{"id":3780,"date":"2022-12-31T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T13:40:38","slug":"xian-zai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing the Order in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 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\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#Basic_Structure\" >Basic 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\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S1_%E5%85%88%E2%80%A6_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\" >S1 + \u5148&#8230; + S2 + \u518d&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S1_%E5%85%88%E2%80%A6_%E7%84%B6%E5%BE%8C%E7%84%B6%E5%90%8E_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\" >S1 + \u5148&#8230; + \u7136\u5f8c\/\u7136\u540e, S2 + \u518d&#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#Interchangeable_Structures\" >Interchangeable Structures<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S1_%E2%80%A6%E5%BE%8C%E5%90%8E_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\" >S1 + &#8230;\u5f8c\/\u540e + S2 + \u518d&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S1_V%E4%BA%86O_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\" >S1 + V\u4e86O + S2 + \u518d&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S1_V%E5%AE%8CO_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\" >S1 + V\u5b8cO + S2 + \u518d&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#S%E2%80%A6_%E5%86%8D%E8%AA%AA%E5%86%8D%E8%AF%B4\" >S&#8230; + \u518d\u8aaa\/\u518d\u8bf4<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#Other_Phrases_You_Can_Express_Order_in_Chinese\" >Other Phrases You Can Express Order in Chinese<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/xian-zai\/#How_to_make_dumplings\" >How to make dumplings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6c4690\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Grammar Point:<\/mark><\/strong><br>To express the order of several actions can involve many different options in Chinese, but the basic structure is \u5148 xi\u0101n&#8230; \u518d z\u00e0i&#8230;, which can translate into first&#8230; and then&#8230; in English.<\/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=\"Basic_Structure\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6c4690\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Basic Structure<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S1_%E5%85%88%E2%80%A6_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S<sub>1<\/sub> + \u5148&#8230; + S<sub>2<\/sub> + \u518d&#8230;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When both subjects are the same, it is ok to drop the S<sub>2<\/sub>. One more thing you need to remember is that <strong>\u518d z\u00e0i is not a conjunction word, so if there is an S<sub>2<\/sub>, please place it after S<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6d17\u624b<\/span><rt>x\u01d0sh\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403\u98ef<\/span><rt>ch\u012bf\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6d17\u624b<\/span><rt>x\u01d0sh\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403\u996d<\/span><rt>ch\u012bf\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>You wash your hands first, then eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5abd\u5abd<\/span><rt>m\u0101ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed8\u9322<\/span><rt>f\u00f9qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d66<\/span><rt>g\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5abd\u5abd<\/span><rt>m\u0101ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9322<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5988\u5988<\/span><rt>m\u0101ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed8\u94b1<\/span><rt>f\u00f9qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed9<\/span><rt>g\u011bi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5988\u5988<\/span><rt>m\u0101ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u94b1<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Mom pays first, then I give her money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51b7\u975c<\/span><rt>l\u011bngj\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51b7\u9759<\/span><rt>l\u011bngj\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><br>You calm down first, then we&#8217;ll talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S1_%E5%85%88%E2%80%A6_%E7%84%B6%E5%BE%8C%E7%84%B6%E5%90%8E_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S<sub>1<\/sub> + \u5148&#8230; + \u7136\u5f8c\/\u7136\u540e, S<sub>2<\/sub> + \u518d&#8230;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very common to involve the conjunction word \u7136<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e<\/span> r\u00e1nh\u00f2u (and then) in this structure, especially in oral speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb7<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5564\u9152<\/span><rt>p\u00edji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7136\u5f8c<\/span><rt>r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u5bb6<\/span><rt>hu\u00edji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e70<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5564\u9152<\/span><rt>p\u00edji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7136\u540e<\/span><rt>r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u5bb6<\/span><rt>hu\u00edji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><br>We&#8217;ll go buy beer first, then go home and watch a movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8a34<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>sh\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7136\u5f8c<\/span><rt>r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c7a\u5b9a<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9d\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981\u4e0d\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0ob\u00fay\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u539f\u8ad2<\/span><rt>yu\u00e1nli\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8bc9<\/span><rt>g\u00e0osu<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>sh\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7136\u540e<\/span><rt>r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51b3\u5b9a<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9d\u00ecng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981\u4e0d\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0ob\u00fay\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u539f\u8c05<\/span><rt>yu\u00e1nli\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Tell me what you did first, and then I&#8217;ll decide if I want to forgive you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interchangeable_Structures\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6c4690\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Interchangeable Structures<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S1_%E2%80%A6%E5%BE%8C%E5%90%8E_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S<sub>1<\/sub> + &#8230;\u5f8c\/\u540e + S<sub>2<\/sub> + \u518d&#8230;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8ab2<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f8c<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u8996<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8bfe<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540e<\/span><rt>h\u00f2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u89c6<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>You finish your homework and then you can watch TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S1_V%E4%BA%86O_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S<sub>1<\/sub> + V\u4e86O + S<sub>2<\/sub> + \u518d&#8230;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8ab2<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u8996<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8bfe<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u89c6<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>You finish your homework and then you can watch TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S1_V%E5%AE%8CO_S2_%E5%86%8D%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S<sub>1<\/sub> + V\u5b8cO + S<sub>2<\/sub> + \u518d&#8230;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b8c<\/span><rt>w\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8ab2<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u8996<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b8c<\/span><rt>w\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8bfe<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u89c6<\/span><rt>di\u00e0nsh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>You finish your homework and then you can watch TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S%E2%80%A6_%E5%86%8D%E8%AA%AA%E5%86%8D%E8%AF%B4\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">S&#8230; + \u518d\u8aaa\/\u518d\u8bf4<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This term is similar to the English term &#8220;let&#8217;s see how this goes first.&#8221; Usually, there are no more words after \u518d<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8aaa<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8bf4<\/span> z\u00e0ishu\u014d, except for the suggestion word \u5427 ba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b8c<\/span><rt>w\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8ab2<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8aaa<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b8c<\/span><rt>w\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u529f\u8bfe<\/span><rt>g\u014dngk\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8bf4<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><br>We&#8217;ll see after you finish your homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f\u7684<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nde<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9913<\/span><rt>\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403\u98ef<\/span><rt>ch\u012bf\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8aaa<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u771f\u7684<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nde<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u997f<\/span><rt>\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403\u996d<\/span><rt>ch\u012bf\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8bf4<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I&#8217;m really hungry. Let&#8217;s eat first and then we&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u7ba1<\/span><rt>b\u00f9gu\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u60f3<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>sh\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u73ed<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8aaa<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u7ba1<\/span><rt>b\u00f9gu\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u60f3<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>sh\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u73ed<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u518d\u8bf4<\/span><rt>z\u00e0ishu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Whatever you want to do, wait until I get off work. (and then we&#8217;ll see.