OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 尤為尤为 yóuwéi ・ 愈加 yùjiā ・ 越發越发 yuèfā 尤為尤为 yóuwéi is a formal cousin of 尤其 yóuqí — “especially.” 愈加 yùjiā and 越發越发 yuèfā are formal equivalents of 更加 gèngjiā — both mean “increasingly,” and both need a sense of change already in motion….
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Chinese Adverbs for Degree 17
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 微 wéi微 wēi ・ 略 lüè ・ 略微 lüèwéi略微 lüèwēi The most literary shades of “slightly.” 微 wéi微 wēi is bound to set compounds, 略 lüè favors fixed phrases like 略知一二 lüè zhī yī èr, and 略微 lüèwéi略微 lüèwēi is the freely combinable, written…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 16
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 頗颇 pǒ ・ 稍稍 shāoshāo ・ 萬分万分 wànfēn 頗颇 pǒ is a classical-flavored “quite,” 稍稍 shāoshāo is a gentle, literary “slightly,” and 萬分万分 wànfēn — literally “ten-thousand parts” — is reserved for the most intense emotions. These three sit at opposite ends of the…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 15
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 極度极度 jídù ・ 極力极力 jílì Both push toward an extreme, but they modify different things: 極度极度 jídù describes a state or condition, while 極力极力 jílì describes how hard someone pushes at an action. Think of it this way: 極度极度 jídù answers “how intense is…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 14
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 大為大为 dàwéi ・ 分外 fènwài ・ 何等 héděng Three literary-register intensifiers: 大為大为 dàwéi (“greatly”) locks onto two-syllable verbs, 分外 fènwài (“especially”) carries a poetic, sensory feel, and 何等 héděng (“what a…!”) turns a description into a rhetorical exclamation. All three belong to written, literary…
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“Almost” in Chinese 2 – 差点儿 chadianr
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 4 Grammar Point · HSK 4 差點兒 chàdiǎnr差点儿 chàdiǎnr — “Almost, Nearly” 差點兒 chàdiǎnr差点儿 chàdiǎnr describes something that almost happened — usually something unwanted — but was narrowly avoided. It captures that “phew, that was close” feeling. Almost missed the bus, almost forgot your keys, almost fell down the stairs…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 11
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 5 Grammar Point · HSK 5 相當相当 xiāngdāng ・ 可 kě — “Quite” & the Emphatic 可 相當相当 xiāngdāng is a formal, measured “quite/fairly.” 可 kě here is a different animal — a colloquial, emphatic marker that always leans on a sentence-final particle. This 可 kě is not the “can/may”…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 10
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 5 Grammar Point · HSK 5 過於过于 guòyú ・ 較 jiào — Formal Degree Adverbs 過於过于 guòyú flags an excess that causes a problem — “too/overly” with a critical edge. 較较 jiào is a formal, written cousin of 比較比较 bǐjiào — “relatively.” Both are formal, written-register words — you’ll see…
Chinese Adverbs for Degree 8
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 4 Grammar Point · HSK 4 十分 shífēn ・ 更加更加 gèngjiā — Formal Degree Adverbs 十分 shífēn is a formal, literary “very / extremely,” while 更加更加 gèngjiā is a more formal-sounding version of 更 gèng — “even more.” Both words sit a register above their everyday counterparts (十分 vs. 很/非常,…