Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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30.5

苏州怎么样?
蘇州怎麼樣?
Sūzhōu zěnmeyàng?
What is Suzhou like?

C28.6

30.4.2 asking for more information

To ask for more information about a person, place or thing, say:
什么/甚麼 shénme noun?
what person /place thing?

这是什么书?
這是甚麼書?
Zhè shì shénme shū?
What book is this?
or

什么样的/甚麼樣的 shénme yàng de noun?
what kind of noun?
这是什么样的地方?
這是甚麼樣的地方?
Zhè shì shénme yàng de dìfang?
What kind of place is this?

C9.2.1.9, 28.6

30.5 Describing an item in terms of the material that it is made of


30.5.1 describing what an item is made of
To describe an item in terms of the material that it is made of, say:

(noun) 是(用)NP做的
shì (yòng) NP zuò de
(noun) is made of _______
那个桌子是用木头做的。
那個桌子是用木頭做的。
Nàge zhuōzi shì yòng mùtou zuò de.
That table is made of wood.

这个花瓶是(用)玻璃做的。
這個花瓶是(用)玻璃做的。
Zhège huāpíng shì (yòng) bōli zuò de.
This vase is made of glass.
我的耳环是(用)金子做的。
我的耳環是(用)金子做的。
Wǒ de ěrhuán shì (yòng) jīnzi zuò de.
My earrings are made of gold.

C57.2.4
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