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"Could it be that" with "qibushi", "In order to avoid" with "yimian", A softer "but" with "buguo", Actions in a row, Adding emphasis with "fei....buke", Additional way to express "in the name of", Adjectival complement "de budeliao", Adjectival complement "de hen", Adjectives with "-ji le", Adjectives with "name" and "zheme", Advanced "le" after an object, Advanced "le" with complements, Advanced degree complements, Advanced potential complements, Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai", Advanced usages of the contrary "dao", Advanced uses of "ba", Advanced uses of "dou", Advanced uses of "hai", Advanced uses of "lian", Advanced uses of "zong", Advanced uses of direction complement "-qilai", Advanced yes-no questions with "ma", Affirmative-negative question, After a specific time with "yihou", Age with "sui", Alternative existential sentences, An additional step with "jin yi bu", Appearance with "kanqilai", Approximating with sequential numbers, Approximations with "chabuduo", Asking about degree with "duo", Asking how something is with "zenmeyang", Asking why with "zenme", Aspect particle "zhe", Assessing situations with "kanlai", Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings, Basic comparisons with "bi", Basic comparisons with "bu bi", Basic comparisons with "meiyou", Basic comparisons with "yiyang", Basic sentence order, Before a specific time with "yiqian", Big numbers in Chinese, Causative verbs, Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi", Challenging a verb with "shenme", Challenging an adjective with "shenme", Change of state with "le", Coincidence with "zhenghao", Combining verbs with "bing", Comparing "anzhao" and "genju", Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai", Comparing "bici" and "duifang", Comparing "bu" and "mei", Comparing "budebu" and "zhihao", Comparing "buduan" and "buting", Comparing "cai" and "jiu", Comparing "changchang" and "jingchang", Comparing "changchang" and "wangwang", Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang", Comparing "dui" and "duiyu", Comparing "duiyu" and "zhiyu", Comparing "er" and "liang", Comparing "fan'er" and “que", Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan", Comparing "gang" and "gangcai", Comparing "gei" and "wei", Comparing "gen" and "dui", Comparing "genben" and "daodi", Comparing "genju" and "ju", Comparing "guanyu" and "duiyu", Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe", Comparing "hui," "neng," "keyi", Comparing "huifu" and "huanyuan", Comparing "juran" and "fan'er", Comparing "kanqilai" and "kanlai", Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding", Comparing "li" and "cong", Comparing "pingshi" and "pingchang", Comparing "renjia" and "bieren", Comparing "shihe" and "heshi", Comparing "turan" and "huran", Comparing "xiande" and "kanqilai", Comparing "yao" and "xiang", Comparing "yihou" "ranhou" "houlai", Comparing "yihou" and "de shihou", Comparing "yihou" and "zhihou", Comparing "yishi" and "yidu", Comparing "yizhi" and "yixiang", Comparing "youdian" and "yidian", Comparing "zai" and "you", Comparing "zhijian" and “zhongjian", Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu", Comparing specifically with "xiang", Comparisons with "biqi", Comparisons with "buru", Complement "-huai le", Complement "-zhao", Conceding a point with "shi", Conceding with "ba", Conditions with "yao" and "jiu", Connecting nouns with "shi", Continuation with "hai", Counting money, Declaring the only option with "zhihao", Defining upper and lower limits, Degree complement, Direction complement, Direction complement "-qilai", Directional verbs "lai" and "qu", Doing something less with "shao", Doing something more with "duo", Emphasis with "jiushi", Emphasizing a negation with "bing", Emphasizing negation with "you", Emphasizing quantity with "dou", Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you", Emphasizing with "henshi", Emphatic adverb "ke", Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de", Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu...", Explaining purpose with "wei... er...", Express an action and its effect by using "tongguo… shi", Expressing "I bet" using "liang", Expressing "a bit too", Expressing "a full" with "zuzu", Expressing "a little too" with "you dian", Expressing "about to happen" with "le", Expressing "about to" with "jiuyao", Expressing "about" with "guanyu", Expressing "after all" with "bijing", Expressing "again and again" with "yizai", Expressing "again" in the future with "zai", Expressing "again" in the past with "you", Expressing "all along" with "yizhi", Expressing "all along" with "yuanlai", Expressing "all at once" with "yixiazi", Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao", Expressing "all" with "fanshi", Expressing "all" with "suoyou", Expressing "almost" using "chadian mei", Expressing "almost" using "chadian", Expressing "along with…" with "suizhe", Expressing "already" with "dou", Expressing "already" with "yijing", Expressing "already" with just "le", Expressing "although" with "jinguan", Expressing "although" with "suiran" and "danshi", Expressing "always previously" with "xianglai", Expressing "always" with "conglai", Expressing "always" with "zongshi", Expressing "among" with "dangzhong", Expressing "and also" with "hai", Expressing "and then" with "yushi", Expressing "and" with "he", Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced), Expressing "any" with "renhe", Expressing "anyway" with "fanzheng", Expressing "as a result" with "jieguo", Expressing "as early as" using "zaozai……", Expressing "as expected" with "guoran", Expressing "as if" with "sihu", Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao", Expressing "as much as possible" with "jinliang", Expressing "as one likes" with "jiu", Expressing "as well as" with "yiji", Expressing "at the same time" with "jian", Expressing "be going to" with "yao", Expressing "before" and "after" with "zhiqian" and "zhihou", Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian", Expressing "both A and B" with "you", Expressing "both… and…" with "ji...you", Expressing "can't do without" with "shaobuliao", Expressing "compared with" using "gen", Expressing "contrary to expectations" with "pianpian", Expressing "could it be possible that" with "mofei", Expressing "difficult" with "nan", Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong", Expressing "double negation", Expressing "due to…" with "youyu", Expressing "each other" with "bici", Expressing "each other" with "huxiang", Expressing "either... or..." with "yaome", Expressing "enough" with "gou", Expressing "equal to" with "dengyu", Expressing "especially" with "gewai", Expressing "even if…" with "jishi", Expressing "even if…" with "jiushi", Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan", Expressing "even if…" with "napa", Expressing "even more" with "geng", Expressing "even more" with "geng" or "hai", Expressing "even so" with "zaibu... ye...", Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou", Expressing "even" with "shenzhi", Expressing "ever since" with "yilai", Expressing "ever since" with "zicong", Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou", Expressing "every" with "mei", Expressing "every" with question words, Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou", Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai", Expressing "excessively" with "tai", Expressing "feel free" with "jinguan", Expressing "finally" with "zhongyu", Expressing "for" with "gei", Expressing "for" with "wei", Expressing "for…" with "eryan", Expressing "from this" with "youci", Expressing "from" with "cong... zhong", Expressing "from… to…" with "cong… dao…", Expressing "had better" with "haishi", Expressing "had better" with "zuihao", Expressing "half" with "ban", Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian", Expressing "have to" with "budebu", Expressing "how about" with "yaobu", Expressing "how often", Expressing "however" with "ran'er", Expressing "if it were not for" with "yaobushi", Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua", Expressing "if... then..." with "ruguo... jiu...", Expressing "if… then…" with "jiaru", Expressing "if… then…" with "jiashi", Expressing "if… then…" with "yaoshi", Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou", Expressing "in addition" with "lingwai", Expressing "in addition" with "zaishuo", Expressing "in light of" with "jianyu", Expressing "in short" with "zongzhi", Expressing "in the end" with "daodi", Expressing "in the end" with "jiujing", Expressing "in the name of" with "yi... de mingyi", Expressing "in this way" with "zheyang", Expressing "including" with "zainei", Expressing "inevitably" with "shibi", Expressing "is or is not" with "shifou", Expressing "it depends" with "kan", Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang", Expressing "just now" with "gangcai", Expressing "just" do it with "gancui", Expressing "just" with "gang", Expressing "less than" with "budao", Expressing "let alone" with "bie shuo", Expressing "let alone" with "geng buyong shuo", Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang", Expressing "lies in" with "zaiyu", Expressing "mistakenly think that" with "yiwei", Expressing "more and more" with "yuelaiyue", Expressing "moreover" with "bingqie", Expressing "much more" in comparisons, Expressing "multiples" with "bei", Expressing "must" with "dei", Expressing "nearly" with "jihu", Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu", Expressing "never" with "conglai", Expressing "no exception" with "yilu", Expressing "no matter" with "buguan", Expressing "no matter" with "wulun", Expressing "no wonder", Expressing "no" (noun) "to" (verb) with "wu... ke...", Expressing "not anymore" with "le", Expressing "not at all" with "yidianr ye bu", Expressing "not even one", Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme", Expressing "not only... but also" with "budan... erqie...", Expressing "not only..., even..." using "budan..., shenzhi lian", Expressing "not very" with "bu tai", Expressing "not very" with "bu zenme", Expressing "nothing but" with "wufei", Expressing "nothing is more...than" with "moguoyu", Expressing "now" with "le", Expressing "on the basis of" with "ping", Expressing "on the contrary" with "fan'er", Expressing "once" with "cengjing", Expressing "once...then..." with "yidan...jiu...", Expressing "one by one" with "yi", Expressing "one of" with "zhiyi", Expressing "only after" with "cai", Expressing "only if" with "zhiyou", Expressing "only" with "zhi", Expressing "or" in statements, Expressing "originally" with "benlai", Expressing "over and over again" with "zaisan", Expressing "quite" with "ting", Expressing "rather than..." with "yuqi... buru", Expressing "rather" with "bijiao", Expressing "really" with "zhen", Expressing "related to..." with "you guan de", Expressing "should" with "yinggai", Expressing "similar to" with "gen... shide", Expressing "simply" with "jianzhi", Expressing "since the beginning" with "yixiang", Expressing "since" with "jiran", Expressing "small quantity" with "jiu", Expressing "so-called" with "suowei", Expressing "some" with "yixie", Expressing "some" with question words, Expressing "stop doing" with "bie… le", Expressing "stuff like that" with "zhileide", Expressing "thanks to" with "duokui", Expressing "that's all" with "eryi", Expressing "the more... the more..." with "yue… yue…", Expressing "the other" with "lingwai", Expressing "then" with "jiu", Expressing "then…" with "name", Expressing "therefore" with "yinci", Expressing "through" with "jingguo", Expressing "through" with "tongguo", Expressing "thus" with "cong'er", Expressing "to be worth" doing with "zhide", Expressing "to be worthy of" with "bukuishi", Expressing "to come from" with "laizi", Expressing "to make certain" with "qianwan", Expressing "together" with "yiqi", Expressing "toward" with "wang", Expressing "towards" with "xiang", Expressing "unless" with "chufei", Expressing "until" with "dao", Expressing "what if" with "wanyi", Expressing "when the time comes" with "dao shihou", Expressing "when" using "dang", Expressing "when" with "de shihou", Expressing "when" with "dengdao", Expressing "when" with "shi", Expressing "whether or not" with "yufou", Expressing "while you're at it" with "shunbian", Expressing "why" with "hebi", Expressing "will" with "hui", Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu", Expressing "with" with "gen", Expressing "within (it/them)" with "qizhong", Expressing "within" a period of time using "zai... nei", Expressing "would like to" with "xiang", Expressing "would rather" with "ningke", Expressing "your side" with "ben", Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu...", Expressing a learned skill with "hui", Expressing ability or possibility with "neng", Expressing actions in progress (full form), Expressing actions in progress with "zai", Expressing close possession without "de", Expressing comparable degree with "you", Expressing completion with "le", Expressing concern with "kongpa", Expressing contrariness with "dao", Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi", Expressing distance with "li", Expressing duration of inaction, Expressing duration with "le", Expressing earliness with "jiu", Expressing existence in a place with "zai", Expressing existence with "you", Expressing experiences with "guo", Expressing fractions with "fenzhi", Expressing future with "jiang", Expressing good luck with "haihao", Expressing indifference with "jiu", Expressing lateness with "cai", Expressing location with "zai... shang / xia / li", Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao", Expressing ongoing duration with double "le", Expressing passive voice with "gei", Expressing permission with "keyi", Expressing possession with "de", Expressing possession with "you", Expressing possession with "zhi", Expressing purpose with "hao", Expressing purpose with "weile", Expressing simultaneous actions with "yimian", Expressing something is "not worth doing" with "buxie", Expressing that something has already happened with "laizhe", Expressing the only two possibilities, Expressing the self-evident with "ma", Expressing the unexpected with "jingran", Expressing various aspects with "yi fangmian", Expressing wasted efforts with "bai", Expressing who is in charge with "you... zuozhu", Expressing “must" with "feidei", Facilitating an outcome with "yibian", How to do something with "zenme", Idiomatic phrases with "zai", In the future in general with "yihou", Inability with "mei banfa", Indicating a characteristic with "xing", Indicating a number in excess, Indicating contrast with "ze", Indicating location with "zai" before verbs, Indicating negative impact with "haide", Indicating the whole with "quan", Intensifying with "duo", Limiting scope with "jiu", Listing things with "a", Making "-ize" and "-ify" verbs with "hua", Making judgments with "suan", Many types of "not only... but also...", Marking a topic with "de hua", Marking a topic with "ma", Measure word "ge", Measure words for counting, Measure words for verbs, Measure words in quantity questions, Measure words with "this" and "that", Modal particle "ne", Moderating positive adjectives with "hai", Modifying nouns with adjective + "de", Modifying nouns with phrase + "de", Name-calling with "zhege", Negation of "you" with "mei", Negation of past actions with "meiyou", Negative adjectives with "-si le", Negative commands with "bie", Negative commands with "buyao", Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng", Offering choices with "haishi", Opportune timing with "chen", Ordinal numbers with "di", Passive verbs with "shou", Phrases using "laishuo", Placement of question words, Polite requests with "qing", Potential complement, Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding, Providing two options with double "huozhe", Questions with "le ma", Questions with "ne", Reduplication of adjectives, Reduplication of measure words, Reduplication of verbs, Repeated actions in the past with "you", Result complement "-wan" for finishing, Result complement "-xiaqu", Result complements, Result complements "-dao" and "-jian", Reviewing options with "ba", Rhetorical questions with "nandao", Saying "a lot" with "youdeshi", Sentence-final interjection "a", Separable verb, Sequencing past events with "houlai", Sequencing with "xian" and "zai", Simple "noun + adjective" sentences, Simple rhetorical questions, Simultaneous tasks with "yibian", Softening speech with "ba", Softening the tone of questions with "ne", Special cases of "zai" following verbs, Special verbs with "hen", Standard negation with "bu", Stating the effect before the cause, Stating two or more reasons with "yilai...erlai", Structural particle "de", Structure of dates, Structure of days of the week, Structure of numbers, Structure of times (advanced), Structure of times (basic), Suggestions with "ba", Superlative "zui", Tag questions with "bu", Tag questions with "ma", Taiwanese "you", Taiwanese Mandarin use of "bucuo", The "all" adverb "dou", The "also" adverb "ye", The "however" adverb "que", The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details, The "shi... de" construction for indicating purpose, The "shi... de" patterns: an overview, The filler word "neige", The opposite of "chabuduo" is "cha hen duo", The use of Taiwanese Mandarin "hui", Time words and word order, Topic-comment sentences, Tricky uses of "dao", Turning adjectives into adverbs, Two words for "but", Use "tangruo" to express "if", Using "always" as a complaint with "laoshi", Using "ba" sentences, Using "because" with "er" to indicate effect, Using "bei" sentences, Using "budan... geng" to express "not only... but also", Using "cai" for small numbers, Using "dao" to mean "to go to", Using "de" (modal particle), Using "dui" with verbs, Using "er" to explain contrasting ideas, Using "guo" with "le", Using "hao" to mean "easy", Using "ji" to mean "several", Using "jiang" as a formal "ba", Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around", Using "lai" as a dummy verb, Using "lai" to connect two verb phrases, Using "nanguai" as a verb, Using "ye" and "dou" together, Using "yi... wei...", Using "youde" to mean "some", Using "zhe" when "verbing away", Using the "suo" structure, Using the particle "bei", Using the verb "jiao", Using the verb "qu", Using the verb "xing", Verbing briefly with "yixia", Verbs followed by "gei", Verbs preceded by "gei", Verbs that take double objects, Wanting to do something with "yao", Yes-no questions with "ma"
| Grammar Point (English) | Pattern | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance with "kanqilai" | 看起来⋯⋯ | 这 家 餐厅 看起来 不错 。 |
| Causative verbs | Subj. + 让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 + Person + Predicate | 你 为什么 不 让 我 去 ？ |
| Expressing "it depends" with "kan" | 这 / 那 + 要看 / 得看 + Unclear Situation | 这 得 看 你 的 时间 。 |
| Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang" | 好像⋯⋯ | 他 好像 是 英国 人 。 |
| Expressing "mistakenly think that" with "yiwei" | Subj. + 以为⋯⋯ | 我 以为 你 不 是 我的 朋友。 |
| Expressing "through" with "jingguo" | 经过 + Event / Time ，⋯⋯ | 经过 自己 的 努力 ，她 考上 了 北京 大学 。 |
| Expressing "through" with "tongguo" | 通过 + Agent / Method ，⋯⋯ | 我们 是 通过 他 的 朋友 找到 他 的 。 |
| Expressing "to come from" with "laizi" | Subj. + 来自 + Place | 我 来自 美国。 |
| Making judgments with "suan" | Subj. + 算 + Adj. + 的 | 在 我们 公司 ，我 算 年轻 的 。 |
| Using "lai" as a dummy verb | (让 +) Subj. + 来 | 让 我 来 吧。 |
Auxiliary verbs
| Grammar Point (English) | Pattern | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong" | Subj. + 不用 + Verb Phrase | 不用 担心 。 |
| Expressing "must" with "dei" | 得 + Verb | 我们 得 走 了 。 |
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Verb phrases
| Grammar Point (English) | Pattern | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Doing something less with "shao" | 少 + Verb | 请 少 放 点 盐 。 |
| Doing something more with "duo" | 多 + Verb | 多 吃 点 。 |
| Expressing actions in progress (full form) | 正在 + Verb + 着 + 呢 | 我 正在 吃饭 呢 。 |
| Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme" | 不怎么 + Verb | 我 儿子 不怎么 吃 零食 。 |
| Expressing "until" with "dao" | Verb + 到 + Time / Event | 我 昨天 晚上 工作 到 十二 点 半 。 |
| Measure words for verbs | Verb + Number + Measure Word | 做 三 次。读 两 遍 。 |
| Separable verb | Verb-Obj. | 我们 见 过 面 。 |
| Verbs followed by "gei" | Subj. + Verb + 给 + Recipient + Obj. | 他 送给 我 一 束 花 。 |
| Verbs preceded by "gei" | Subj. + 给 + Target + Verb + Obj. | 现在 不要 给 他 打 电话 。 |
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