{"id":15971,"date":"2020-01-16T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-learning-adj-adj\/"},"modified":"2020-01-16T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T17:55:01","slug":"chinese-grammar-learning-adj-adj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-grammar-learning-adj-adj\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Grammar learning: Adj + Adj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \tOne of the charming features of Chinese is reduplication (repeating, or doubling up) of certain words and characters, including adjectives! Reduplication makes the descriptive feeling of the adjective stronger.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>One-Syllable Adjectives (AA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \tIf an adjective is only one syllable (one character), then reduplicating it is a no-brainer. In most Chinese textbooks and grammar books, this is known as the &quot;AA&quot; pattern.<br \/>  \t<strong>Structure<\/strong><br \/>  \tAdj + Adj + \u7684 (+ Noun)<\/p>\n<p>  \tAnother way of putting that (and we&#39;ll be using this form more extensively below) is:<br \/>  \tA A + \u7684 (+ Noun)<\/p>\n<p>  \tNote that this pattern is also identical to single-syllable reduplication of verbs.<br \/>  \t<strong>Examples<\/strong>  \t<\/p>\n<div>M\u0101m\u0251desh\u01d2u nu\u01cennu\u01cende.<br \/>  \t\u5988\u5988\u7684\u624b \u6696\u6696\u7684\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Mother&#39;s hands are warm.<\/div>\n<p>  \t<\/p>\n<div>N\u01d0de li\u01cen h&oacute;n\u0261h&oacute;n\u0261de.<br \/>  \t\u4f60\u7684 \u8138 \u7ea2\u7ea2\u7684\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Your face is red.<\/div>\n<p>  \t<\/p>\n<div>Gu\u01d2zh\u012b ti&aacute;nti&aacute;nde.<br \/>  \t\u679c\u6c41 \u751c\u751c\u7684\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Fruit juice is sweet.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Two-Syllable Adjectives (AABB)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \tIf the adjective has more than one character, then you should repeat each character individually (rather than the whole word). This is known as the &quot;AABB&quot; pattern.<br \/>  \tStructure<br \/>  \tIn the structure below, the original two-character adjective (such as \u9ad8\u5174, \u6f02\u4eae) is &quot;AB,&quot; where the first character of the adjective is represented by &quot;A,&quot; and the second by &quot;B.&quot;<br \/>  \tA A B B + \u7684 (+ Noun)<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Examples<\/strong><br \/>  \tNot all two-syllable adjectives are used in AABB form, but here are some common examples of AB adjectives represented in AABB form.  \t<\/p>\n<div>\u0261\u0101ox&igrave;n\u0261 &rarr; \u0261\u0101o\u0261\u0101ox&igrave;n\u0261x&igrave;n\u0261<br \/>  \t\u9ad8\u5174 &rarr; \u9ad8\u9ad8\u5174\u5174<\/div>\n<div>happy<\/div>\n<p>  \t<\/p>\n<div>k\u0101ix\u012bn &rarr; k\u0101ik\u0101ix\u012bnx\u012bn<br \/>  \t\u5f00\u5fc3 &rarr; \u5f00\u5f00\u5fc3\u5fc3<\/div>\n<div>happy<\/div>\n<p>  \t<\/p>\n<div>r&egrave;n\u0251o &rarr; r&egrave;r&egrave;n\u0251on&agrave;o<br \/>  \t\u70ed\u95f9 &rarr; \u70ed\u70ed\u95f9\u95f9<\/div>\n<div>happy<\/div>\n<p>  \t<\/p>\n<div>\u0261\u0101nj&igrave;n\u0261 &rarr; \u0261\u0101n\u0261\u0101nj&igrave;n\u0261j&igrave;n\u0261<br \/>  \t\u5e72\u51c0 &rarr; \u5e72\u5e72\u51c0\u51c0<\/div>\n<div>clean<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Using Reduplicated Adjectives as Adverbs (AABB)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \tWhen adjectives are used as adverbs to modify verbs, you can reduplicate the adjective using the AABB pattern.<br \/>  \tStructure<br \/>  \tA A B B + \u5730 + Verb<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2888434397\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the charming features of Chinese is reduplication (repeating, or doubling up) of certain words and characters, including adjectives! 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