OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 7-9 Grammar Point · HSK 7-9 被 / 為 wéi为 wéi ⋯ 所 suǒ ⋯ — The Passive Sentence 4 This is the most formal shape a Chinese passive sentence can take — the kind you’d hear in a speech or read in an official document, not in everyday conversation….
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The passive sentence in Chinese 3
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 5 Grammar Point · HSK 5 被 bèi / 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 / 叫 jiào / 讓 ràng让 ràng passive sentence — right before the verb…
The Passive Sentence 1 – 被
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 3 Grammar Point · HSK 3 被 bèi — The Passive Sentence 1 The passive sentence in Chinese is called 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. There are two shapes this can take:…