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Advanced usages of the contrary "dao"
... ，我倒不这么看。 A lot of people think that he married her because of her money, but I don't think so. 很多人认为钱是最重要的，我倒不这么想。 A lot of people ...

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Expressing the unexpected with "jingran"
... sad, but you are actually laughing? 他那么努力，竟然没考及格！He is so hardworking, but, surprisingly, he didn't pass the exam. 那个人骗了你的钱，你竟不 ...

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Comparing "yizhi" and "yixiang"
... de.You know mom has never liked going out, so she is not going to go on the trip ... has always been very generous, so today he's definitely paying. 我 ...

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Taiwanese "you"
... 搬家，真的有累到。Zuótiān bānjiā, zhēn de yǒu lèi dào.I was moving yesterday and I was so tired. 他突然要分手，我真的有伤到。Tā tūrán yào fēnshǒu, wǒ zhēn de ...

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Expressing "how often"
... way to ask in Chinese is, literally, "how long of a time" (do something) "one time." So you'll need the phrases 多长时间 (duō cháng shíjiān) and 一次 (yī cì ...

6 KB (962 words) - 08:47, 24 April 2019
Advanced uses of "ba"
... else, use this pattern. Structure 把 + Obj.+ 当成 / 看成 / 当作 / 看作 +⋯⋯ So what's the difference between using 当成 / 看成 / 当作 / 看作? Good question. The ...

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Advanced uses of "hai"
... expired milk? 今天这么热，你还出门吗？Jīntiān zhème rè, nǐ hái chūmén ma?It's so hot today, yet you're going out now? 他说的话，你还听吗？Tā shuō de huà, nǐ ...

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Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai"
... Examples 雨这么大，看来他不来了。Yǔ zhème dà, kànlái tā bù lái le.It's raining so hard. It seems he's not coming. 这家餐厅人很少，看来不太好吃。Zhè jiā ...

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Expressing "then" with "jiu"
... 今天下雨，我们就不出去了。Jīntiān xiàyǔ, wǒmen jiù bù chūqù le.It's going to rain today. So let's just not go out. 他妈妈没有给他买书包，他就哭了。Tā māma méiyǒu ...

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Ba-test
... clear on the explanations you've read so far and the examples make sense ... a gun"), and 一把椅子 ("a chair"). So, you've got to look at how 把 is being ...

12 KB (1,773 words) - 03:08, 29 December 2021
Conjunction
... way. Unlike English, Chinese conjunctions need to have something next to them, so they cannot just be at the end of the sentence, as sometimes happens ...

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To-do
... 从而进而继而然而且 series 之 (only the 之 that indicates possession has been done so far) 非不进一步 (now classified in B2, should it be C1?) 居然你别说 ...

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State complement
... get off. 他忙得忘了给女儿买生日礼物。 He's so busy that he forgot to buy her daughter a birthday present. References and Further Reading Books ...

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Zeros in numbers
... to separate out units in numbers. So English says "one hundred and one ... this is the same with 零 in Chinese. So one thousand and one, 1001, is read out ...

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The "also" adverb "ye"
... . A: 我喜欢看书。Wǒ xǐhuan kàn shū.I like to read. B: 我也喜欢。 Wǒ yě xǐhuan.Me too. / So do I. You'll notice that some of those English translations use ...

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Expressing "with" with "gen"
... 跟 + Person + 一起 + Verb + Obj. Certain Chinese verb s use 跟 (gēn) a lot, so be on the lookout for them (examples below) Examples 我昨天跟朋友去 ...

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The filler word "neige"
... ⋯⋯ 我不跟你们一起去了，可以吗？Nèige... wǒ bù gēn nǐmen yīqǐ qù le, kěyǐ ma? So, ummm... I won't go with you guys, OK? 我想吃那个 ⋯⋯ 那个 ⋯⋯ 湖南菜。Wǒ xiǎng chī ...

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Counting money
... (2.5) If the smaller units are only in tens, you can just say the number of tens. So "3.8 RMB" is 三块八 (sān kuài bā). This way of giving the price is ...

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Measure words for counting
... ''sheets'' of paper," "three ''glasses'' of water," and so on. In Chinese, ''all'' nouns are ''mass nouns'' so they all need measure words. Just as in ...

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Doing something less with "shao"
... 少喝点，明天还要上班呢。Shǎo hē diǎn, míngtiān háiyào shàngbān ne.Don't drink so much. You need go to work tomorrow. 少看点电视，多看书。Shǎo kàn diǎn diànshì ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... 了，我吃不下去了。Nǐ shuōhuà tài ěxīn le, wǒ chī bu xiàqù le.The way you talk is so disgusting. I can't continue eating my food. 这个宾馆太脏了，我待不下去了 ...

5 KB (747 words) - 07:56, 22 April 2019