Tag: Chinese Grammar

Just as 才 can express lateness, 就 (jiù) can be used to indicate that something happened earlier than expected.

幸亏 (xìngkuī), 幸好 (xìnghǎo), and 好在 (hǎozài) mean "fortunately" or "luckily". They can be used to express that something has happened by chance, and has thereby enabled you to avoid some difficulty. It is often used together with 不然.

One of the ways to express lateness in Chinese is with 才 (cái) in Chinese grammar.Structure
To express that something happened later than expected, you can use 才.
subject+time+才+verb+object
In English this might be expressed with "as late as" or "not until". This form is often used with a time number of some sort, like a specific time, age etc.

Among the many ways we can express comparisons, using 多 (duō) is one of the most interesting in Chinese grammar.

One of the may versatile uses of 又 is to emphasize negation, giving your negative sentence a little kick! It is Expressing attitude, Emphasizing.

As an adverb, 就 (jiù) can be placed before the predicate to add emphasis. It often has an intense or provocative feel it it, like how we sometimes say in English "it’s just not right!", or other similar phrases. It often appears as 就是.

正好 (zhènghǎo) can be used as an adjective or adverb to help express a coincidence, and it could be related to size, volume, quantity, degree, time, etc. This is similar to how we say in English “Oh, this shirt I grabbed was just the right size." or something like that.

都 (dōu) is one of those characters that on the surface may seem simple, but actually has many different subtle uses. In this article, we will look at using 都 to emphasize quantity. It is Expressing quantity, Emphasizing.

Whenever you want to express something like "you did it again!" in Chinese, you may want to use 又. It is Expressing time and date, Referring to the past.