Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced)

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.

Linking Verbs with 和

Verb1 + 和 + Verb2

• 政府 每年 都 会 维护 和 修理 这些 建筑 。

Linking Adjectives with 和

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

Websites

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