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Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... 肯定是北方人，我能听出来。Tā kěndìng shì běifāng rén, wǒ néng tīng chūlái.She must be from the north. I can hear it. 你能看出我多大吗？Nǐ néng kànchū wǒ duōdà ...

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Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... the first of which where 何况 is used to emphasize that if A is like this, then B must be even more so. Examples 这句话连孩子都懂，何况大人呢？Zhè jù ...

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Yes-no questions with "ma"
... shì bu shì shū ma? These would be something like "Are you who are you?" ... "no" is 不是 (bù shì). This can be true, but ''only when the main verb in the ...

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Comparing "youdian" and "yidian"
... placed before a noun to mean "small quantity," like 一点水，一点钱 while 有点 can't be used this way. Note that 有点 is also a shortened form of 有一点, which means ...

7 KB (1,036 words) - 07:52, 14 May 2019
Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan"
... As an adverb, 反而 is not so set apart from the rest of the sentence, and should not be followed by a comma. A，相反，B A，反而 B Examples 这样做帮不了 ...

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Advanced uses of "ba"
... clothes. 你能把这些都给记住吗？Nǐ néng bǎ zhè xiē dōu gěi jì zhù ma?Will you be able to memorize all of this? 他把我的手机给摔坏了。Tā bǎ wǒ de shǒujī gěi ...

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Expressing "originally" with "benlai"
... yào jīntiān zuò wán de, bùguò míngtiān zuò yě kěyǐ.This work was originally supposed to be done by today, but it's OK to do it tomorrow. 我本来要跟他 ...

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Ba-test
... and 一把椅子 ("a chair"). So, you've got to look at how 把 is being used in a sentence before you can understand its meaning. To demonstrate the difference ...

12 KB (1,773 words) - 03:08, 29 December 2021
Complement
... 看得见 can see 听不懂 to (listen but) not understand 看得懂 to be able to read and understand 吃得完 can finish eating Direction complement 放下 to put ...

11 KB (1,569 words) - 07:22, 22 November 2018
Chinese word order
... . Occasionally you'll see them before the subject, but the place you ''won't'' be seeing them is at the ''end'' of the sentence (where they frequently ...

15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
Result complement
... look, but not see, or listen, but not hear. In Chinese, verbs tend to be of the 'look' and 'listen' variety - the result isn't included like it is in ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
Using "bei" sentences
... Use 被 Sentences Normal use of 被 has a few preconditions: The verb to be used with 被 needs to have an object (this will become the new subject of ...

11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
Asking why with "zenme"
... 冷？Zuótiān zěnme nàme lěng? How could it be so cold yesterday? 这些人怎么 ... kōngqì zěnme nàme chà? How can the air in Beijing be so bad? 你的汉语怎么这么好？ ...

5 KB (792 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Using "dui" with verbs
... . 你应该对自己的工作负责。Nǐ yīnggāi duì zìjǐ de gōngzuò fùzé .You should be responsible for your job. 老板对你不太满意。Lǎobǎn duì nǐ bù tài mǎnyì.The boss ...

5 KB (736 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Conceding a point with "shi"
... 个东西好是好，就是太贵了。Zhège dōngxi hǎo shì hǎo, jiùshì tài guì le.This thing may be good, it's just that it's too expensive. 这个学生聪明是聪明，就是不太努力 ...

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Passive verbs with "shou"
... yǒu qián huòzhě hěn chénggōng cái huì shòu rén zūnzhòng.A person don't have to be rich or successful to be respected. 我受人嘱托来给你送一些钱。Wǒ shòu ...

5 KB (783 words) - 06:16, 29 December 2020
Reference:40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册）
... emphasize the time, place or manner of a completed action . 是 is put before the word to be emphasized and 的 at the end of the sentence. “到”用在动词谓语之后 ...

8 KB (737 words) - 02:21, 28 June 2013
Reference:卓越汉语－公司实战篇
... ...所言　just as...said 有利于　(be conducive to)/不利于 (be not conducive to) 以　in order ... Context - 股市访谈表现在　be manifested in 以下/以上　the ...

9 KB (944 words) - 08:22, 13 March 2019
Reference:Business Chinese For Success (成功之道)
... the condition of…;in the situation of… 随着……　along with; in pace with 取决于……　depend on… be decided by… Unit Ten 把A比喻为B　compare A to B 为……创造机会 ...

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Structural particle "de"
... blog: http://blog.chinesepod.com/2011/05/18/the-three-musketeers-%E7%9A%84-%E5%BE%97-and-%E5%9C%B0/ The Three Musketeers (的, 得, and 地) on ChinesePod ...

8 KB (1,178 words) - 07:26, 10 April 2019
Zhiqian, yiqian and congqian
... 前这里有一座城堡。错－两年从前这里有一座城堡。以前／之前以前／之前 can be alo used as a definition of a time in a future as well as in a present. 从前 does not have this usage. For ...

1 KB (107 words) - 08:41, 13 June 2012