Results found with the tag 'grammar' , 326 articles in total.
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 简直 + Verb
简直(jiǎn zhí) is similar to "simply" or "completely" in English, and can be used to modify adjectives or verbs, adding a tone of amazement on the part of the speaker.
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Chinese Grammar learning:Subject + 干脆 + Verb.
干脆 is an adverb meaning "you might as well" or "just", and is normally used by the speaker to propose a straightforward course of action within a difficult situation.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 甚至 + focus of emphasis
甚至 (shènzhì) is similar to "even" in English and is used for emphasis. Like "even", it can be used quite directly or in a more subtle manner.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 原来 + Noun/Adjective/[verb phrase]
原来 (yuánlái) means "originally" (similar to 本来) or "former". It can also mean "all along", and can be used to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown, a bit like "so i
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Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 有的是 + Noun
In Chinese, there are "a lot" of ways to say "a lot." “有的是” (yǒudeshì) is one of those ways. However, we need to be very clear: "有的是" is not the same as "有的+是".
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Chinese Grammar learning: Adjective + 了(一)点儿
了一点儿(le yīdiǎnr), can be added after an adjective to mean "a little bit too". It is softer in tone than using 太, and so is often used when the speaker doesn't want to insult the listener b
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Chinese Grammar learning: Adjective/Verb + 什么 + (Adjective/Verb)
Adding 什么(shénme) to the end of an adjective (or less frequently a verb) can be used to form a rhetorical question. In the phrase 你急什么?"what are you worried about?", the speaker is implyi
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Chinese Grammar learning: Adjective + 得不得了
得不得了 (de bùdéliǎo) can be used as a complement to suggest a situation is serious, or is likely to result in perhaps terrible consequences. It can be used in a positive sense, like in Engli
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Chinese grammar: Just do it with 干脆gancui
干脆 is an adverb meaning "you might as well" or "just", and is normally used by the speaker to propose a straightforward course of action within a difficult situation.
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Chinese grammar: Adding emphasis with 就是jiushi
就是 (jiùshì) can be used to add many different types of emphasis.
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Chinese grammar: Since the beginning with 一向yixiang
一向 (yī xiàng) is generally used to express a habit, attitude, or ‘set way of things' has continued for a long period of time until the present.
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Chinese grammar: Advanced uses of 都dou
In its simplest terms, 都 (dōu) means "all", but there are also many other advanced uses for it.
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Chinese grammar: Advanced uses of 总zong
总 (zǒng) can often be simply translated as "always," but it has other advanced uses as well. It can express "no matter how long or under what circumstances, facts are facts."
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Chinese grammar:An additional step with 进一步jin yi bu
进一步, is an adverb meaning 'further' or to 'go a step forward'. Usually it is used in formal written Chinese, though it can be spoken as well.
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Chinese grammar:Even as 甚至shenzhi
甚至 (shènzhì) is similar to "even" in English and is used for emphasis. Like "even", it can be used quite directly or in a more subtle manner. When used more subtly it acts to supplement the
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Chinese grammar: All along with 原来yuanlai
原来 (yuánlái) means "originally" (similar to 本来) or "former". It can also mean "all along", and can be used to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown, a bit like "so i
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Chinese grammar: Saying a lot with 有的是youdeshi
In Chinese, there are "a lot" of ways to say "a lot." “有的是” (yǒudeshì) is one of those ways. However, we need to be very clear: "有的是" is not the same as "有的+是".
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Chinese grammar: Expressing a bit too into 了一点儿
了一点儿(le yīdiǎnr), can be added after an adjective to mean "a little bit too". It is softer in tone than using 太, and so is often used when the speaker doesn't want to insult the listener b
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Chinese grammar: Challenging an adjective with 什么shenme
Adding 什么(shénme) to the end of an adjective (or less frequently a verb) can be used to form a rhetorical question. In the phrase 你急什么?"what are you worried about?", the speaker is implyi
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Chinese grammar: Adjectival complement 得很de hen
The complement 得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. It is similar to adding 很 before the adjective,the main difference being that adjective + 得很 is more informal, and adds