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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 ...

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Modifying nouns with phrase + "de"
... . In Chinese the 的 (de) serves the same purpose as the English word "what." By using this pattern, you can avoid repeating the same noun over and over ...

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Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"
... English. It's also sometimes used by a speaker to be more ... the most common adjectives that get "toned down" by 还 (hái) in this structure. Structure ...

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Expressing "or" in statements
... 们可以坐飞机或者坐高铁去。Wǒmen kěyǐ zuò fēijī huòzhě zuò gāotiě qù.We can go by plane or by high-speed train. 晚饭以后我和家人聊天或者看电视。Wǎnfàn yǐhòu wǒ hé ...

4 KB (637 words) - 09:51, 2 April 2019
Reduplication of adjectives
... 亮) is "AB," where the first character of the adjective is represented by "A," and the second by "B." A A B B + 的 (+ Noun) Examples Not all two ...

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Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"
... of "it seems like..." or "it seems that..." in English. This could then be followed by an entire statement. 好像不行。Hǎoxiàng bù xíng.It seems like it ...

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Result complements
... 一个老人。Tā bù xiǎoxīn tuī dǎo le yī gè lǎorén.He pushed over an old person by accident. 你撞倒了我的自行车。Nǐ zhuàng dǎo le wǒ de zìxíngchē.You knocked ...

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Aspect particle "zhe"
... Structure Verb 1 + 着 + Verb 2 Note that the '''first verb''' (followed by 着) describes the '''state'''; the second verb is the action verb. In ...

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Learner FAQ
... completed. Chinese particles are always neutral tone, and are never used by themselves. Common examples include 了 (le), 吧 (ba), and 吗 (ma ...

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Acknowledgments
... the print version. Other Credits Our awesome book cover was designed by Anneke Garcia, someone we would never had met had her husband Erick not ...

5 KB (672 words) - 09:37, 20 June 2019
Using "dui" with verbs
... "xiang" Similar Expressing "for" with "gei" Similar Verbs followed by "gei" Similar Comparing "gen" and "dui" Similar Comparing "dui ...

5 KB (736 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Expressing ongoing duration with double "le"
... after the verb (to indicate that the action is completed), followed by the duration, followed by an additional 了 (le) which tells us that the action ...

5 KB (734 words) - 08:01, 4 March 2019
Expressing "simply" with "jianzhi"
... say something is "simply beautiful," in Chinese, 简直 cannot be followed directly by an unmodified adjective. 很 is also not used after 简直. Check out the ...

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Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
... + 好容易 / 好不容易 In this simpler structure we use 好(不)容易 by itself to express “with great difficulty”. At the end of the sentence particles such as 啊 or ...

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Listing things with "a"
... Structure A 啊， B 啊， C 啊 (+ 什么的)⋯⋯ The list can be followed by Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with "shenme de" 什么的 , but is not generally followed ...

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Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... dōngxi 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 ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "napa"
... In this usage, it's very similar to "no matter," which can also be expressed by patterns like "No matter" with "buguan" 不管 (bùguǎn) . 哪怕 + Subj. 1 ...

5 KB (729 words) - 03:44, 18 January 2021
Expressing contrariness with "dao"
... be used to express an unexpected situation. Note that 倒 is often followed by 也 or 又 to add further emphasis. Structure ⋯⋯ ，Subj. + 倒 + (也 / 又 ...

5 KB (701 words) - 06:44, 17 December 2020
Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇
... "(either…or) Lesson 10 "在…下"(denoting "一年（天）比一年（天）"(emphasizing change using "by the day") "极"(extremely) "越A越B"(the more A the more B) "引起 ...

3 KB (259 words) - 06:33, 7 November 2011
Expressing completion with "le"
... time anyway, if you're still getting used to Chinese verbs not indicating tenses by themselves. When you do this, it's generally OK to put the 了 (le ...

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现代汉语八百词（增订本）
... 语言研究所的人员。商务印书馆的张万起参加了本书的讨论。《现现代汉语八百词》是由商务印书馆出版的。 Grammar Points by Chapter 增订本说明前言凡例现代汉语语法要点正文附录名词、量词配合表形容词生动形式表音序索引笔画索引 ...

2 KB (80 words) - 08:16, 28 January 2013