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
    • Verb + 的
    • Phrase + 的
    • Noun + 的
    • Two character adverb + 地
    • Adjective + 地
    • Phrase + 地
    • Onomatopoeia + 地
    • Two character verb + 地
    • Noun + 地
    • Quantifier + 地
    • Degree complement
    • Verb / adjective + 得 + adjective
    • Adjective + 得 + 很
    • Verb / adjective + 得 + phrase
    • Noun + 所 + verb
    • 为 + noun + 所 + verb

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