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Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua"
... 去的话就别去了。Bù xiǎng qù dehuà jiù bié qù le.Don't go if you don't feel like going. 好吃的话，就多吃点。Hǎochī dehuà, jiù duō chī diǎn.If you think it's ...

5 KB (654 words) - 07:35, 27 November 2020
Learner FAQ
... patterns and rules for using 了, and over time, gradually getting a feel for its usage. The Chinese Grammar Wiki has pages on both the aspectual ...

7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
... some more about next steps. There's a "let's see how this goes first" feeling to the expression. Structure Note that in the pattern below, the ...

5 KB (834 words) - 04:48, 9 March 2019
Expressing "either... or..." with "yaome"
... 么 (yàome) is used for offering a pair of choices with a hardline "either/or" feel: ''these are the two choices. Choose one.'' (It can also be used for ...

4 KB (621 words) - 07:00, 11 December 2020
Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
... 以前/以后 One difference between the two pairs is that 之前/之后 feel more formal simply because they contain 之 , which is a word common in classical ...

5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Combining verbs with "bing"
... tāmen huì juéde tèbié yǒu chéngjiùgǎn.When they overcome the difficulties and succeed, they will feel especially accomplished. 为了降低贫富差距，政府制定了 ...

5 KB (706 words) - 07:39, 8 December 2020
Expressing the only two possibilities
... zìjǐ lèi.This year, I haven't traveled at all. I either find the places too far away or I feel too tired. 这个星期不是今天开会就是明天开会。Zhège xīngqí bù ...

4 KB (653 words) - 06:59, 11 December 2020
User talk:Jonathan.pope
... eating today. This is an opinion based on personal reasons; perhaps the speaker is feeling ill, is too busy or is too lazy. Again, this is my decision ...

2 KB (320 words) - 02:30, 31 October 2011
Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... shì yòng shénme zuò de? Nǐ néng mō chūlái ma?What's this thing made of? Can you tell by feeling it? 你抽烟了吧？别骗我，我都闻出来了。Nǐ chōuyān le ba ...

7 KB (1,104 words) - 03:29, 29 December 2020
Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
... "Even if…" with "jiushi" 就是 , 就算 has more of a feeling that the speaker doesn't believe that the hypothetical statement is reasonable or has ...

5 KB (718 words) - 03:15, 17 December 2020
Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... nǐ yīdiǎn dōu gǎnjué bù dào ma?Your parents care so much about you. Don't tell me that you don't feel it at all? 他这么帅，又这么有钱，难道你不想嫁给他吗 ...

4 KB (648 words) - 09:04, 17 December 2020
Expressing "after all" with "bijing"
... juéde tǐng lěng de.Although I'm dressed really warmly, it is, after all, winter in the north. I still feel quite cold. 虽然我跟他认识，但毕竟不太熟，还是不要去 ...

5 KB (764 words) - 09:17, 14 January 2021
Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
... with "ba" soften the tone of statements , or Suggestions with ba make commands feel more like suggestions . 呢 works in same way, but it is used to ...

6 KB (848 words) - 09:47, 18 January 2021
Reference:Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar
... " xiǎng 想 The difference between "to think that...," xiǎng 想 and "to feel...," juéde 觉得 "To want/would like (to do something)": xiǎng 想 vs ...

9 KB (1,304 words) - 02:27, 25 October 2017
Reference:卓越汉语－公司实战篇
... " and “yiding" 肯定 certainly; undoubtedly; definitely "Although" with "jinguan" 尽管 feel free to; do not hesitate to Culture - 中国人的称呼 ...

9 KB (944 words) - 08:22, 13 March 2019
Reference:Business Chinese For Success (成功之道)
... 成为……的代名词　become another name of…; become the synonym of… 让……（感到）吃惊　make… (feel) surprised 打破……惯例　break away from the old practice of… 在……同时（还，也 ...

3 KB (323 words) - 08:14, 7 June 2012
User:Jonathan.pope
... I'm doing my master's in International Chinese Education at Yunnan Normal University. Feel free to mailto:jhspope@hotmail.com get in touch with any ...

460 bytes (66 words) - 03:01, 20 August 2013
Expressing the self-evident with "ma"
... day, but with a rather different function. It can be used when the speaker feels what he is saying is obvious (from his point of view). Structure ...

3 KB (526 words) - 03:23, 16 December 2020
Separable verb
... have no counterpart in English. "Meet face?" "Sleep a sleep?" It all feels very odd. Below we will introduce separable verbs in more detail, provide ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Using "guo" with "le"
... side add the word "already" in parentheses at the end; this is the feeling the sentences give you. In fact, to emphasize the idea of ''already done'' ...

7 KB (1,068 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing distance with "li"
... the sentence pattern that usually trips learners up, because it doesn't feel like natural word order to a speaker of English. Examples 我 ...

5 KB (709 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021