{"id":13686,"date":"2026-06-22T22:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=13686"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:19:06","slug":"mei-time-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/mei-time-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u6bcf m\u011bi + Time expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/mei-time-expression\/#Structure\" >Structure<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/mei-time-expression\/#%E6%AF%8F_mei_time_expression_V_O\" >\u6bcf m\u011bi + time expression + V (+ O)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/mei-time-expression\/#%E6%AF%8F_mei_with_%E5%B0%B1_jiu_and_%E6%89%8D_cai\" >\u6bcf m\u011bi with \u5c31 ji\u00f9 and \u624d c\u00e1i<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:2px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grammar Point:<\/strong><br>\u6bcf m\u011bi + time expression\u00a0means\u00a0\u201cevery \/ each + period of time\u201d. It is used to talk about something that happens\u00a0regularly or repeatedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Structure\"><\/span>Structure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E6%AF%8F_mei_time_expression_V_O\"><\/span>\u6bcf m\u011bi + time expression + V (+ O)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u011biti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u011biti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He studies Chinese every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169\u6b21<\/span><rt>li\u01cengc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24\u6b21<\/span><rt>li\u01cengc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I have class twice a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65c5\u884c<\/span><rt>l\u01dax\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65c5\u884c<\/span><rt>l\u01dax\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I travel once every month.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#777777\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The object can be placed either before or after \u201ctimes.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de<\/span><rt>hu\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de<\/span><rt>hu\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I return to Taiwan every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5929<\/span><rt>s\u0101nti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u85e5<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5929<\/span><rt>s\u0101nti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u836f<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Take medicine once every three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169\u5929<\/span><rt>li\u01cengti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u904b\u52d5<\/span><rt>y\u00f9nd\u00f2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24\u5929<\/span><rt>li\u01cengti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd0\u52a8<\/span><rt>y\u00f9nd\u00f2ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I exercise every two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u706b\u8eca<\/span><rt>hu\u01d2ch\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u73ed<\/span><rt>y\u00ecb\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u706b\u8f66<\/span><rt>hu\u01d2ch\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u73ed<\/span><rt>y\u00ecb\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>A train comes every ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc In daily conversation, when using the structure &#8220;<strong>\u6bcf + number + time + Verb + times<\/strong>,&#8221; \u6bcf m\u011bi can sometimes be dropped.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E6%AF%8F_mei_with_%E5%B0%B1_jiu_and_%E6%89%8D_cai\"><\/span><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;\">\u6bcf m\u011bi with \u5c31 ji\u00f9 and \u624d c\u00e1i<\/h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u570b<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u56fd<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He goes to China once every six months.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#777777\" class=\"has-inline-color\">It simply describes a routine frequency with no emotional tone, just neutral information.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u570b<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u56fd<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He goes to China every six months (already!).<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#777777\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u5c31 ji\u00f9 adds emphasis and suggests that something happens \u201calready that often,\u201d sometimes with a sense of surprise or expectation.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u570b<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bcf<\/span><rt>m\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u5e74<\/span><rt>b\u00e0nni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6b21<\/span><rt>y\u00edc\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u56fd<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He only goes to China once every six months.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#777777\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u624d c\u00e1i expresses low frequency, implying that something happens too infrequently from the speaker\u2019s perspective and focusing on the idea that it is not enough.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/tiffanystalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-600x115.png 600w, 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It is used to talk about something that happens\u00a0regularly or repeatedly. 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