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Basic sentence order
... zuò 什么？shénme? What do they want to do? 你Nǐ 想去xiǎng qù 什么地方？shénme dìfang? What place do you want to go to? When Things Get Tricky Despite the ...

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Using the verb "jiao"
... 你爸爸叫什么？ Nǐ bàba jiào shénme?What is your dad's name? 这个地方叫外滩。Zhège dìfang jiào Wàitān.This place is called the Bund. You can also ask people ...

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The "also" adverb "ye"
... 也很好喝。 Zhè zhǒng jiǔ yě hěn hǎohē.This kind of alcohol is also good. 这个地方也很漂亮。 Zhège dìfang yě hěn piàoliang.This place is also pretty. 昨天很冷 ...

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Expressing "would like to" with "xiang"
... lady? 我不想回家。Wǒ bù xiǎng huíjiā.I wouldn't like to return home. 那个地方很近，我不想开车。Nàge dìfang hěn jìn, wǒ bù xiǎng kāichē.That place is so ...

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Expressing actions in progress with "zai"
... in a meeting. He doesn't have time to see you. 我现在在上班，不方便离开。Wǒ xiànzài zài shàngbān, bù fāngbiàn líkāi.I am working now. It's not convenient ...

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Softening speech with "ba"
... 买了。 Tài guì le ba, wǒ bù mǎi le.It's too expensive. I'm not buying it. 那个地方太远了吧，我不想去。 Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le ba，wǒ bù xiǎng qù.That place ...

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Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
... 。Zhège yuè gōngsī yǒudiǎn máng.This month the company is a little bit busy. 这个地方有点吵，我们走吧。Zhège dìfang yǒudiǎn chǎo, wǒmen zǒu ba.This place is ...

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Two words for "but"
... tā méi lái.He said he would come to see me at five, but he didn't. 这个地方很漂亮，但是人太多了。Zhège dìfang hěn piàoliang, dànshì rén tài duō le.This ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... at Starbucks is more expensive than the coffee here. 地铁比公交车方便。Dìtiě bǐ gōngjiāochē fāngbiàn.The subway is more convenient than the bus. Common ...

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Expressing "rather" with "bijiao"
... in big cities have quite a lot of pressure. 你上班坐地铁比较方便吧？Nǐ shàngbān zuò dìtiě bǐjiào fāngbiàn ba?To get to work, it's quite convenient for ...

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Expressing "much more" in comparisons
... hěn duō.Pinyin is much easier than Chinese characters. 坐高铁比坐飞机方便很多。Zuò gāotiě bǐ zuò fēijī fāngbiàn hěn duō.It's much more convenient to take ...

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Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
... jiābān.Except for weekends, the boss works overtime every day. 除了价格以外，其他方面我们都很满意。 Chúle jiàgé yǐwài, qítā fāngmiàn wǒmen dōu hěn mǎnyì.We're ...

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Conceding a point with "shi"
... but it doesn't suit me. 这里的环境好是好，但是交通不太方便。Zhèlǐ de huánjìng hǎo shì hǎo, dànshì jiāotōng bù tài fāngbiàn.This environment may be nice, but ...

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Expressing "one of" with "zhiyi"
... zhī yī.You are my favorite teacher... well, one of them. 中国是我最爱的地方 …… 之一。Zhōngguó shì wǒ zuì ài de dìfang... zhī yī.China is my favorite place ...

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Expressing "some" with "yixie"
... sugar in your coffee? 我在中国的时候，去过一些很漂亮的地方。 Wǒ zài Zhōngguó de shíhou, qù guo yīxiē hěn piàoliang de dìfang.When I was in China, I went to ...

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Adjectival complement "de hen"
... hǎochī de hěn.You don't think it tastes good? I think it's scrumptious. 这个地方漂亮得很，非常推荐你去。 Zhège dìfang piàoliang de hěn, fēicháng tuījiàn ...

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Challenging an adjective with "shenme"
... examples below, but that shouldn't present any problems. Examples 胖什么胖啊，在北方，这样的人很常见。Pàng shénme pàng a, zài běifāng, zhèyàng de rén hěn ...

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Listing things with "a"
... "... I've studied them all 你去上海啊，杭州啊，南京啊，都很方便的。Nǐ qù Shànghǎi a, Hángzhōu a, Nánjīng a, dōu hěn fāngbiàn de.Going to Shanghai, Hangzhou ...

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Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... some other discussion or comments. It is ''not'' used to start a new discussion free of context. 项目方案我给老板了。至于老板同不同意，要看老板了。Xiàngmù ...

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Limiting scope with "jiu"
... recent economic reforms. 来自各国的教育学者们就什么是最好的教育方法进行了激烈的讨论。Láizì gèguó de jiàoyù xuézhě men jiù shénme shì zuìhǎo de jiàoyù fāngfǎ ...

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Expressing future with "jiang"
... to regulate the stock market. 这里将变成一个旅游的好地方。Zhèlǐ jiàng biànchéng yī gè lǚyóu de hǎo dìfang.This place will become a tourist destination ...

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