Structural particle
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- Also known as: 结构助词 (jiégòu zhùcí).
A structural particle is a function word that denotes the structural/grammatical relationship between elements of a sentence.
Notes
- Added to words or phrases to indicate grammatical relations
- 的
- Verb + 的
- Phrase + 的
- Noun + 的
- 地
- Two character adverb + 地
- Adjective + 地
- Phrase + 地
- Onomatopoeia + 地
- Two character verb + 地
- Noun + 地
- Quantifier + 地
- 得
- Degree complement
- Verb / adjective + 得 + adjective
- Adjective + 得 + 很
- Verb / adjective + 得 + phrase
- 所
- Noun + 所 + verb
- 为 + noun ＋ 所 + verb
See Also
- De (structural particle) (an explanation of the "three de's")
Sources and further reading
- 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 131 - 150)
- Practicing HSK Grammar (pp. 121 - 140)
