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Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping"
... ? Structure with 凭着 You can also add 着 to 凭 to make it 凭着, however when you do so you can only use it if the action has already been completed. If ...

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Comparing "guanyu" and "duiyu"
... both of these prepositions are used to point to specific people or things. However, when taking a closer look, the things they discuss and the angles ...

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... will able already before etc. how however is less need so some therefore ...

11 KB (1,477 words) - 03:22, 29 October 2014
Indicating contrast with "ze"
... characteristic. In this instance, 则 has the same meaning as The "However" Adverb "que" 却 . Subject + Predicate, 则 + Subject + Predicate You can ...

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Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao"
... with 是. Structure Situation / Result ，少不了 + 是 + Reason Note, however, that in this construction, the reason ''follows'' 少不了. Examples 看他 ...

4 KB (572 words) - 07:45, 14 January 2021
Saying "a lot" with "youdeshi"
... no shortage of ways to say "a lot." 有的是 (yǒudeshì) is one of those ways. However, we need to be very clear: 有的是 is '''not''' the same as "Some" with ...

3 KB (542 words) - 09:47, 14 January 2021
Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou"
... is also similar to using Simultaneous tasks with "yibian" the 一边 structure . However, 一边 uses two conscious actions that you do, whereas "的时候" can ...

5 KB (783 words) - 09:26, 9 November 2020
Comparing "zhijian" and “zhongjian"
... 中间 are nouns ( location noun s, to be precise). One difference between the two, however, is that 中间 can be used all by itself, but 之间 is always used ...

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Verbs followed by "gei"
... . This type of discussion is outside the scope of this article, however. See also Expressing "for" with "gei" Verbs preceded by "gei ...

5 KB (750 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Affirmative-negative question
... more natural in Chinese than those admittedly awkward English equivalents, however. Verb-Not-Verb Structure Verb + 不 + Verb Examples ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... taking something usually involves 拿. When the object becomes some kind of hard-to-get document, however, 拿到 is useful. 你拿小包，我拿大包。Nǐ ná xiǎo bāo ...

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Expressing "already" with just "le"
... "already" in Chinese, and it is followed with a 了了 (le) . However, sometimes, that feeling of "already" can also be expressed with 了 (le) alone ...

4 KB (540 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
Advanced yes-no questions with "ma"
... use 吗 with other question words'', because it's redundant. More advanced students, however, will note that 吗 has some more complicated structures that ...

6 KB (888 words) - 09:15, 2 August 2021
Comparing "changchang" and "wangwang"
... of "often" in Chinese are 常常 (chángcháng) and 往往 (wǎngwǎng). However, they are used in different ways and different places, so this article will ...

5 KB (558 words) - 07:35, 9 July 2021
Age with "sui"
... " in English. There are a details that work differently from English, however. Basic Structure for 岁 (suì) Structure The structure for ...

3 KB (478 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Structure of times (advanced)
... , 2:07 would be said as “两点零七分” (liǎng diǎn líng qī fēn). However, note that when speaking, it is very common for most Chinese people take out the “分 ...

6 KB (955 words) - 09:24, 20 April 2021
The use of Taiwanese Mandarin "hui"
... get it? 会 in this context is equivalent to the English verb "to be." However, it’s the adjective to follow 会 is usually negative. So you would never ...

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Expressing "about" with "guanyu"
... verbs in English, such as "talk about" or "ask about." In Chinese, however, this "about" meaning is built into the verb and no additional "about" word ...

4 KB (665 words) - 08:30, 4 March 2019
Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"
... its multiple meanings 要 (yào) has many meanings , one of which is "need to." However, when you want to express "don't need to," you actually use 不用 ...

3 KB (498 words) - 07:37, 22 April 2019
Expressing "already" with "dou"
... already happened, similar to "Already" with "yijing" 已经 (yǐjīng)⋯⋯了 . However, 都⋯⋯了 is used more emphatically, implying that the speaker holds some ...

4 KB (634 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Expressing "one by one" with "yi"
... the word 一 (yī), but you don't even need the word "by." However, the pattern gets complicated somewhat by the concept of measure word s. Used ...

4 KB (709 words) - 08:08, 26 November 2018