Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

Index descriptions that imply comparisons 30.6 expressing comparative degree 33.5 expressing difference 33.2 expressing ‘less th ...

Index do as you please 随便/隨便 suíbiàn, 怎么/怎麼 V 就怎么/怎麼 V zěnme V jiù zěnme V 54.2.4 dōng 东/東 (东面/東面 dōngmiàn, 东边/東邊 dōngbiān) ‘eas ...

Index frequency 次 cì ‘times’ 39.4 from 从/從 cóng (movement from a location) 14.2.4, 48.1, 由 yóu (source of movement) 14.2.8 futur ...

Index in front of, before 前头/前頭 qiántou (前面 qiánmiàn, 前边/前邊 qiánbiān) 47.1 in other words 总而言之/總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī 25.11.6, 再说/ ...

Index máo 毛 ‘dime’ 8.2.2, 8.5 may (see possibility, permission) means of transportation 48.5 measure words (see classifiers) méi ...

Index not permitted 不许/不許 bù xǔ 12.5, 50.2.1, 51.1.2 nothing it was nothing (replying to praise, gratitude, apologies) 59.2, 59. ...

Index prepositions and prepositional phrases 4.3, 14, Glossary of Grammatical Terms prepositions in formal speech and writing 14 ...

Index sequence and perfective 了 le 17.1.2, 37.2, 42.2.3 after in a single sentence 以后/以後 yǐhòu 42.2 adverbs that occur in sequen ...

Index there is, there exists 有 yǒu 11.6, 29.3, 47.2 therefore 所以 suǒyǐ 44.1 this/these 这/這 zhè, zhèi 5.1, 7.2, 9.1 tì 替 ‘for, on ...

Index xī 西 (西面 xīmiàn, 西边/西邊 xībiān) ‘west’ 47.1.1.2 xiàtou 下头/下頭 (下面 xiàmiàn) ‘below, under’ 47.1 xiān 先... cái 才 ‘first... onl ...

Index zěnme V jiù zěnme V 怎么/怎麼 V 就怎么/ 怎麼 V ‘do as you please’ 54.2.4 zěnme le 怎么了/怎麼了 ‘what is the matter?’ 28.6 zěnmeyàng 怎么样/ ...