Chinese grammar

v+Yú —> indicates where an action originates from, ex: bi ye Yú beijing university

v. + 于

v+Bù qǐ/ v+Dé qǐ, bu qi is something you cannot do, de qi is something you can do

v+不起/ v+ 得起

Chèn —> take advantage of something, used in the first clause: Chèn ma ma bu zhu yi,I stole some money

趁

Yǎnkàn indicates something is about to happen

眼看

Wǎng → toward, indicates direction of something, ie Wǎng xia kan

往

Qiàqiǎo → coincedentally, it just so happens, just when, ex: 恰巧woyouwenti,laoshiguolaile, just when I had a question, the teacher came over

恰巧

Chàbùduō → almost, nearly, can also be used as an adjective independently and at the end of a sentence

差不多

Jīhū → almost, nearly, cannot be used independently or at the end of a sentence

几乎

Yǐ ⋯⋯wèi ⋯⋯ regard as, use as, believe as, ex: this activity yi children wei happiness → this activity is centered around childrens happiness

以⋯⋯为⋯⋯

Zài ⋯⋯yě no matter what the situation is, the result will never change, ex: no matter if hes going or not, I’m still going

再⋯⋯也

Cónglái, yīzhí, both mean continuous action until present, but only yizhi can be used for short time spans

从来, 一直

Shíjì shang —> used before a cluase to indicate contrary situation, ex: he said he understood, 实际上 he did not understand at all

实际上

Fǎnzhèng —> often used with 不管, emphasizes that situation will not change under any circumstances, ex: 不管 she is staying, 反正 I am going home

不管…..反正

Fánshì —> means whatever or whoever, used with 都 to indicate inclusiveness, ex: 凡是 men can do, women 都 can do.

凡是

Fǎn'ér —> indicates the result of a situation is contrary to the expectations, ex: I helped her with her homework, 反而 she got angry with me

反而

Yībān → generally

一般

Bù dà → not very, ex: In china, old people 不大 want to go to nursing homes

不大

Zì...... Yǐlái → time period from a certain point up until now

自......以来

Hǎo → quite a few/long time

好

Dòngcí chóngdié verb reduplication, indicates action is carried out in casual manner, ex: 下下棋、聊聊天

动词重叠

Wèi ⋯⋯V : before noun or verb phrases to introduce benficiery of an action, ex; I started a dating app wei (for)single people who can’t find love

为⋯⋯V

Cóngqián, yǐqián: both indicate a time in the past, but congqian cannot come after any time words

从前 , 以前”

Jǐnguǎn……háishì —> despite something, something else still happens

尽管……还是

Qǐlái → indicates beginning and continuation of a new situation, ex: if you eat warm food, your body will re qilai (become warm)

Adj. 起来

Zé → but, as, though

则

Yuánxiān……hòulái originally…..later

原先…….后来

V xiàqù/ V xiàlái, the first one means something continuously happens forever, second one means continuation from past until now

V下去/ V下来

Bù zài……le —> not anymore, ex: after he swore at me, wo Bù zài gen ta shuo hua le

不再……了

Zhīqián, zhīhòu, zhī zhōng → before, after, during

之前、之后、之中

Yǐ běi (to the north of), yǐ nán (to the south of) → formal directional phrasees

以北、以南

Bùyào shuō……,jiùshì……yě , ex: not to mention traditional chinese, even simplified chinese I also cannot write

不要说……，就是……也

de V ye bu adj/v → ex: there are so many buildings at nyu, 多得数也数不起。

……得V也V 不Adj / V

Bùfáng → might as well

不妨

Yánzhe → along

沿着

Shǐdé → make/cause, ex: shanghai’s quick ecenomic development Shǐdé its citizens standards of living to increase

使得