To-do

This is a page intended mainly for admin and editors, serving to list out the current Grammar Wiki priorities (and providing the relevant links).

Current "Big Picture" Priorities

  1. Revise the Grammar Points by Level lists (focus on B1 and B2) to be as complete and level-appropriate as possible.
  2. Complete all major Parts of speech pages, and add appropriate links
  3. Add further references to all pages, and improve articles overall "interlinkedness"
  4. Continue to add needed articles, clarification, and other useful information (top priority: useful comparisons)
  5. Add more links to the grammar books' and textbooks' tables of contents on the Chinese textbook grammar index page
  6. Fill out the Learner FAQ page, and add appropriate links
  7. Fill out the Grammar functions pages, adding relevant links
  8. Fill out the Grammar structures pages, adding relevant links

Ongoing Maintenance Tasks

  1. Keep the Chinese Textbook Grammar Index up to date, adding needed textbooks with their appropriate grammar points, complete with proper Amazon affiliate links
  2. Update the Grammar Points by Level lists and add the appropriate grammar tag code links as new content is completed
  3. Keep the editor instructions page up to date
  4. Revise texts and links as necessary to be consistent with the style guide and editor instructions.

Page omissions

  • 你这么一说,你这么一闹。
  • "吧"表示犹豫和纠结
  • "不如"表示建议
  • “的”表示职位。送快递的,卖包的。
  • “还是”在陈述句中的用法。是...还是...,不知道A还是B
  • 看了几家,我还是决定去原来的那一家。
  • 所有的 vs 都
  • 没什么,有什么
  • “什么”的用法:他好像知道了什么。
  • 再...也/都... 再难也要扛下去
  • 如果不是:如果不是他,我不知道能不能找到你。
  • 一个比一个+adj.
  • 比起...来
  • 可见
  • [还不是]你。要来这么远的地方吃饭,现在可好,回不去了。C1
  • 跟…似的/像…似的
  • 于:adj.+于-忙于/苦于/疏于/碍于;至于,归功于,在于,无异于
  • to me :发生在我身上表现/体现/出现/显现/出在我身上;算在我身上;包在我身上;担子压在我身上
  • 同 vs 与
  • 及 vs 以及
  • 然而
  • 因而
  • 倘若,倘使
  • 不光,不只,不单
  • Expressing "not any more" with "不再……了"
  • 这么/那么+adj.(需要补充“这么/那么+verb)
  • 好几+十/百/千/万/亿(A2)
  • Expressing "towards" with "往"
  • 够+Adj.+的(+了);不够+Adj. / verb
  • 让人Adj.的是……/更重要的是……/可怕的是……
  • 就要 VS 快要:e.g. 还有五天就要放假了。(不能用“快要”)
  • Expressing "that is to say with" "也就是说"
  • Expressing "As a result" with "结果"

Parts of Speech

Add Adverbs

  • Comparing:
    • 原来, 本来
    • 不必, 未必, 何必
    • 不免, 难免
    • 常常, 往往
    • 从来, 始终
    • 倒, 反而
    • 多亏, 幸亏
    • 分明, 明明
    • 赶紧, 赶快, 赶忙, 连忙
    • 果然, 竟然, 居然
    • 好像, 似乎
    • 千万, 万万, 万一
    • 太, 挺, 真
    • 特别, 尤其
    • 偷偷, 悄悄
    • 一点儿, 有点儿

Add Conjunctions

    • 以至
    • 从而
    • 反之
    • 固然
    • 以便
    • 况且
    • 免得
    • 宁可
    • 甚至
    • 省得
    • 可见
    • 鉴于
    • 以免
    • 与其 ... 不如
    • 尚且 ... 可况

C1-C2 Suggestions

C1

These are the C1 articles we have yet to write.

  • I think we need an article on written Chinese (书面语) in general, and how it is different from spoken CHinese.
  • "而" series
    • 而 on it's own (conjunction to list two different situations)
      • meaning "and"
    • 因而
    • 从而
    • 进而
    • 继而
    • 然而
  • 且 series
  • 之 (only the 之 that indicates possession has been done so far)
  • 非不
  • 进一步 (now classified in B2, should it be C1?)
  • 居然
  • 你别说
  • 这不是【我这不是忙嘛。】
  • 害得我行李超重
  • 弄不好
  • 真是的
  • 以 (add link to Integrated Chinese Pt. 2 Lvl. 2)
  • 受 (there is an article in B2 “as a passive marker", but maybe there are other uses of this that we don't have)
  • 有讲究&讲究
  • 哪有[当记者哪有你说的那么容易。]
  • 给我 + Verb[给我放下。给我吃完。给我下来。]
  • 你...吗你?[你买得起吗你?]
  • 介词“就”
  • V.+V.+看
  • “一”的用法:这样一来,你这么一说
  • "好"的用法:改天好去还伞;好吃饭了。
  • 可:那可不一定

Group 1

  • 倒是:副词,表示一种不同的意见
  • 谈不上?
  • 截至(到……为止的意思)
  • 为(动词,“是”的意思,例:普及率为2.6%)
  • 均("都“的意思)
  • 仅 on it's own (perhaps it is B2)
    • 仅次于
  • 同/与……相比
  • 随着……(along with..., 例子:随着中国经济的发展)
  • Subject + 对 + Object + 进行/实行 etc.
    • 对……进行
  • 相对……而言
  • 便 meaning "就”
  • 若是 maybe for word wiki
  • 数 meaning 几 - 数位、数年、数名
  • 且 words
    • 暂且

Group 2

  • 是……而不是……
  • 无不 double negative meaning 都
  • 其 meaning his, her, its, their
  • 以……来……
  • 不足("不到"的意思 )
  • 处于……状态

Group 3

  • 届时(at the time)
  • 至 meaning 到

Group 4

  • 并非 - adverb for emphasis, often used with negation
  • 未 meaning "not yet"

Group 5

  • 随之 prepositional phrase "along with it"

Group 6

  • 由……所致
  • expresing percentage with 成
  • 将 as a preposition (same meaning as 把)
  • 不已 meaning "continuosly", Adjective/verb + 不已,例子:高兴不已
  • 如……般 - same as, 跟……样
  • 尚未/尚

Group 7

  • 不禁 - can't help but

Group 8

  • 由……组合而成

Group 9

  • 乃至
  • 以致/以至于

Group 10

  • 赋予……以……
  • 亦 meaning "also"
  • 之中

C2

C2 will more likely focus on Classical Chinese. Many elements of classical Chinese are in C1, so expect C2 articles to link with C1.

Pages in Need of Expansion

A2

  1. Names of categories are different in the list and after opening. As well as examples.
  2. Sentence-final interjection "a"
  3. The filler word "neige"
  4. Verb reduplication
  5. "Lai" as a dummy verb
  6. Expressing completion with "le"
  7. Conceding with "ba"
  8. Questions with "le ma"
  9. Explaining causes with "yinwei"
  10. Explaining results with "suoyi"
  11. Inability with "mei banfa"
  12. "Zai" following verbs

B1

  1. Emphasising quantity with "dou"
  2. Appearance with "kanqilai"
  3. Expressing duration of inaction
  4. Indicating a number in excess
  5. Measure words for verbs
  6. The pattern "it's not…, it's…"
  7. Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
  8. Expressing "almost" using "chadian"

Comparison pages