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.

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。Wǒmen zhǔnbèi jìnyībù kuòdà Zhōngguó shìchǎng.We are preparing to further expand the Chinese market.
  • 这 件 事情 需要 进一步 调查。Zhè jiàn shìqing xūyào jìnyībù diàochá.This incident requires further investigation.
  • 这 次 开会 的 内容 是 进一步 研究 这个 项目。Zhè cì kāihuì de nèiróng shì jìnyībù yánjiū zhège xiàngmù.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。Rúguǒ nǐ yào zài Zhōngguó gōngzuò, nǐ zuìhǎo jìnyībù xué Hànyǔ.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 。Zài yīqǐ lǚyóu hòu, wǒmen de yǒuyì yǒu le jìnyībù de fāzhǎn.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 进一步 致力于 另 一 项 工程 的 设计 。Zhè xiàng shèjì wánchéng yǐhòu, tāmen yòu jìnyībù zhìlì yú lìng yī xiàng gōngchéng de shèjì.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 , 进一步 推广 到 全市 的 中学 。Wǒmen xiān zài yī suǒ xuéxiào jìnxíng jiàoxué gǎigé de shìdiǎn, bìng jìnyībù tuīguǎng dào quánshì de zhōngxué.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 , 进一步 学好 第二 外语 。Xiān xuéhǎo dì-yī wàiyǔ, zài jìnyībù xuéhǎo dì èr wàiyǔ.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 。Nòng dǒng zhège wèntí zhīhòu, cái néng jìnyībù yánjiū qítā wèntí.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, 进一步 介绍 了 这个 视频 的 拍摄 方法。Zhè piān wénzhāng zhǔyào shì duì shìpín jìnxíng tǎolùn, bìng jìnyībù jièshào le zhège shìpín de pāishè fāngfǎ.This article mainly discusses the video and also introduces the method in which the video was shot.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

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