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Expressing "how about" with "yaobu"
... how about " in English. Structure 要不 can be used as an indirect way of giving a suggestion, as the speaker is using 要不 to seek consent of the ...

4 KB (637 words) - 09:40, 12 April 2019
Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... 多亏了你开车送我。Wǒ méi chídào, duōkuī le nǐ kāichē sòng wǒ.I wasn't late, thanks to you giving me a ride. 我的病很快好了，多亏了妈妈仔细照顾我。Wǒ de bìng hěn ...

5 KB (784 words) - 03:18, 4 January 2021
Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"
... wàimài? Are you going out for lunch or ordering take-out? 或者 for Giving Options as a Statement "Or" in statements 或者 is used in a statement ...

6 KB (863 words) - 03:33, 8 October 2019
Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
... . So, to use the 看 example from above: 我刚看到。Adding a 到 to 看 gives the verb a meaning of the result of "looking at."Wǒ gāng kàndào.I just saw it. 我 ...

11 KB (1,707 words) - 00:21, 14 April 2023
Adding emphasis with "fei....buke"
... 天，我女朋友非要让我送她玫瑰花。My girlfriend made me give her roses on Valentine's Day. Used as "Must" It can be also used to emphasize something must ...

4 KB (515 words) - 10:58, 25 May 2018
Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... Adj. Examples 说得倒容易，那你来！It's easy for you to just say it. You should give it a try 你想得倒美！不工作还想拿工资？You must be talking when ...

4 KB (463 words) - 06:28, 8 April 2018
Expressing "nothing is more...than" with "moguoyu"
... in literary and formal Chinese to give emphasis to something, emphases that ... the topic or a question and then give your answer that you think the best ...

2 KB (232 words) - 04:08, 25 April 2017
Verbs followed by "gei"
... 想把这个礼物送给谁？Nǐ xiǎng bǎ zhège lǐwù sòng gěi shéi?Who are you going to give this present to? 请把那些照片都发给我。Qǐng bǎ nàxiē zhàopiàn dōu fā gěi ...

5 KB (750 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Reviewing options with "ba"
... 去吧，他没面子。Qù ba, yào gěi hóngbāo; bù qù ba, tā méi miànzi. I need to give a red envelope if I go early. If I don't go, he will lose face. 不说吧，他 ...

4 KB (706 words) - 17:21, 6 December 2018
Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
... ''do'' exist. Linking Verbs with 和 Rather than give absolute rules, it's more helpful to give trends, because it's very difficult to provide a ...

9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
Advanced "le" after an object
... 子了。Nǐ chī le wǔ gè bāozi le.You've eaten five baozi already. Giving a Tone of Strong Confirmation If there is another 了 placed at the end of ...

12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
Expressing "had better" with "zuihao"
... 给他打个电话问一下。Nǐmen zuìhǎo gěi tā dǎ gè diànhuà wèn yīxià.It would be best for you to give him a call and ask. 那个地方不好找，我们最好查一下百度地图。Nàge ...

3 KB (501 words) - 01:02, 18 December 2019
Expressing "if... then..." with "ruguo... jiu..."
... 如果你输了，就给我一百块。Rúguǒ nǐ shū le, jiù gěi wǒ yī bǎi kuài.If you lose, give me 100 kuai. 如果真的找不回来，就再买一个吧。Rúguǒ zhēnde zhǎo bu huílái ...

5 KB (718 words) - 07:00, 11 December 2020
Comparing "gei" and "wei"
... 以后，我给你打电话。 Xià fēijī yǐhòu, wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.After getting off the plane, I'll give you a call. 你别忘了给我回邮件。 Nǐ bié wàng le gěi wǒ huí ...

6 KB (893 words) - 09:33, 15 December 2020
Main Page
... want to slog through a grammar textbook. Our self-contained grammar points give you just the right amount to work on. File:Chinese-grammar-wiki ...

11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
Reading Tools
... just mouse over any words you see in your browser, and a popup will give you the pinyin and meaning. Very useful Also available for Chrome as well ...

3 KB (427 words) - 02:41, 16 July 2021
Personal pronoun
... plural: 我们 (we), 你们 (you all), 他们 (they), 她们 (they). Adding the phrase "自己" gives you: 我自己 (myself), 你自己 (yourself), 他自己 (himself), 她自己 (herself), 我们自 ...

1 KB (215 words) - 07:43, 22 November 2018
Part of speech
... 着, the 于, the 向, the 和, and the 却. These are the ones that tend to give learners are a hard time. The good news is that it's not random words that are ...

7 KB (1,166 words) - 03:42, 29 November 2013
Chinese word order
... information into a simple sentence, but for the sake of argument, we're going to give it a go. This is the USING WHAT part of a sentence - called the ...

15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
Direction complement
... in much the same way as 来 and 去. Attach them to verbs to give detail about the direction of the action. Structure Verb + Compound Direction ...

14 KB (2,058 words) - 03:11, 29 December 2020
Word structure
... stub Potential content Affixes Reduplication Of verbs: gives sense of 'a little' or 'a bit'. Can also insert 一 between reduplicated ...

2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013