Reference:Qing Wen

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Qing Wen (请问) is a popular podcast published weekly by ChinesePod. While the show is not focused on Chinese grammar exclusively, the majority of Qing Wen episodes revolve around a grammar point, or comparing the usage of several words. It is useful to have an index of all the grammar points covered on Qing Wen. (See also the ChinesePod Qing Wen episode listing.)

Grammar Points by Episode

  1. QW0001: Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
    • 看
    • 看起来
  2. QW0002: Reduplication of Verbs
  3. QW0003: Using 又 (yòu) and 再 (zài)
  4. QW0004: Saying Sorry
  5. QW0005: Name-Calling, Chinese-Style
  6. QW0006: 了 (le): Something's About to Happen
  7. QW0007: Negating Verbs: When to Use 没有 (méiyǒu), When to Use 不 (bù)
  8. QW0008: Thinking in Chinese: 觉得 (juéde), 认为 (rènwéi) and 以为 (yǐwéi)
  9. QW0009: We Answer
  10. QW0010: To Finish Something Off: Verb 好 (hǎo)
  11. QW0011: 你好 (Nǐhǎo) is a Many-Splendored Thing
  12. QW0012: It's Not Hard to Say Goodbye
  13. QW0013: All About 所有 (suǒyǒu) and 都 (dōu)
  14. QW0014: More or less? 多 (duō) and 少 (shǎo)
  15. QW0015: You Can and Will Use 会 (huì)!
  16. QW0016: Two 'Iffy' Words
  17. QW0017: The Double 了 (le) phenomenon
  18. QW0018: Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
  19. QW0019: All About Measure Words
  20. QW0020: Two words for '2'
  21. QW0021 Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne)
  22. QW0022 Excuse Us!
  23. QW0023 A Little Bit About 一点儿
  24. QW0024 More and More
  25. QW0025 Just Say Yes
  26. QW0026 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
  27. QW0027 Most Frequently Asked Question in China
  28. QW0028 What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
  29. QW0029 Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Electronics
  30. QW0030 You talking about me?
  31. QW0031 Using Verbs 不出来 (bu chūlai), 得出来 (de chūlai)
  32. QW0032 Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
  33. QW0033 The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
  34. QW0034 一边...一边 ... (yībiān...yībiān...)
  35. QW0035 Even you can use the (连...都...) pattern
  36. QW0036 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
  37. QW0037 Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
  38. QW0038 一...就... (yī...jiù...) pattern
  39. QW0039 Embrace your Fears! 怕 (pà)...Adj
  40. QW0040 无论 (wúlùn) No matter...
  41. QW0041 You Must Listen to this Episode - 非...不可 (fēi...bù kě)
  42. QW0042 Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
  43. QW0043 Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma)
  44. QW0044 Xīnkǔ 辛苦
  45. QW0045 Ending your sentence with 啊 & 呀 (a & ya)
  46. QW0046 Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
  47. QW0047 More than 50 kuai!
  48. QW0048 Aren't you.... （不是.... 吗）
  49. QW0049 I Don't Have the Strength (... 不动）
  50. QW0050 I Can/Can't Afford it (...得起 & ...不起）
  51. QW0051 I Just.... 刚 & 刚才（gāng & gāngcái）


  1. QW0052 Do You Remember....
  2. QW0053 ...都 (dōu): The Bryan Adams pattern
  3. QW0054 The Attitude Pattern (yǒu shénme... 有什么...)
  4. QW0055 Clarifying how to use "every" 每（měi）
  5. QW0056 Colors, By Degrees
  6. QW0057 Addressing People
  7. QW0058 The 是...的 (Shì...de) Pattern
  8. QW0059 Measure Words for Counting People
  9. QW0060 会 (Huì) and 能 (Néng) Face-off
  10. QW0061 The My Minefield
  11. QW0062 The Pretty Podcast
  12. QW0063 Making Negative Comparisons
  13. QW0064 Don't Never Say Never
  14. QW0065 Using 'Almost'
  15. QW0066 No Wonder!
  16. QW0067 Numbers in Chinese
  17. QW0068 Last and Next
  18. QW0069 麻烦你 (Máfan Nǐ) to Say Please
  19. QW0070 Good, Bad and Otherwise
  20. QW0071 When 比较 (bǐjiào) becomes 更 (gèng)
  21. QW0072 Often: Using 常常，经常，通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng)
  22. QW0073 请 (Qǐng) - Please and Beyond
  23. QW0074 The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)
  24. QW0075 Using 除了。。。以外 (Chúle... Yǐwài)
  25. QW0076 Understanding 了解 (Liǎojiě) and 理解 (Lǐjiě)
  26. QW0077 Always in Chinese: 总是 (zǒngshì) and 老是 (lǎoshi)
  27. QW0078 Being Vague: 大概 (dàgài), 左右 (zuǒyòu), 上下 (shàngxià)
  28. QW0079 All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ)
  29. QW0080 Stop in the Name of the 法 (fǎ)
  30. QW0081 Lucky Duckies
  31. QW0082 Slang-ular Momentum
  32. QW0083 Talking with Numbers
  33. QW0084 Funny Business -- 搞笑， 好笑， 可笑
  34. QW0085 Interesting or Boring?
  35. QW0086 Taking it all off
  36. QW0087 Sorry and Thank You
  37. QW0088 Making Commands More Emphatic with 千万 and 一定
  38. QW0089 About Face! A Multi-faceted Look at 面子
  39. QW0090 Letting go with 放
  40. QW0091 Broken, Busted, and Smashed
  41. QW0092 Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉
  42. QW0093 Picking Up 拿
  43. QW0094 The Magic Word 把
  44. QW0095 How Far Away are You From Understanding 离？
  45. QW0096 Are You Happy, Content, or Delighted?
  46. QW0097 Pain and Suffering 伤心, 难受，郁闷 ,不爽，难过
  47. QW0098 Hot and Cool 热, 烫 , 凉 , 冷
  48. QW0099 Podcast Language 1
  49. QW0100 Podcast Language 2
  50. QW0101 Podcast Language 3
  51. QW0102 To do
  52. QW0103 Finally
  53. QW0104 How Long Has This Been Going On?
  54. QW0105 Hate is a Very Strong Word
  55. QW0106 How're You Doing? 得
  56. QW0107 Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来
  57. QW0108 Measure Word Fundamentals: 个，只，条，张
  58. QW0109 Measure Words for Food
  59. QW0110 Pair, Set, Match 双, 副, 对 , 套
  60. QW0111 Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就
  61. QW0112 把 Humbug
  62. QW0113 Hotels, Hostels and Restaurants
  63. QW0114 How to Say "and" in Chinese
  64. QW0115 都......了Already
  65. QW0116 Coming Up Next: 接下来，然后，还有，那么
  66. QW0117 Fruit Basket of Cause-Effect
  67. QW0118 Giving 给 Another Look grammar
  68. QW0119 Dare to Use 敢 grammar
  69. QW0120 Nothing More Than Only and Just grammar
  70. QW0121 Even If... grammar
  71. QW0122 Originally Original grammar
  72. QW0123 Flexible, Not Reflexive grammar
  73. QW0124 With Regards to 对 and 对于 grammar
  74. QW0125 Expressing Location with 边 and 面 grammar
  75. QW0126 Picking things up: 拿、带、取 verb, grammar
  76. QW0127 次，遍，趟: Measuring Times measure words, time
  77. QW0128 Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside" position, directions, grammar
  78. QW0129 Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初 time, grammar

