{"id":7033,"date":"2023-04-23T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T04:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:21:17","slug":"lateness-cai-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/23\/lateness-cai-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lateness \u624d c\u00e1i Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 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 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-img\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\u624d-cai-Chinese-Grammar.png\" alt=\"\u624d c\u00e1i Chinese grammar lateness\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">\u624d c\u00e1i sits right before the verb, and a time word before it usually shows just how late the action was.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_S_Time_Word_%E6%89%8D_cai_V\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span> <span class=\"h2-title\">S + Time Word + \u624d c\u00e1i + V<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">The time word tells us when the action finally happened \u2014 later than the listener would expect.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4f60\u5011<\/span><rt>n\u01d0men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt>\uff01<span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u6982<\/span><rt>d\u00e0g\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4f60\u4eec<\/span><rt>n\u01d0men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt>\uff01<span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u6982<\/span><rt>d\u00e0g\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Sorry, go ahead and eat first! I probably won&#8217;t arrive until around 8 o&#8217;clock.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5e74<\/span><rt>m\u00edngni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5e74<\/span><rt>m\u00edngni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">He won&#8217;t come to Taiwan until next year.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5ba2\u4eba<\/span><rt>k\u00e8r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f03<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u9ede<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">30<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5ba2\u4eba<\/span><rt>k\u00e8r\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f83<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u70b9<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">30<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">There are a lot of customers right now, so it&#8217;ll take 30 minutes for the food to be ready.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_More_Examples_%E2%80%94_Age_Timing\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span> <span class=\"h2-title\">More Examples \u2014 Age &amp; Timing<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">28<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edb\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f9e<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5b78<\/span><rt>d\u00e0xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7562\u696d<\/span><rt>b\u00ecy\u00e8<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">28<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edb\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ece<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5b66<\/span><rt>d\u00e0xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd5\u4e1a<\/span><rt>b\u00ecy\u00e8<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why did you graduate from college at 28? (Later than expected.)<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8a34<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8bc9<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why are you only telling me now that today is your birthday?<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d95<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5831\u544a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0og\u00e0o<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d76<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u62a5\u544a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0og\u00e0o<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">I was rushing to finish a report yesterday, so I didn&#8217;t go to sleep until 3am.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">\ud83d\udca1 FYI<\/div>\n    <p>\u624d c\u00e1i marks lateness. If you want to express the opposite \u2014 that something happened earlier than expected \u2014 use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c31<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c31<\/span> ji\u00f9 instead.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Omitting_the_Time_Word\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span> <span class=\"h2-title\">Omitting the Time Word<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;\">When it&#8217;s clear from context, the time word can be dropped and \u624d c\u00e1i does the work alone.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt>\uff01<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt>\uff01<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">You&#8217;ve just arrived, and the movie has already started!<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u525b\u525b<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u554f<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6642<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e79\u561b<\/span><rt>g\u00e0nm\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/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\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u521a\u521a<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u95ee<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65f6<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e72\u561b<\/span><rt>g\u00e0nm\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Why did you only say it now? You stayed quiet when everyone was just asking you.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\">\n    <div class=\"callout-label\">\ud83d\udca1 FYI<\/div>\n    <p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5e79\u561b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5e72\u561b<\/span> g\u00e0nm\u00e1 is a very common colloquial word in Taiwan Mandarin. It can mean &#8220;why&#8221; (e.g. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5e79\u561b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5e72\u561b<\/span> g\u00e0nm\u00e1 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e0d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e0d<\/span> b\u00f9 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8a66\u8a66\u770b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8bd5\u8bd5\u770b<\/span> sh\u00ecsh\u00ec k\u00e0n\uff1f\u2014 why not give it a try?) or &#8220;what are you doing&#8221; (e.g. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4f60<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4f60<\/span> n\u01d0 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5728<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5728<\/span> z\u00e0i <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5e79\u561b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5e72\u561b<\/span> g\u00e0nm\u00e1\uff1f\u2014 what are you doing?), depending on context.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span> <span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\">\n      <span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span>\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">70<\/span><rt>q\u012bsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d50\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">70<\/span><rt>q\u012bsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed3\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\">\n      <span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span>\n      <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">70<\/span><rt>q\u012bsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d50\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5462<\/span><rt>ne<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">70<\/span><rt>q\u012bsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7ed3\u5a5a<\/span><rt>ji\u00e9h\u016bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5462<\/span><rt>ne<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">\u624d c\u00e1i never takes the sentence-final &#8220;new situation&#8221; <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e86<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e86<\/span> le \u2014 that&#8217;s just the rule. If you want to soften the sentence, add <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5462<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5462<\/span> ne at the end instead.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span> <span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;\">Translate each sentence into Chinese, then tap the card to check your answer.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span>You just know it now?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u554a<\/span><rt>a<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u554a<\/span><rt>a<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span>I&#8217;ve just left the house, so I might be late. Sorry about that.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u525b\u525b<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u9580<\/span><rt>ch\u016bm\u00e9n<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u61c9\u8a72<\/span><rt>y\u012bngg\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9072\u5230<\/span><rt>ch\u00edd\u00e0o<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u521a\u521a<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u51fa\u95e8<\/span><rt>ch\u016bm\u00e9n<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u5e94\u8be5<\/span><rt>y\u012bngg\u0101i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fdf\u5230<\/span><rt>ch\u00edd\u00e0o<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span>You&#8217;re only seeing this website now \u2014 a bit late, but not too late. \ud83d\ude0e<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u500b<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7db2\u7ad9<\/span><rt>w\u01cengzh\u00e0n<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2udi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f46<\/span><rt>d\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b97<\/span><rt>su\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u770b<\/span><rt>k\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u4e2a<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7f51\u7ad9<\/span><rt>w\u01cengzh\u00e0n<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u70b9\u513f<\/span><rt>y\u01d2udi\u01cenr<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f46<\/span><rt>d\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b97<\/span><rt>su\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u665a<\/span><rt>w\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span>I only found out about this last week.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ef6<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8b<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0a<\/span><rt>sh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77e5\u9053<\/span><rt>zh\u012bd\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ef6<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8b<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">05<\/span>He only came back yesterday.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">06<\/span>I waited an hour before he came.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b49<\/span><rt>d\u011bng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt>\uff0c<span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">07<\/span>Why are you only getting up now?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">08<\/span>You studied Chinese for 2 years before you passed HSK2?<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\">\n      <div class=\"reason\" style=\"font-family:'Noto Serif TC',serif;font-size:17px;color:var(--ink) !important;\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u901a\u904e<\/span><rt>t\u014dnggu\u00f2<\/rt>HSK2<span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u901a\u8fc7<\/span><rt>t\u014dnggu\u00f2<\/rt>HSK2<span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt>\uff1f<\/ruby><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"related-grammar\">\n    <h4>Related Grammar<\/h4>\n    <a class=\"row\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/cai-chinese-grammar\/\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><span class=\"title\">\u624d c\u00e1i Chinese 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