In linguistics, modal particles are always uninflected words, and are a type of grammatical particle. Mandarin Chinese depends highly on the use of modal particles. Changing the pitch of the sentence or phrase would make the meaning of the sentence different. a 啊: placed at the end of a...

有点yǒudiǎn and一点 yìdiǎn both mean a little, but how to tell the difference? Well, the grammar function is different. 有点yǒudiǎn +adj./v. adj./v.+ 一点 yìdiǎn For example: 我有点冷。 wǒ yǒudiǎn lěng. I’m a little cold. 我有点感冒。 wǒ yǒudiǎn gǎnmào....

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                          In Chinese, adjectives are used to describe people and situations directly as predicate. For example: 我很好。 wǒ hěn hǎo. I’m fine. 你很漂亮。 nǐ hěn piàoliang. You are...

二（èr）is used for counting. 一 二 三……(numeral) yī èr sān 第一，第二，第三……(ordinal number) dìyī, dìèr dìsān 两（liǎng），as an initial number for 2,has to be used if a measure word follows it. 2 people 两个人 liǎnggè rén 2 o’clock 两点...

天气一热，我就想游泳。(tian qi yi re, wo jiu xiang you yong.)In the construction "一 + Situation 1, 就 + Situation 2", Situation 1 is the condition, whereas Situation 2 is what results directly from it.E.g: 我一喝冰水，就肚子疼。“一” and "就" are both...

这家饭店的菜又好吃又便宜。(zhè jiā fàn diàn de cài yòu hǎo chī yòu piǎn yī.)In Chinese, one uses "又……又……" to link coordinate verbs (verbal phrases) or adjectives (adjectival phrases) to underline that two situations or characteristics exist...

Paul学汉语是为了来中国做生意。(Paul xue han yu shi wei le lai zhong guo zuo sheng yi.)"为了" is often used in the first clause of a compound sentence to indicate the aim, the second clause indicates the action taken to achieve the aim,...

他没有学过汉语，可是口语很好。(ta mei you xue guo han yu, ke shi kou yu hen hao.)“可是” is a conjunction expressing transition. It's used between two clauses,...

我要一边听歌，一边学汉语。(wo yao yi bian ting ge, yi bian xue han yu.)In Chinese, two "一边"  are often used in conjunction to indicate doing two or more actions at the same time,...