QW0130 Pulling Out all the Stops for Complement 住 complement, verb, grammar QW0131 Rhetorical Question Marker 难道 questions, grammar QW0132 舍不得 feelings, grammar QW0133 Talking about others: 别的，其他的，另外的 other, grammar QW0134 Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes change, verb, grammar QW0135 Pay Verbs verb, paying, grammar, bill, credit cards, mortgage QW0136 The White Spectrum of Meaning white, grammar, culture, colors QW0137 The Black Spectrum of Meaning illegal, black, grammar, culture, colors QW0138 How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People culture, relationships, conversation, questions QW0139 The Red Spectrum of Meaning colors, red, culture, happiness, grammar, popular QW0140 Keeping 收 and 受 Straight grammar, verb, accept QW0141 The Yellow and Green Spectrum of Meaning movies, books, culture, green, yellow, colors QW0142 Passive Verbs and 被 preposition, bei, passive, grammar QW0143 Talking about Talking in Chinese to say, to speak, to talk, to discuss, verb, grammar QW0144 Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men) noun, people, plural QW0145 Describing Fear adjective, verb, grammar, fear, scary QW0146 Lovey-Dovey Terminology relationships, names QW0147 Suffix Magic noun, verb, adjective, grammar QW0148 Must-Have Modals grammar, verb, modals QW0149 Realization, Reality and Authenticity wish, perception QW0150 Feelings affection, emotions, feelings QW0151 Suffixes for Describing People jobs, professions, people


QW0152 Going, Leaving, and Leaving for Good QW0153 Doing the math with 算 (suàn) QW0154 Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn) QW0155 Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1) QW0156 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls QW0157 Some uses of 些 QW0158 Whatever, Wherever, Whoever QW0159 Separable Verbs QW0160 Comparing Buts: 但 and 却 QW0161 Festivals, Holidays, Vacations, and Leave QW0162 Revisiting Before and After QW0163 Making people do things with 让，令，and 使 QW0164 What is up with 由 QW0165 Speaking with 跟 (gen) and 对 (dui) QW0166 There Is No Try QW0167 Various Speech Acts and 向 (xiang) QW0168 Ending, Completing, Finishing QW0169 Four Uses of the Complement 起来 (qilai) QW0170 An Introduction to Chengyu QW0171 Keeping and Leaving QW0172 Dealing with 管 (guan) QW0173 Losing and Forgetting QW0174 Surfing the Web Chinese Style QW0175 Nothing more than 而已 (eryi) and 罢了 (bale) QW0176 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: How We Verb QW0177 Possible, Possibly, Possibility QW0178 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress QW0179 Adjectives with 是 (shi) QW0180 The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States QW0181 Actually QW0182 Back in the Day with "当" QW0183 So (adjective) that... QW0184 Making the Most of 最 (zui) QW0185 The Various Guises of "Until" QW0186 Of Soldiers and Military People QW0187 Eating Idioms, Part 1 QW0188 Eating Idioms, Part 2 QW0189 Eating Idioms, Part 3 QW0190 By Myself, So Alone QW0191 Getting to the Bottom of 到底 QW0192 Rainbow QW0193 Deadly Complements of Degree QW0194 Preferences and Druthers QW0195 Actually Contrary with 倒 QW0196 就 for Emphasis QW0197 When Opposites Collide (1) QW0198 When Opposites Collide (2) QW0199 The Complement 不了 QW0200 The Complement 不下 QW0201 为 and 为了

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