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Grammar Point:The Chinese word 甚至 shènzhì means “even” or “go so far as to.” It is used to indicate that something is true to a surprising or extreme degree, often used to emphasize a point. Structure 甚至 shènzhì is commonly used together with 連连 lián…都 dōu/ 也 yě… to emphasize the extent or degree of…
Grammar Point 了 le: A Change of Situation When 了 le sits at the very end of a sentence, it tells you that something is different now. A new situation has started, or things have changed from how they were before. Grammar books sometimes call this one “了2” to tell it apart from the 了…
Grammar Point 有時候 yǒushíhòu有时候 yǒushíhou 有時候 yǒushíhòu有时候 yǒushíhou means “sometimes.” Use it once to say something happens now and then, or use it twice to show that things go one way at some times and another way at other times: “sometimes…sometimes…” 一 The Basic Pattern Subject + 有時候有时候 + A，有時候有时候 + B Put 有時候 yǒushíhòu有时候…
Click here to modify ↘️ the characters and pinyin Vocabulary Part 1 的 de (Ptc) modification marker 家人 jiārén (N) family (members) 家 jiā (N) home, house 漂亮 piàoliàang (SV) pretty 房子 fángzi (N) house 坐 zuò (Vi) to sit 好 hǎo (Ptc) OK 有 yǒu (Vst) to have 多 duō (SV) many 先生 xiānshēeng…
Grammar Point …的時候的时候 de shíhou 的時候的时候 de shíhou is a lot like the English word “when.” It tells us that something happens at a certain time or situation. To use it, just add it right after the word or phrase that names the time. 一 Sentence Structure Time Word or Description + 的時候的时候 Put 的時候的时候…
Grammar Point:In Chinese, the word 可見见 kějiàn is a conjunction that that can be translated as “indicate” or “means.” It is often used to summarize the meaning of a previous statement. Structure Situation + kějiàn + Conclusion 可見见 kějiàn is often used when a speaker wants to express a judgment or insight based on facts,…
Grammar Point 要是 yàoshì ⋯ 就 jiù ⋯ 要是 yàoshì means “if.” 就 jiù means “then.” Put them together and you get “if…then…”: first you say what has to happen, then you say what happens next. This page shows you how to build these sentences, plus a few other words you can use instead of…
Grammar Point Time Words & Duration Chinese uses two different kinds of time expressions, and they sit in different spots in a sentence. A time word says when something happens (Saturday, this morning). A duration word says how long it happens (two hours, three days) — and the two follow completely different placement rules. 一…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 4 Grammar Point · HSK 4 此外此外 cǐwài — “Moreover” 2 此外此外 cǐwài means “in addition” or “moreover” — it introduces extra information that’s related to the topic, but not as tightly bound to it as 並且并且 bìngqiě would be. Think of 此外此外 cǐwài as tacking on a related but…
Click here to modify ↘️ the characters and pinyin Vocabulary Part 1 你 nǐ (N) you 來来 lái (V) to come 是 shì (Vst) to be 小姐女士 xiǎojiěnǚshì (N) Miss, Ms. 嗎吗 ma (Ptc) sentence final particle 接 jiē (V) to pick sb up 我們们 wǒmen (N) we, us 我 wǒ (N) I, me 這这…