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Expressing "and" with "he"
... mean by using 和 (hé) with nouns only, here are two English examples of what you should and shouldn't try to express with 和 (hé): I went to the store ...

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Change of state with "le"
... had once been green-lit is now getting a red light. What was once "on" is now "off." The "change of situation" indicated by 了 (le) is still the same ...

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Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
... . 除了海鲜，你还对什么过敏？Chúle hǎixiān, nǐ hái duì shénme guòmǐn?In addition to seafood, what else are you allergic to? 中国的功夫明星，除了李小龙和成龙以外，李连杰 ...

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Expressing "every" with question words
... 相信他说的话。Shéi dōu bù xiāngxìn tā shuō de huà.No one believes what he said. "Everywhere" with 哪儿都 This pattern works with both 哪儿 (nǎr) and 哪 ...

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Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
... this . 我们都不知道说什么好。 Wǒmen dōu bù zhīdào shuō shénme hǎo.None of us knew what to say. 这件事我不知道跟谁说好。Zhè jiàn shì wǒ bù zhīdào gēn shéi ...

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Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
... and is used to end a list of items when it is obvious to the listener what class of things the speaker is talking about. 什么的 can also be used after a ...

4 KB (654 words) - 04:49, 9 March 2019
Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... 限制。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan dúshū, zhìyú shénme shū, méiyǒu xiànzhì.I like reading very much. As for what books, there are no limits. 我已经和你说很多了，至于这个 ...

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Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... into being" or "coming up with." 你能想出什么好办法？Nǐ néng xiǎngchū shénme hǎo bànfǎ?What good ideas can you come up with? 这些数学题有点难，我花了一个小时才 ...

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Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... ，何况大人呢？Zhè jù huà lián háizi dōu dǒng, hékuàng dàrén ne?Children can understand what this sentence means, let alone the adults. 他连那么难的题都会，何况 ...

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Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... 了什么吗？ Nǐ zhème lěngjìng, nándào bù zhīdào fāshēng le shénme ma?You are so calm. Do you not know what happened? 你父母这么关心你，难道你一点都感觉不到吗？Nǐ ...

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Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
... ？Literally, "hear-not-understand"Nǐmen tīng bu dǒng wǒ de huà ma?Do you not understand what I say? 我听不懂你说的英语。 Literally, "hear-not-understand ...

5 KB (693 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Separable verb
... of separable verbs that beginners first struggle with are 见面 and 睡觉. What makes them especially hard is that the "object" part of each word seem to ...

16 KB (2,510 words) - 02:18, 14 March 2019
Expressing "just now" with "gangcai"
... le.The boss just got angry. 你们刚才在看什么？Nǐmen gāngcái zài kàn shénme? What were you looking at just now? 不好意思，我刚才出去了。Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ gāngcái ...

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Comparing "gen" and "dui"
... told me he loved me. 刚才你对他说什么了？Gāngcái nǐ duì tā shuō shén me le?What did you just tell him? 刚才你跟他说什么了？Gāngcái nǐ gēn tā shuō shén me ...

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Comparing "turan" and "huran"
... 办。Shìqing fāshēng de tài tūrán, wǒmen bù zhīdào zěnme bàn.Things happened so suddenly, we didn't know what to do. 这场雨下得太突然，都淋湿了。Zhè chǎng yǔ ...

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Comparing "renjia" and "bieren"
... say. 别人怎么想我怎么知道？Biérén zěnme xiǎng wǒ zěnme zhīdào?How could I know what other people are thinking? 那是人家的事，你管那么多干嘛？Nà shì rénjia de ...

4 KB (505 words) - 08:50, 24 April 2019
Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... want to get paid without doing your job? 你想得倒简单！怎么可能？What you thought is too simple How could that be possible? Giving An Emphasis with 倒 ...

4 KB (463 words) - 06:28, 8 April 2018
Expressing "that's all" with "eryi"
... with 而已 After a Noun Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and that's all, you can stick 而已 at the end of the sentence ...

4 KB (643 words) - 09:19, 14 January 2021
Old Main Page 1
... see how it works, try finding your own textbook in our list, and then seeing what it links to. (If there are no links yet, there will be soon ) http ...

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Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... . 无聊的时候可以做些什么？Wúliáo de shíhou kěyǐ zuò xiē shénme? What can you do when you're bored? 的时候 is also similar to using Simultaneous tasks with ...

5 KB (783 words) - 09:26, 9 November 2020
Indirect object
... in a sentence. The indirect object is for/to whom/what the action of the verb is done and who/what is receiving the direct object. In Chinese grammar ...

467 bytes (66 words) - 06:32, 15 June 2017