Category: Chinese Grammar

Adding 什么 (shénme) to the end of a verb can be used to change a sentence into a rhetorical question. This usage is often used with separable verbs.

Chinese Grammar learning: 难免 + V

难免 (nánmiǎn) means "to be unavoidable" or "inevitable" and is most commonly placed before a verb, often an auxillary verb such as 会 or 要. It can only be used to introduce an inevitable situation that is characterized by negative features. One cannot use 难免 to talk of a positive inevitability such as "you will inevitably have a good time".

Chinese Grammar learning: 将 / 将要 / 将会 + V

将 (jiāng) can be used to denote something is about to happen in the near future, a bit like "about to" in English. It is generally used in formal contexts.

Chinese Grammar learning: 值得 + V

值得 (zhíde) means "to be worth" doing something, and is often placed before a verb or a verb phrase. Note that it is used to describe whether an action is worth it and cannot be used to state that something is worth a certain monetary value. For that 值 must be used on its own.

Chinese Grammar learning: 到底

到底 (dàodǐ) literally means "to the bottom", and often is used where the speaker wants to get to the bottom of a problem or issue, emphasizing or questioning what the real reason for something is.

Chinese Grammar learning: 究竟

When someone asks you "what on earth are you doing?", "on earth" is used by the speaker to intensify the question. 究竟 (jiūjìng) can be used in the same way.

Sentence Structure- Attributive 句子结构-定语

The Attributive
An attributive is a word or phrase that decorates or modifies another term. The modified word may be either the subject or object. For instance,

Chinese Grammar -Coordinative Phrases 并列短语

A coordinative phrase is a single formed by two or much more phrases on the exact same portion of speech in coordinative relation. The terms in a coordinative phrase may possibly be separated by conjunction. The serial comma “、” can also be utilized to separate words in a coordinative phrase. When much more than two words are joined, a conjunction is positioned just before the last one. For instance:

Chinese Grammar – Exclamative Particles 汉语语法-感叹词

Such "exclamations" have their very own Chinese character, but are rarely utilized in formal written paperwork. Rather, they're found in movie subtitles, songs lyrics, informal literature and on net forums.

Chinese Grammar learning: 总 + media + Verb

总 (zǒng) can often be simply translated as "always," but it has other advanced uses as well. It can express "no matter how long or under what circumstances, facts are facts." It can also express "no matter what." It is often paired with other words to form set phrases such as 总会, 总归, 总得, 总要, 总能, etc. It can also be structured together with other unconditional compound phrases like 无论 and 不管. You cannot place it directly after the verb.