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Providing two options with double "huozhe"
... hěnjiǔ, zhège dá'àn huòzhě shì sānshí, huòzhě shì sìshí, duì bu duì?I've thought about it for a long time. The answer is either thirty or forty, right ...

4 KB (637 words) - 13:39, 2 December 2020
Expressing "if… then…" with "yaoshi"
... 这件事，我就死定了 Yàoshi wǒ mā zhīdào zhè jiàn shì, wǒ jiù sǐ dìng le If my mother knew about this, I would be so dead 要是老板不同意，我们就不能跟客户签合同 ...

6 KB (818 words) - 08:07, 17 December 2020
Emphatic adverb "ke"
... In these examples 可 is used with 别, and sounds a bit like "don't even think about..." in English. 你可别喝太多酒。 I know you usually drink a lot ...

4 KB (612 words) - 09:45, 14 January 2021
Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... . 差不多三分之一的美国人有护照。Chàbuduō sān fēn zhī yī de Měiguó rén yǒu hùzhào.About one third of Americans have passports. 我们学校四分之三的老师都是男老师 ...

4 KB (650 words) - 08:40, 24 April 2019
Bu and mei(you)
... and 没(有) is that 不 negates actions and statements about the present whereas 没 negates actions and statements about the past. Note that 没(有) is used to ...

2 KB (309 words) - 14:33, 17 February 2016
Marking a topic with "de hua"
... dehuà, wǒ bù tài fāngbiàn shuō.As for this question, it's not convenient for me to talk about it. 葡萄的话，一定要吃最新鲜的。Pútao dehuà, yīdìng yào chī ...

4 KB (570 words) - 03:48, 29 December 2020
Challenging a verb with "shenme"
... 才三个月。Lí shénme hūn nǐmen jiéhūn cái sān gè yuè.What are you talking about, "divorce"? You've only been married three months 道什么歉啊，又不是你 ...

4 KB (620 words) - 08:17, 23 November 2020
Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
... 不懂 (bù dǒng) is used to talk about things that can't be understood. Note that this is about ''potential'': the subject doesn't have the ''ability'' to ...

5 KB (693 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Expressing distance with "li"
... at first, but once you get it down, you'll be able to talk about distance with no problem. Using 离 (lí) in a Statement Structure Unless ...

5 KB (709 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Comparing "li" and "cong"
... 上次见面离今天快十年了。Shàng cì jiànmiàn lí jīntiān kuài shí nián le.It's been about 10 years since we met last time. 离我们的婚礼还有两个星期。Lí wǒmen de ...

6 KB (825 words) - 04:36, 30 November 2018
Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu..."
... 到这件事就不高兴。Wǒ yī xiǎngdào zhè jiàn shì jiù bù gāoxìng.Every time I think about this, I get upset. 她一生气就脸红。Tā yī shēngqì jiù liǎn hóng.Every ...

5 KB (681 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
Expressing "no wonder"
... wǒ dānxīn.No wonder he hasn't told me. He doesn't want me to worry about this. The Other Meaning of 难怪 This usage is definitely less common, but ...

5 KB (799 words) - 03:27, 22 November 2020
Using "nanguai" as a verb
... 算了。Zhè yě nánguài, tā gāng lái ma, suànle suànle.Don't blame him. He just got here, let's just forget about it. 这也难怪，他已经七十岁了，不适合做高强度的运动 ...

5 KB (701 words) - 06:56, 11 December 2020
Coincidence with "zhenghao"
... 我正好要出去，垃圾我来扔吧。Wǒ zhènghǎo yào chūqù, lājī wǒ lái rēng ba.I'm just about to leave. I'll take out the trash. 你来了！我正好要找你。Nǐ lái le Wǒ ...

3 KB (524 words) - 04:46, 9 March 2019
Expressing "just now" with "gangcai"
... now'', as in, within the past 5 minutes or so. If you're talking about something that "just happened" yesterday or last week, don't use 刚才 (gāngcái ...

3 KB (519 words) - 10:00, 2 April 2019
Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui"
... often placed after it as it's about something that has been completed. ... le.Thank you for reminding me about this matter Otherwise I would definitely ...

5 KB (784 words) - 03:18, 4 January 2021
Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... (at one particular point ''in the past''). So it would not be about ''habitual actions''. 不 (bù) Is Normally Used with Adjectives When it comes ...

17 KB (2,625 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Comparing "dui" and "duiyu"
... A: 对于这件事，你怎么看？A: Duìyú zhè jiàn shì, nǐ zěnme kàn?What do you think about this? B: 我对她很了解，她不会这么做的。B: Wǒ duì tā hěn liǎojiě, tā ...

6 KB (958 words) - 07:36, 19 January 2021
Comparing "tuiguang" and “xuanchuan"
... : this article has been judged to be primarily about differences in ''word usage'', and not about '''grammar'''. Thus it has been delisted from the ...

2 KB (141 words) - 09:21, 22 January 2017
Expressing "small quantity" with "jiu"
... ，我们就知道一点点。Tā de shì, wǒmen jiù zhīdào yīdiǎndiǎn.We only know a little about his business. 她在我们公司就工作了两个月。Tā zài wǒmen gōngsī jiù gōngzuò ...

5 KB (805 words) - 08:14, 26 November 2018
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