Category: Chinese Grammar

"如果⋯⋯的话，⋯⋯" (rúguǒ… de huà, …) is a pattern commonly used in Chinese to express "if". An easy way to remember the pattern's format is that in the full form, the condition is "sandwiched" between 如果 and 的话.

The word 再 (zài) actually has a lot of uses, beyond just "again." "先…, 再…" (xiān…, zài…) is a pattern used for sequencing events, much like "First…, then…" in English. This pattern can also include "然后" (ránhòu) meaning "and after that."

This article is a stub. Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it. “要我说” (yàowǒshuō) is another, more colloquial way to say "in my opinion" or "the way I see it." It is generally used to express a person's perspective or opinion about a matter.

In English we might want to say something like "I have absolutely no money, not even one penny." That "not even one" is the focus of this article.