Category: Chinese Grammar

As well as with "比"and "没有", there is a third way to make basic comparisons: with "一样" (yīyàng).
Rather than expressing that two things differ regarding a particular quality, 一样 is used to express that two things are the same in some way.

The character "又" (yòu) can be used to attribute two qualities to something. This is like saying that something is "both … and … " in English.

"差不多" (chàbùduō) can be used as an adjective or an adverb to express that aspects of one or more things are close to each other or the difference between them is small.

You may be familiar with using "太"(tài) to express "too" in the sense of "too expensive." There’s a similar pattern in the negative, which just means "not very" or "not so" (literally "not too"). Note that this pattern does not normally use "了" (le).

Sometimes things happen in a flash, or they happen a very short time before you say something, and to express that, you can use "刚" (gāng).

To express "even more," (as in "even more expensive," "even more ridiculous," "even more badass"), use 更 (gèng). It frequently comes before adjectives.