An additional step with "jin yi bu"
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进一步 (jìnyībù), is an adverb literally meaning "go a step forward," usually used to mean "further." It is most common in formally written Chinese, though it can be spoken as well.
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进一步: Core Structure
Structure
It is simply placed before the verb of the sentence.
Subj. + 进一步 + Verb
Examples
- 我们 准备 进一步 扩大 中国 市场。We are preparing to further expand the Chinese market.
- 这 件 事情 需要 进一步 调查。This incident requires further investigation.
- 这 次 开会 的 内容 是 进一步 研究 这个 项目。The content of this meeting is to further research this project.
- 如果 你 要 在 中国 工作 ， 你 最好 进一步 学 汉语。If you are going to work in China, you had better further study Chinese.
- 在 一起 旅游 后 ， 我们 的 友谊 有 了 进一步 的 发展 。After traveling together, our friendship developed further.
进一步 with 又, 再, 才能, 并
The adverbs 又, 再, 才能, and 并 also can also be added in front of 进一步.
Structure
Subj. + Adverb + 进一步 + Verb
Examples
- 这 项 设计 完成 以后 ，他们 又 进一步 致力于 另 一 项 工程 的 设计 。After this design was completed, they worked further on a different engineering design.
- 我们 先 在 一 所 学校 进行 教学 改革 的 试点 ， 并 进一步 推广 到 全市 的 中学 。We first tested our education reform in one school, and then we further extended it to the rest of the city's middle schools.
- 先 学好 第一 外语 ，再 进一步 学好 第二 外语 。First learn your first foreign language well, then you can go on to master a second foreign language.
- 弄懂 这个 问题 之后 ，才 能 进一步 研究 其他 问题 。Only after you've worked out this problem can you go further and research the other problems.
- 这 篇 文章 主要 是 对 视频 进行 讨论，并 进一步 介绍 了 这个 视频 的 拍摄 方法。This article mainly discusses the video and also introduces the method in which the video was shot.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- 现代汉语八百词 (pp. 309) 卓越汉语－公司实战篇 →buy
