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Structure
A very common way to modify nouns is to attach an adjective to them using 的 (de).
Adjective + 的 + Noun
This structures comes up extremely frequently and is an easy way to attribute features to nouns.
Examples
- 红色 的 气球。
- 漂亮 的 衣服。
- 好 看 的 书。
- 好喝 的 啤酒。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 70-1) →buy
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 37) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 233) →buy