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Phrases_You_Can_Express_Order_in_Chinese\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6c4690\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Other Phrases You Can Express Order in Chinese<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following words are all conjunction words in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next\uff1a\u63a5\u4e0b<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765<\/span> ji\u0113 xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next step\uff1a\u4e0b\u4e00\u6b65 xi\u00e0 y\u00edb\u00f9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After that\uff1a\u63a5<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8457<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7740<\/span> ji\u0113zhe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then\uff1a\u518d<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6765<\/span> z\u00e0il\u00e1i<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally\uff1a\u6700<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e<\/span> zu\u00ech\u00f2u<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At first\uff1a\u9996\u5148 sh\u01d2uxi\u0101n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>And then\uff1a\u7136<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e<\/span> r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_dumplings\"><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#a189b7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">How to make dumplings<\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u9996\u5148<\/mark>\uff0c\u9ad8\u9e97\u83dc\u6d17\u4e7e\u6de8<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u5f8c<\/mark>\u5207\u4e00\u5207\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d<\/mark>\u653e\u9e7d\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u7136\u5f8c<\/mark>\u7b4930\u5206\u9418\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d\u4f86<\/mark>\u628a\u9ad8\u9e97\u83dc\u7684\u6c34\u5012\u6389\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u4e0b\u4e00\u6b65<\/mark>\uff0c\u7d5e\u8089<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u5148<\/mark>\u52a0\u8525\u3001\u9e7d\u3001\u9999\u6cb9\u3001\u7cd6\u3001\u7c73\u9152\u3001\u6c34\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d<\/mark>\u7528\u7b77\u5b50\u6162\u6162\u652a\u62cc\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u63a5\u8457<\/mark>\u628a\u9ad8\u9e97\u83dc\u548c\u7d5e\u8089\u52a0\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u63a5\u4e0b\u4f86<\/mark>\u4e00\u76f4\u652a\u62cc\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u6700\u5f8c<\/mark>\u628a\u7d5e\u8089\u5305\u9032\u6c34\u9903\u76ae\u4e2d\uff0c\u5c31\u5b8c\u6210\u4e86\u3002<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u9996\u5148<\/mark>\uff0c\u9ad8\u4e3d\u83dc\u6d17\u5e72\u51c0<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u540e<\/mark>\u5207\u4e00\u5207\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d<\/mark>\u653e\u76d0\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u7136\u540e<\/mark>\u7b4930\u5206\u949f\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d\u6765<\/mark>\u628a\u9ad8\u4e3d\u83dc\u7684\u6c34\u5012\u6389\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u4e0b\u4e00\u6b65<\/mark>\uff0c\u7ede\u8089<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u5148<\/mark>\u52a0\u8471\u3001\u76d0\u3001\u9999\u6cb9\u3001\u7cd6\u3001\u7c73\u9152\u3001\u6c34\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u518d<\/mark>\u7528\u7b77\u5b50\u6162\u6162\u6405\u62cc\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u63a5\u7740<\/mark>\u628a\u9ad8\u4e3d\u83dc\u548c\u7ede\u8089\u52a0\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\uff0c<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u63a5\u4e0b\u6765<\/mark>\u4e00\u76f4\u6405\u62cc\u3002<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u6700\u540e<\/mark>\u628a\u7ede\u8089\u5305\u8fdb\u6c34\u997a\u76ae\u4e2d\uff0c\u5c31\u5b8c\u6210\u4e86\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sh\u01d2uxi\u0101n<\/mark>, g\u0101ol\u00ecc\u00e0i x\u01d0 g\u0101nj\u00ecng<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> h\u00f2u<\/mark> qi\u0113y\u00ecqi\u0113, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">z\u00e0i<\/mark> f\u00e0ng y\u00e1n, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">r\u00e1nh\u00f2u<\/mark> d\u011bng 30 f\u0113nzh\u014dng, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">z\u00e0il\u00e1i <\/mark>b\u01ce g\u0101ol\u00ecc\u00e0i de shu\u01d0 d\u00e0odi\u00e0o.<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> Xi\u00e0y\u00edb\u00f9<\/mark>, ji\u01ceor\u00f2u <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">xi\u0101n<\/mark> ji\u0101 c\u014dng, y\u00e1n, xi\u0101ngy\u00f3u, t\u00e1ng, m\u01d0ji\u01d4, shu\u01d0, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">z\u00e0i<\/mark> y\u00f2ng ku\u00e0izi m\u00e0nman ji\u01ceob\u00e0n. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Ji\u0113zhe<\/mark> b\u01ce g\u0101ol\u00ecc\u00e0i h\u00e9 ji\u01ceo r\u00f2u ji\u0101 z\u00e0i y\u00ecq\u01d0,<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> ji\u0113xi\u00e0l\u00e1i<\/mark> y\u00edzh\u00ed ji\u01ceob\u00e0n. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Zu\u00ech\u00f2u<\/mark> b\u01ce ji\u01ceor\u00f2u b\u0101oj\u00ecn shu\u01d0ji\u01ceop\u00ed zh\u014dng, ji\u00f9 w\u00e1nch\u00e9ngle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">First<\/mark>, wash the cabbage<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> and<\/mark> cut it, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">then <\/mark>add salt, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">then<\/mark> wait 30 minutes, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">and then<\/mark> pour out the water from the cabbage. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Next<\/mark>, add green onion, salt, sesame oil, sugar, rice wine, and water to the minced pork <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">first<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">and<\/mark> stir slowly with chopsticks. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Next<\/mark>, add the cabbage and minced pork together <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">and<\/mark> keep stirring. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Finally<\/mark>, wrap the minced pork in the dumpling wrapper, and you are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Synonyms of \u201cAgain\u201d in Chinese : <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/19\/zai-and-you\/\">\u518d z\u00e0i, \u53c8 y\u00f2u, and \u9084\/\u8fd8 h\u00e1i<\/a> (A2 level)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" 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