{"id":2999,"date":"2019-10-29T05:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T05:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/showing-emphasis\/"},"modified":"2019-10-29T05:27:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T05:27:28","slug":"showing-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/showing-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing Emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Mandarin Chinese has a grammatical function for emphasizing parts of a sentence. Emphasis can be placed on:<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; place<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; purpose<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; method<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time<\/p>\n<p>  The part of the sentence that is to be stressed is preceded with sh&igrave; (\u662f), with de (\u7684) being placed at the end of the sentence.<br \/>  Notes on Shi &hellip; De<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This co<em><\/em>nstruction is o<em><\/em>nly used for events in the past.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sh&igrave; can be omitted in positive sentences, but never in negative sentences.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This co<em><\/em>nstruction is used to clarify a situation or to provide an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>  Examples of Shi &hellip; De<\/p>\n<p>  Emphasized words are in italics.<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; W\u01d2 (sh&igrave;) l&aacute;i T&aacute;ib\u011bi zh\u01ceo p&eacute;ngyou de.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I came to Taipei to visit a friend.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u6211(\u662f)\u4f86\u53f0\u5317\u627e\u670b\u53cb\u7684\uff61<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; W\u01d2 z&agrave;i d&agrave;xu&eacute; sh&igrave; xu&eacute; y\u012bnyu&egrave; de.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I studied music at university.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (trad) \u6211\u5728\u5927\u5b78\u662f\u5b78\u97f3\u6a02\u7684\u3002<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (simp) \u6211\u5728\u5927\u5b66\u662f\u5b66\u97f3\u4e50\u7684\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; T\u0101 (sh&igrave;) s\u0101n yu&egrave; q\u012b h&agrave;o d&agrave;o Sh&agrave;ngh\u01cei q&ugrave; de.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He went to Shanghai on March 7th.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (trad) \u4ed6(\u662f)\u4e09\u6708\u4e03\u865f\u5230\u4e0a\u6d77\u53bb\u7684\uff61<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (simp) \u4ed6(\u662f)\u4e09\u6708\u4e03\u53f7\u5230\u4e0a\u6d77\u53bb\u7684\uff61<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; T\u0101 d&agrave;o Sh&agrave;ngh\u01cei sh&igrave; q&ugrave; zu&ograve; sh\u0113ngyi de.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He went to Shanghai for business.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u4ed6\u5230\u4e0a\u6d77(\u662f)\u53bb\u505a\u751f\u610f\u7684\uff61<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; L&iacute;n xi\u01ceojie b&uacute; sh&igrave; c&oacute;ng B\u011bij\u012bng hu&iacute;lai de.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Miss Lin did not come back from Beijing.<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (trad) \u6797\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0d\u662f\u5f9e\u5317\u4eac\u56de\u4f86\u7684\uff61<br \/>  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (simp) \u6797\u5c0f\u59d0\u4e0d\u662f\u4ece\u5317\u4eac\u56de\u6765\u7684\uff61 <br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1167546410\"><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>Mandarin Chinese has a grammatical function for emphasizing parts of a sentence. 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