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Expressing "ever since" with "zicong"
... be used in this way. 从明天开始，我要认真看书。从 can be used for future times.Cóng míngtiān kāishǐ, wǒ yào rènzhēn kàn shū. 自从明天开始，我要认真看书。自从 cannot ...

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Comparing "yihou" "ranhou" "houlai"
... India. Usage of 以后以后 as "In the Future" 以后 is a time noun, which can be used to talk about things that happen at some unspecified point ...

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Beginner Guide to Chinese Grammar
... don't need to worry about this in the beginning; just remember to use time words to make clear when something happened, and the aspect thing will come ...

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Expressing "when" with "shi"
... words and word order before or after the subject , you can also place the "Time + 时" phrase after the subject. Examples 考试时不要说话。Kǎoshì ...

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Expressing "multiples" with "bei"
... . 你的速度比我们快两倍。Nǐ de sùdù bǐ wǒmen kuài liǎng bèi.Your speed is three times as fast as our speed. 他现在的工资比两年前多了三倍。Tā xiànzài de ...

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Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian"
... You can use this structure to talk about actions that happened at some unspecified time in the past. Structure One way to use 以前 (yǐqián) is to ...

3 KB (519 words) - 04:14, 19 October 2017
Expressing completion with "le"
... to 了 (le), aspect is about ''whether the action is complete'' in a certain time frame. Most Basic Pattern The simplest way to use 了 (le) is to ...

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Comparing "li" and "cong"
... le.It's been about 10 years since we met last time. 离我们的婚礼还有两个星 ... 呢 expresses that something is very far off in terms of time. 我们刚刚开始谈恋爱，离结 ...

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Expressing "one by one" with "yi"
... duō, yī gè yī gè ná.Don't carry so much. Carry them one at a time. Used as "Little by Little" Aside from just meaning "one by one," when 一 (yī ...

4 KB (709 words) - 08:08, 26 November 2018
The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... 那次我们是用 Skype 开会的。 Nà cì wǒmen shì yòng Skype kāi huì de.That time we had the meeting by Skype. 我们平时是用 Skype 开会的。Wǒmen píngshí shì yòng ...

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Expressing lateness with "cai"
... of Expressing earliness with "jiu" using 就 (jiù) to express earliness . Structure Subj. + Time + 才 + Verb Examples 我昨天晚上十一点才到家 ...

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Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
... every day after school. Used as a Time Word In this pattern, 之前 and 之 ... mean "before and "after" (referring to time), 之前/之后 also sometimes mean " ...

5 KB (716 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Expressing simultaneous actions with "yimian"
... 一面看电影。Tā xǐhuan yīmiàn chī dōngxi, yīmiàn kàn diànyǐng.He likes to eat and watch movies at the same time. 我告诉你多少次了，别一面躺在床上一面吃零食！弄得床上 ...

4 KB (656 words) - 07:37, 17 December 2020
The Sixty-Year Dream:《六十年的梦》
... the mountains and meets a mysterious old man who appears to be from an ancient time. The man invites him into his mountain home for a meal and after ...

5 KB (619 words) - 04:09, 25 April 2017
Expressing "when" with "dengdao"
... reading Books Category:B1 grammar points HSK HSK0 Basic Grammar 等到 B1 等(到) + Time / Event ，Subj. + 再 / 就 ⋯⋯ 等到大学毕业，我就不住在学 ...

5 KB (705 words) - 02:53, 11 November 2020
Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao"
... hard it is to be alone in a big city. Negative Form Structure 直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 都 + 不 / 没 ⋯⋯ Examples 直到他搬到上海，我们 ...

4 KB (682 words) - 08:43, 24 April 2019
Expressing duration with "le"
... the sentence to indicate that you're talking about an event in the past: Subj. + Time Word + Verb + 了 + Duration + Obj. Examples 孩子们周六写了 ...

5 KB (692 words) - 08:00, 4 March 2019
Expressing duration of inaction
... 开心了。Nǐ hǎoxiàng hěnjiǔ méi zhème kāixīn le.It seems like it's been a long time since you were this happy. In English, we may say something like, "I ...

5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
Acknowledgments
... the wiki behind the scenes for years without complaining. Big props also go to full-time staff 李炯 (Lǐ Jiǒng) and 马丽华 (Mǎ Lìhuá) for their unflinching ...

5 KB (672 words) - 09:37, 20 June 2019
Expressing "just" with "gang"
... xiàbān ma? Did you just get off work? "Just" Within a Specific Time Period This more complicated use of 刚 (gāng) is not nearly as essential ...

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Expressing "already" with "yijing"
... ba.It's already really late. Let's go. 已经 (yǐjīng) with Time Nouns A " time noun " simply refers to almost any word in Chinese indicating a ...

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