makiNG ComPariSoNS
33.7
天气预报说明天比今天还要冷。
天氣預報說明天比今天還要冷。
Tiānqì yùbào shuō míngtiān bǐ jīntiān hái yào lěng.
The weather report says tomorrow will be even colder than today.
C10.5
33.6 Superlative degree
The intensifier 最 zuì indicates a superlative degree: most stative verb/most adjectival verb.
Sentence final 了 le is sometimes used at the end of the sentence to emphasize that the
information is new for the addressee. The superlative form is also used for exaggeration.
万里长城是世界上最长的城了。( AV )
萬裏長城是世界上最長的城了。
Wànlǐ Chángchéng shì shìjiè shàng zuì cháng de chéng le.
The Great Wall is the longest wall in the world.
我妹妹最喜欢吃冰激凌了。(SV)
我妹妹最喜歡吃冰激淩了。
Wǒ mèimei zuì xǐhuan chī bīngjilíng le.
My younger sister loves to eat ice cream the most.
C10.6
33.7 Relative degree
The following intensifiers may occur before a stative verb or adjectival verb to indicate relative
degree.
比较/比較 bǐjiào relatively
相当/相當 xiāngdāng relatively, quite
C10, 11
今天比较热。( AV )
今天比較熱。
Jīntiān bǐjiào rè.
Today is relatively hot.
那个女孩子相当高。( AV )
那個女孩子相當高。
Nàge nǚ háizi xiāngdāng gāo.
That girl is quite tall.
我比较喜欢喝法国酒。(SV)
我比較喜歡喝法國酒。
Wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan hē Fǎguó jiǔ.
I prefer to drink French wine.
四川人比较喜欢吃辣的。(SV)
四川人比較喜歡吃辣的。
Sìchuān rén bǐjiào xǐhuan chī là de.
People from Sichuan prefer to eat spicy food.
