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How to do something with "zenme"
... 们怎么学中文？Nǐmen zěnme xué Zhōngwén?How do you study Chinese? 你怎么上班？坐地铁吗？Nǐ zěnme shàngbān? Zuò dìtiě ma?How do you get to work? By metro? 你知道怎 ...

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The "also" adverb "ye"
... 也很好喝。 Zhè zhǒng jiǔ yě hěn hǎohē.This kind of alcohol is also good. 这个地方也很漂亮。 Zhège dìfang yě hěn piàoliang.This place is also pretty. 昨天很冷 ...

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Expressing "would like to" with "xiang"
... lady? 我不想回家。Wǒ bù xiǎng huíjiā.I wouldn't like to return home. 那个地方很近，我不想开车。Nàge dìfang hěn jìn, wǒ bù xiǎng kāichē.That place is so ...

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Indicating location with "zai" before verbs
... Tā xǐhuan zài cèsuǒ lǐ chōuyān.He likes to smoke in the bathroom. 很多人在地铁上吃早饭。In addition to "在" you need a "上" to indicate the location "in ...

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Softening speech with "ba"
... ，我不买了。 Tài guì le ba, wǒ bù mǎi le.It's too expensive. I'm not buying it. 那个地方太远了吧，我不想去。 Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le ba，wǒ bù xiǎng qù.That ...

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Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
... 忙。Zhège yuè gōngsī yǒudiǎn máng.This month the company is a little bit busy. 这个地方有点吵，我们走吧。Zhège dìfang yǒudiǎn chǎo, wǒmen zǒu ba.This place ...

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Two words for "but"
... , dànshì tā méi lái.He said he would come to see me at five, but he didn't. 这个地方很漂亮，但是人太多了。Zhège dìfang hěn piàoliang, dànshì rén tài duō le ...

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Basic comparisons with "bi"
... bǐ zhèlǐ de kāfēi guì.The coffee at Starbucks is more expensive than the coffee here. 地铁比公交车方便。Dìtiě bǐ gōngjiāochē fāngbiàn.The subway is more ...

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Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
... jiǔbā.Since then, I've never been to a bar again. 出国以后，我再也没吃过地道的中国菜。Chūguó yǐhòu, wǒ zài yě méi chī guo dìdao de Zhōngguó cài.Since leaving ...

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Expressing "rather" with "bijiao"
... yālì bǐjiào dà.Jobs in big cities have quite a lot of pressure. 你上班坐地铁比较方便吧？Nǐ shàngbān zuò dìtiě bǐjiào fāngbiàn ba?To get to work, it's ...

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Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"
... 像是英国人。Tā hǎoxiàng shì Yīngguó rén.He seems to be British. 你好像不是本地人。Nǐ hǎoxiàng bù shì běndìrén.You don't seem to be a local. 她好像生病了。Tā ...

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Result complement "-xiaqu"
... 下去 Examples 说下去。Shuō xiàqù.Keep talking. 这本书你一定要认真地看下去。Zhè běn shū nǐ yīdìng yào rènzhēn de kàn xiàqù.You must keep reading this ...

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Descriptive complement
... It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地, since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de." Structure Descriptive ...

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Measure words for verbs
... tóufa de nánhái dǎ le wǒ sān xià.That red-haired boy hit me three times. 他轻轻地拍了我两下。Tā qīngqīng de pāi le wǒ liǎng xià.He very lightly pat me ...

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Expressing "one of" with "zhiyi"
... zhī yī.You are my favorite teacher... well, one of them. 中国是我最爱的地方 …… 之一。Zhōngguó shì wǒ zuì ài de dìfang... zhī yī.China is my favorite place ...

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Expressing "some" with "yixie"
... some sugar in your coffee? 我在中国的时候，去过一些很漂亮的地方。 Wǒ zài Zhōngguó de shíhou, qù guo yīxiē hěn piàoliang de dìfang.When I was in China, I went ...

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Expressing "even" with "shenzhi"
... like my decision, and even my family doesn't support it. 他很喜欢玩手机，吃饭的时候，坐地铁的时候，甚至上厕所的时候也在玩。Tā hěn xǐhuan wán shǒujī, chīfàn de shíhou ...

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Comparisons with "buru"
... can't explain it as clearly as you. 他说中文不如他老婆说得地道。Tā shuō Zhōngwén bùrú tā lǎopo shuō de dìdao.He doesn't speak Chinese as authentically as ...

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Expressing "in addition" with "lingwai"
... . Can you schedule it another time? 在我家开会不方便，我们另外找地方吧。Zài wǒ jiā kāi huì bù fāngbiàn, wǒmen lìngwài zhǎo dìfang ba.It's not very convenient ...

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Comparing specifically with "xiang"
... as a little kid sometimes. 这个老外的汉语像中国人一样地道。Zhège lǎowài de Hànyǔ xiàng Zhōngguó rén yīyàng dìdao.This foreigner can speak Chinese as fluently ...

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Expressing "hard to avoid" with "nanmian"
... it the first time you get on a plane to go abroad. 现在是高峰期，地铁难免会拥挤。Xiànzài shì gāofēng qī, dìtiě nánmiǎn huì yōngjǐ.It's rush hour right now ...

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