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Reduplication of verbs
... Occasionally, though, two-syllable verbs get reduplicated as well. When this happens, it's important to use the "ABAB" pattern for verbs (meaning the ...

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Expressing "will" with "hui"
... , 会 (huì) can also be used to indicate that something ''will'' happen or that someone ''will'' do something. Subj. + 会 + Verb + Obj. Examples ...

3 KB (500 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Expressing "again" in the future with "zai"
... in the future. That is, 再 is used when something has happened once and it ''will'' happen again. Used as "Again" Remember this is the ''future'' ...

5 KB (699 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
... have to be intentional. If you want to say something happened while another thing was happening, it would be better to use Expressing "when" with ...

4 KB (669 words) - 08:20, 4 March 2019
Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"
... cause and effect. They could be thought of as equating to: "Since ___ happened, so ___ happened." It sounds weird to use both "since" and "so" in one ...

7 KB (1,024 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"
... 不然他的病治不好。Chúfēi yǒu qíjī, bùrán tā de bìng zhì bù hǎo.Unless a miracle happens, his disease can't be cured. 除非你听我的，否则我不会帮你。Chúfēi nǐ ...

6 KB (1,000 words) - 07:37, 19 January 2021
Separable verb
... Note that you can't put 一下 after separable verbs to express that it happened briefly. 见面一下jiànmiàn yīxià Common Examples and Common Mistakes with ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."
... by some certain condition, which could be the reason or the cause of what happens after 就. The subjects of the two "Events" are usually the same. 一 ...

5 KB (681 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Expressing "just now" with "gangcai"
... for you. Note that for all of those cases, we're talking about something that happened ''just now'', as in, within the past 5 minutes or so. If you're ...

3 KB (519 words) - 10:00, 2 April 2019
Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... need to add in 才 to indicate "as a result...(the good outcome happened)." (才 gives the sense that the good outcome ''wouldn't have happened'' without ...

5 KB (784 words) - 03:18, 4 January 2021
Emphasizing negation with "you"
... , 又 is used to emphasize that something "''didn't'' happen," "''is not''" the case, or "''will not'' happen." It's most often used with 不 and 没 ...

4 KB (556 words) - 01:52, 10 November 2020
Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... Inability with "mei banfa" 没办法 (méi bànfǎ) ("there is no way" that's gonna happen ). Both 没 (méi) and 没有 (méiyǒu) are correct, however. 我没办法。Wǒ ...

17 KB (2,625 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Comparing "changchang" and "jingchang"
... in this way, 经常 can also be used as an adjective referring to things that happens very frequently. 常常 can't be used this way. A simple example: 她忘带 ...

3 KB (517 words) - 07:34, 9 July 2021
Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... Only 会 can be used to mean something is going to happen. It expresses that something in the future will happen and is often used to express trends or ...

11 KB (1,719 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu"
... impatient and there was indeed a very long wait for this thing that ''finally'' happened). 你终于决定了！Nǐ zhōngyú juédìng le You finally decided 终 ...

4 KB (539 words) - 03:21, 4 January 2021
Advanced uses of "zong"
... 生了什么，人总要吃饭吧。Bùguǎn fāshēng le shénme, rén zǒng yào chīfàn ba.No matter what happens, people still have to eat, right? 他是你爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā ...

5 KB (696 words) - 03:00, 27 January 2022
Expressing "contrary to expectations" with "pianpian"
... example sentences, we see that the opposite what one hopes or desires has happened. In the first sentence, we see that the person is expected to come ...

3 KB (436 words) - 09:48, 23 July 2020
Expressing "any" with "renhe"
... hěn zhòngyào, rènhé yìwài dōu bùyào fāshēng.This is a very important project and no accidents are to happen. 我们老板人很好，你有任何想法都可以跟他说 ...

4 KB (542 words) - 00:20, 14 April 2023
Comparing "buduan" and "buting"
Grammar Box If something keeps happening and won't stop happening, we say that it is "continuous" or "incessant." In Chinese, the words are 不断 ( ...

4 KB (649 words) - 10:18, 14 January 2021
Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... same thing. These are times when there isn't really a duration, it just happens in an instant. For example, "when you see her." This means, "as soon ...

5 KB (783 words) - 09:26, 9 November 2020
Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou"
... Subj. + Specified Time + 以后／之后 + Verb In situations something happens after ''something else'', you can use 以后. The stipulation with this is that ...

7 KB (1,031 words) - 02:17, 8 March 2021