Tag: Chinese Grammar

怎么 (zěnme) means "how" in Chinese, and it's not hard to use at all. Learn how to use "how" here!

可以 (kěyǐ) is primarily used for expressing permission in Chinese grammar. Structure
Permission is expressed with the auxiliary verb 可以. It might be helpful to think of 可以 as meaning "may." This will help to keep its functions and usage clear.

If you "still" need help on how to use "还" (hái), then this is the page for you.

In this article, we review how to ask about degree with "多"(duō), which is one of the many uses of this character.

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.

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).

"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.

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).