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Word classes › Pronouns › Quantity pronouns
若干 (ruògān) expresses an unspecified number or amount, often in written Chinese. Learn common phrases such as 若干问题, 若干名学者, and 若干年后, and compare their style with 一些 and 几个. The word does not supply an exact number or a fixed lower bound.
View detailsMorphemes › Suffix-like elements
Explore seven recurring word-final elements in the supplied HSK 7-9 outline: —观, —鬼, —界, —然, —坛, —为, and —制. Familiar word families help you infer meaning, while the established whole word determines its grammar and usual register.
View detailsWord classes › Verbs
Explore twelve expressions listed under verbs in the supplied HSK 7-9 outline. Learn how they express desire, necessity, evaluation, unspecified extent, formal action, and exclusion. Their common frames differ, so work from the whole expres…
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Adversative clauses
In Chinese, 虽然 and 但是 work together as a paired conjunction pattern to acknowledge a true fact in the first clause and pivot to an unexpected or contrasting main point in the second clause.
View detailsSentence types › Complex sentences › Cause and effect
In standard Mandarin, cause-and-effect complex sentences normally place the reason before the result. The paired connectors 因为 and 所以 explicitly mark both halves of this relationship, though speakers frequently use only one marker when the …
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