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Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Double-object sentences 2
In Mandarin Chinese, when an action transfers an item from one person to another, you can attach 给 directly after the main verb to introduce both the recipient and the transferred item in a fixed order.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Alternative clauses
Use 还是 to connect alternatives when the speaker is asking which one applies or reporting an unresolved choice. The pattern can form a direct question or appear inside a larger statement; context and punctuation help distinguish them.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Condensed complex sentences
一……就…… connects two events and presents the second as happening immediately or soon after the first. Learn its basic order, natural contexts, and the difference between this pattern and 就 alone.
View detailsAspect › Durative aspect
Use verb + 着 to describe a state that is already in place and remains so at the time being discussed. It presents the state from within; it does not by itself say when the state began or when it will end.
View detailsAspect › Durative aspect
Place 着 after an action verb to present the activity as continuing at a reference time. Learn its word order with an object, its use with 呢, and its relationship to 在 or 正在. This is the action-continuation part of the outline’s 动词+着 entry.
View detailsAspect › Experiential aspect
Learn to use 过 after a verb to say that someone has had an experience at least once before the reference point. See how to form questions and negative statements, and how to distinguish general experience from a particular completed event.
View detailsSpecial expressions › Number expressions
A number followed by a measure word can identify a position or numbered category when a familiar sequence or naming system supplies the order. Learn how to form it, where context matters, and when an explicit ordinal marker may be clearer.
View detailsSpecial expressions › Number expressions
几 can express an imprecise, usually small number when the speaker does not need or know the exact count. Learn its common position before a measure word, and use context to distinguish an estimate from a question asking for a count.
View detailsSpecial expressions › Number expressions
Use 数词 + 多 + 量词 to give an approximate quantity that is above the stated number. Learn where 多 goes, how the following noun works, and how to choose this pattern instead of 数词 + 量词 + 多.
View detailsSpecial expressions › Number expressions
The pattern 数词 + 量词 + 多 gives an approximate quantity a little above the stated number. Learn where 多 goes, how to use the pattern with or without a following noun, and when another word order is more natural.
View detailsWord classes › Measure words › Verbal measure words
In Mandarin Chinese, counting how many times an action happens requires a verbal measure word (动量词). At Level 2 of the supplied HSK outline, 次 (cì) is the core verbal measure word used to express the frequency or number of occurrences of an…
View detailsWord classes › Measure words › Nominal measure words
In Chinese, the noun 包 (bāo, bag or packet) is frequently borrowed to function as a nominal measure word (名量词) for items sold, stored, or wrapped in bags, pouches, or packets.
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