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Expressing "since" with "jiran"
... 就 to mean "since...then...." It is used like this: 既然 Followed by an Affirmative Sentence This construction is not generally used to express a ...

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Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."
... "一," and then the second event, which follows in quick succession, preceded by 就. 一 + Event 1，就 + Event 2 The subjects of the two "Events" can be the ...

5 KB (681 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi"
... 会。Wǒ kàn bù huì.I don't think it will. Using Adverbs to Add Emphasis By placing 很 (hěn) before 会, it adds emphasis to the level of ability and ...

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Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
... 唱的。Tā zhī píng gēshēng jiù néng tīng chū shì shéi chàng de.He could tell who was singing just by the sound of the song. 学好跳舞不能只凭看迈克尔·杰克逊的视 ...

5 KB (849 words) - 08:02, 18 December 2020
Beginner Guide to Chinese Grammar
... end of simple statements. For each of the following, you could make a simple statement by dropping 吗 (ma). 他是老师吗？ questionTā shì lǎoshī ma?Is he ...

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Expressing "for" with "gei"
... guide. See also Expressing "with" with "gen" Verbs preceded by "gei" Using "dui" Expressing "for" with "wei" Sources ...

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Expressing "when" with "shi"
... you're talking with other people. There are also two great examples of this pattern in the poem 《远和近》 by Gu Cheng (顾城) below: 你一会看我一会看云我觉得你看我时很远你 ...

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2012 HSK grammar points
... in the original Grammar points by level grammar points list . They've ... '' AllSet Learning's Grammar Point Lists, by HSK Level ''' HSK 1 ...

2 KB (331 words) - 07:11, 11 April 2021
Chinese Grammar Reference Materials
... our Chinese Textbook Grammar Index . Please remember: ''purchasing these books by clicking on the '''Amazon links''' below will help to support the ...

10 KB (1,344 words) - 09:03, 29 July 2014
Adverb
... This means that they don't usually serve as single-word answers to questions by themselves, with a few exceptions to this rule, such as " 不 ," " 没有 ...

3 KB (376 words) - 07:59, 17 May 2016
Preposition
... cannot stand in a sentence all by themselves. Instead, they need to ... be negated Standard negation with "bu" by 不 . This also means that they ...

2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
To-do
... points, complete with proper Amazon affiliate links Update the Grammar Points by Level lists and add the appropriate grammar tag code links as ...

9 KB (703 words) - 06:31, 26 November 2020
Ordinal numbers with "di"
... -st'', ''-nd'', ''-rd'' and ''-th''. Chinese makes things a lot simpler by using one prefix for all ordinal numbers: 第 (dì). This character is simply ...

7 KB (1,069 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Rhetorical questions
... bāng tā zuò? Nándào tā zìjǐ bù huì zuò ma?Why would you help him do it? Can't he do it by himself? 他说的都是对的。难道你不同意吗？Tā shuō de dōu shì duì de ...

6 KB (926 words) - 03:06, 17 December 2020
Direction complement
... inherent movement implied, but by adding a direction complement, ... common) form of direction complement is formed by a verb and 来 or 去. Structure ...

14 KB (2,058 words) - 03:11, 29 December 2020
State complement
... of state complement, where the complement is an adjective phrase, is formed by placing the adjective phrase after 得. Sometimes there is also an adverb ...

6 KB (754 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
B1 grammar points
... amzn.to/36aB0iT '''"B1" (Intermediate)''' is the third level as defined by the European Common Framework. It is B1 grammar points with HSK roughly ...

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B2 grammar points
... 3ctR1SR '''"B2" (Upper Intermediate)''' is the fourth level, as defined by the European Common Framework, which is used on this Chinese Grammar Wiki ...

1 KB (187 words) - 02:36, 18 November 2021
Tag questions with "ma"
... like 好 (hǎo), 对 (duì), 是 (shì), or 可以 (kěyǐ), followed by 吗 (ma). ⋯⋯，好 / 对 / 是 / 可以 + 吗？ By placing these on the end of a sentence, you can soften a ...

3 KB (490 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
Structure of days of the week
... about. Structure Days of the week in Chinese are formed by the word "week" followed by a number: English Chinese Monday 星期一Xīngqīyī Tuesday 星期二 ...

4 KB (668 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Conceding with "ba"
... jīntiān bù tài shūfu, nǐ kěyǐ zìjǐ qù ma?I'm not feeling well today. Can you go by yourself? B:好吧，那你休息吧。 Hǎo ba, nà nǐ xiūxi ba.All right, rest ...

4 KB (661 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021