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Before a specific time with "yiqian"
... 前，你应该先买房子。Jiéhūn yǐqián, nǐ yīnggāi xiān mǎi fángzi.Before getting married, you should first buy a house. 二十年以前，这里是一个公园。Èrshí nián yǐqián ...

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Expressing duration of inaction
... say somebody hasn't done something since a ''certain point in time''. Instead, you should either express it as a duration of time that one hasn't done ...

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Softening speech with "ba"
... so good. 算了吧。 Suàn le ba.Let's forget it. 应该是吧。 Yīnggāi shì ba.It should be. 钱太少了吧。 Qián tài shǎo le ba.It's too little money. 再等一 ...

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Continuation with "hai"
... house? 你已经四十多了，还不想结婚？implying the listener should get married nowNǐ yǐjīng sìshí duō le, hái bù xiǎng jiéhūn?You're in your forties, and ...

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Measure words for counting
... ways you'll need to use them is for counting. Chinese learners should master them, starting with the measure word 个 (gè). Structure Whenever ...

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Expressing "every" with "mei"
... The pronoun 每 (měi) covers the meanings of "each" and "every." It should normally be used with a measure word and Emphasizing quantity with "dou ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... 他比我高。Tā bǐ wǒ gāo.He's taller than me. The adjective used in the comparison should be positive, not negative. 我比他不高。Wǒ bǐ tā bù gāo. 他比我高 ...

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Reduplication of adjectives
... (AABB) If the adjective has more than one character, then you should repeat each character individually (rather than the whole word). This is known ...

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Expressing "and also" with "hai"
... need to take with you? The Difference Between 还 (hái) and 也 (yě) It should be noted that another common way to express "also" is with the word 也 ...

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Expressing lateness with "cai"
... came here so late? We've waited for more than half an hour. Note that verbs following 才 should not take 了. 我昨天晚上十一点才到家了。Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang ...

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Expressing "again" in the future with "zai"
... again. 你应该再复习一遍。Nǐ yīnggāi zài fùxí yī biàn.You should review it again. In fact, this structure is present in one of the most common Chinese ...

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Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
... comparisons . The answer is that they're not exactly the same thing 没有 should be your "go to word" for expressing "not as... as...," but there are ...

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Expressing "must" with "dei"
... Expressing obligations Used for Giving commands Similar "Yinggai" for should Similar Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong" Similar ...

4 KB (546 words) - 07:38, 22 April 2019
Doing something less with "shao"
... talk to children). What's not intuitive to learners is that the word 少 should come ''before the verb.'' Structure Just as you can use 多 to ...

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Result complement "-wan" for finishing
... we say "I finished the movie," or "I finished supper," but in Chinese you should explicitly use the verb implied in English along with 完了 (wán le) to ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... 你应该做下去。Zhèyàng zuò hěn yǒu yìyì, nǐ yīnggāi zuò xiàqù.It's very meaningful to do this. You should keep doing it. 他走了，因为他没脸待下去了。Tā zǒu le ...

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Change of state with "le"
... very general, and it is. It's vague, and it also takes some getting used to. You should expect it to take a while to get used to this use of 了 (le ...

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Expressing "not only... but also" with "budan... erqie..."
... with Single Subject Structure Subj. + 不但 ⋯⋯ ，而且 ⋯⋯ The same subject should apply to both the first part and the second part (the part after ...

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Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou"
... the Expressing "every" with "mei" basic 每……都…… pattern , which you should already know. In this grammar structure, we go beyond just saying things ...

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Learner FAQ
... for "past experiences" that the subject has had. When do I know whether I should be using 如果 or 要是 for an "if...then" statement? It's a matter ...

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Using "dui" with verbs
... languages. 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 ...

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