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Grammar Point:The term 一邊一边 yìbiān…一邊一边 yìbiān… is used to express the idea of doing one thing while doing another thing simultaneously, with both actions being intentional. It emphasizes that the two actions are happening at the same time and are equally important. If you want to express that something happened while another thing was happening,…
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Abstract Words in Chinese 抽象詞彙抽象词汇 chōuxiàng cíhuì Before we get into the vocab, a quick word on this batch: abstract words tend to trip learners up more than concrete nouns, simply because there’s no picture to point to. The best way to make them stick is to learn them inside the…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 3 Grammar Point · HSK 3 結果補語结果补语 jiéguǒ bǔyǔ — Result Complement 2 Seven more result complements — 到到, 住住, 走走, 見见, 破破, 上上, 著着 — each one a reusable building block, not a fixed phrase glued to one verb. Notice too how the same verb (like 買买 mǎi) can…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 2 Grammar Point · HSK 2 結果補語结果补语 jiéguǒ bǔyǔ — Result Complement 1 A 結果補語结果补语 jiéguǒ bǔyǔ is a word that attaches straight after a verb to describe its result. The key thing to understand: each complement carries its own meaning, and most of them combine freely with many different…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 5 Grammar Point · HSK 5 被 bèi被 bèi / 叫 jiào叫 jiào / 讓 ràng让 ràng + 給 gěi给 gěi — The Passive Sentence 3 In spoken Mandarin, 給 gěi给 gěi can slot into a 被 bèi被 bèi / 叫 jiào叫 jiào / 讓 ràng让 ràng passive sentence —…
漲涨 OneDotDot Chinese · Vocabulary Stock Market in Chinese 股市gǔshì詞彙cíhuì股市gǔshì词汇cíhuì Two quick answers on investing in Taiwan and China as a foreigner, then twenty-five terms for talking about the market itself — prices, trends, trading positions, risk management, and a couple of the more colorful slang terms traders actually use, each with an example sentence….
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 5 Grammar Point · HSK 5 方向補語方向补语 fāngxiàng bǔyǔ — Direction Complement 3 The same direction words also attach to adjectives — 起來起来 qǐlái, 下來下来 xiàlái, and 下去下去 xiàqù for a state changing, and 過來过来 guòlái / 過去过去 guòqù for consciousness switching on or off. This continues from 方向補語方向补语 fāngxiàng…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 4 Grammar Point · HSK 4 叫 jiào叫 jiào / 讓 ràng让 ràng — The Passive Sentence 2 In spoken Chinese, 叫 jiào叫 jiào and 讓 ràng让 ràng can stand in for 被 bèi被 bèi to build a passive sentence. They follow the same idea — the subject receives the…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 3 Grammar Point · HSK 3 方向補語方向补语 fāngxiàng bǔyǔ — Direction Complement 2 Direction words don’t only describe literal motion — 出出 chū, 起起 qǐ, 下下 xià, and 上上 shàng also mark a result, the start of an action, or an action carrying on. This picks up where 方向補語方向补语 fāngxiàng…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 3 Grammar Point · HSK 3 被 bèi被 bèi — The Passive Sentence 1 The passive sentence in Chinese is called 被字句 bèizìjù被字句 bèizìjù. It flips a sentence so the subject is the one being affected by the action, and it’s introduced with 被 bèi被 bèi. There are two shapes…