Difference between revisions of "Expressing determination with "feiyao""

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Most advanced Chinese learners know how to express [["wanting to do something" with 要|[[要|Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings]]]], but sometimes you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something". In that case, you can use 非要.
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Most advanced Chinese learners know how to express [[要|Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings|"wanting to do something" with 要]], but sometimes you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something". In that case, you can use 非要.
  
 
== Structure ==
 
== Structure ==
  
Just use 非要 like the auxiliary verb [[要|Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings]]. Use it coupled with another verb.
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Just use 非要 like the auxiliary verb [[Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings|要]]. Use it coupled with another verb.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:05, 17 May 2013

Most advanced Chinese learners know how to express Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings|"wanting to do something" with 要, but sometimes you need to turn it up a degree and express "absolutely insist on doing something". In that case, you can use 非要.

Structure

Just use 非要 like the auxiliary verb . Use it coupled with another verb.

Subject + 非要 + Verb

非要 could be thought of as "absolutely wanting " or "absolutely insist" on doing something. It can be thought of as the short form of 非常想要.

Examples

  • 您 是 我们 的 客人,我 非要 帮 您 带 您 的 行李 上 去。
  • 李 先生 觉得 不 好 意思,他 非要 向 他们 道歉。
  • 非要 一 边 吃 饭 一 边 看 漫画。

Sources and further reading

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