Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)
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You probably learned early on that 和 (hé) is used to connect nouns and noun phrases not mean "and," but not sentences. This rule is fine for a while but eventually you will begin encountering what appears to be non-nouns linked by 和. This article addresses when it's grammatically correct to use 和 in other ways.
- 政府 每年 都 会 维护 和 修理 这些 建筑 。
- Verb1 + 和 + Verb2
- Adj1 + 和 + Adj2
See also
- Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"
- "In addition" as "lingwai"
- Expressing "not only… but also"
- Combining verbs with "bing"
Sources and further reading
Books
- Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 74-5) →buy
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 14-5) →buy
