Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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33.3

33.2.3 indicating that noun phrases are different in some property

To indicate that two noun phrases are different in a particular property, say:

NP 1 不 跟/和 NP 2 一样 AV

NP 1 不 跟/和 NP 2 一樣 AV

NP 1 bù gēn/hé NP 2 yīyàng AV

这个旅馆的房间不跟那个旅馆的房间一样干净。

這個旅館的房間不跟那個旅館的房間一樣乾淨。

Zhège lǚguǎn de fángjiān bù gēn nàge lǚguǎn de fángjiān yīyàng gānjìng.

The rooms in this hotel are not as clean as the rooms in that hotel.

我儿子不跟/和我女儿一样高。

我兒子不跟/和我女兒一樣高。

Wǒ érzi bù gēn/hé wǒ nǚ’ér yīyàng gāo.

My son is not the same height as my daughter.

or

NP 1 跟/和 NP 2 不 一样 AV

NP 1 跟/和 NP 2 不 一樣 AV

NP 1 gēn/hé NP 2 bù yīyàng AV

NP 1 and NP 2 are not identical/the same in some property

这个旅馆的房间跟那个旅馆的房间不一样干净。

這個旅館的房間跟那個旅館的房間不一樣乾淨。

Zhège lǚguǎn de fángjiān gēn nàge lǚguǎn de fángjiān bù yīyàng gānjìng.

The rooms in this hotel are not as clean as the rooms in that hotel.

我儿子跟/和我女儿不一样高。

我兒子跟/和我女兒不一樣高。

Wǒ érzi gēn/hé wǒ nǚ’ér bù yíyàng gāo.

My son and my daughter are not the same height. (not equally tall)

C33.1.3

33.2.4 indicating that one noun phrase does not resemble another

To indicate that one noun phrase does not resemble another noun phrase, say:

NP 1 不 像 NP 2

NP 1 bù xiàng NP 2

NP 1 does not look like NP 2 /NP 1 does not resemble NP 2

他(一点也)不像法国人。

他(一點也)不像法國人。

Tā (yīdiǎn yě) bù xiàng Fǎguórén.

He doesn’t look like a French person (at all).

C33.1.4

33.3 More than

‘More than’ comparisons indicate that some noun phrase has more of some property than another

noun phrase. The property can be expressed as an adjectival verb, a stative verb, or a verb

phrase with a modal verb.