Box If something happens frequently, two useful words to describe this concept of "often" in Chinese are 常常 (chángcháng) and 往往 (wǎngwǎng ...

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Expressing "when" with "shi"
... play with your cell phone when you're talking with other people. There are also two great examples of this pattern in the poem 《远和近》 by Gu Cheng (顾 ...

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Advanced "le" after an object
... depth to your understanding of expressing completion with "le" . Two Possible Structures Both of these basic structures are possible (and ...

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Foreword
... the Wiki does an admirable job of striking a satisfying balance between these two yin-yang poles. Being digital in nature, the Chinese Grammar Wiki is ...

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Age with "sui"
... 岁 (suì). Subj. + Number + 岁 + 半 Examples 她两岁半。 Tā liǎng suì bàn.She is two and a half years old. 我儿子一岁半。Wǒ érzi yī suì bàn.My son is ...

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Great Expectations: Part 1 《美好的前途》（上）
... is a graded reader designed for low-intermediate learners of Chinese, divided into two parts: Part 1 (上) and Great Expectations: Part 2 《美好的前 ...

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Great Expectations: Part 2 《美好的前途》（下）
... is a graded reader designed for low-intermediate learners of Chinese, divided into two parts: Great Expectations: Part 1 《美好的前途》（上） Part 1 (上 ...

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Structure of times (advanced)
... diǎn bànfive minutes til 8:30 十点差两分 shí diǎn chà liǎng fēn two minutes til 10:00 HSK Notes Only the basic 分 (fēn) usage is tested on HSK1 ...

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Expressing "about to" with "jiuyao"
... 两个星期我们就要考试了。Háiyǒu liǎng gè xīngqí wǒmen jiù yào kǎoshì le.We're just two weeks away from the exam date. 还有一个月就要过年了。Háiyǒu yī gè yuè ...

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Expressing "finally" with "zhongyu"
... le liǎng gè duō xiǎoshí, zhōngyú zhǎodào le nà jiā diàn.We'd been looking for more than two hours, and we finally found that shop. 这些问题终于解决了。我们 ...

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Expressing "each other" with "huxiang"
... "each other" aspect. Structure Usually 互相 (hùxiāng) is used with two-syllable words, and for one-syllable words, some other information will be ...

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Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
... Chinese, and 本来 (běnlái) is one of the ones first learned, partly because its two characters are so simple. Using 本来是 (běnlái shì) for a Change of ...

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Expressing "less than" with "budao"
... 了。Tāmen rènshi bùdào liǎng gè yuè jiù jiéhūn le.After knowing each other for less than two months they got married. 李医生不到 55 岁就退休了。Lǐ yīshēng ...

4 KB (600 words) - 08:43, 24 April 2019
Expressing "including" with "zainei"
... zàochéng le sān rén sǐwáng, bāokuò liǎng míng jǐngchá zài nèi.This attack caused three deaths, including two policemen. 小米会在下个月发布包括小米电视在内的几 ...

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Expressing "already" with "dou"
... event and is not merely objectively stating the facts, as with 已经⋯⋯了. The two options can actually also be combined in the pattern 都已经⋯⋯了. Here the ...

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Expressing "through" with "jingguo"
... liǎng gè yuè de zhǔnbèi, tā shùnlì de tōngguò le zhè cì miànshì.After two months of preparation, he successfully passed the job interview. 经过这几年 ...

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Expressing "double negation"
Grammar Box There are two main methods for double negation. The simpler method is to use a double negative with modal verb s like 会 or 能. The ...

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Advanced potential complements
... yīfu shì nǐ liǎng gè yuè de gōngzī, mǎi deqǐ ma?That piece of clothing is worth two months of your salary. Can you afford to buy it? 这家餐厅太贵了 ...

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Expressing "as expected" with "guoran"
... ，两分钟以后车就来了。The taxi driver said he would be here very soon. His car got here in only two minutes. 他让我别担心，果然，他很快修好了我们的网络。He told me ...

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Emphasizing with "henshi"
... in spoken language. Used with Adjectives Structure 很是 usually modifies two-syllable or multi-syllable adjectives, but can also modify a ...

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