Index
below, under 下头/下頭 xiàtou (下面 xiàmiàn)
47.1
béng 甭 ‘need not, do not have to’ 50.1.3
best thing to do is 最好 zuì hǎo 55.2.3
best wishes (see good wishes)
between 中间/中間 zhōngjiān (and other
location words) 47.1.1.1
bǐ 比 comparison ‘more than’ 33.3
bìděi 必得 ‘must’ 12.4.1, 50.1.1
bǐfang shuō 比方说/比方說 ‘for example’ 25.11.5
bié 别 ‘don’t’ 12.5, 50.2.1, 51.1.2
bǐjiào 比较/比較 ‘relatively’ 10.3, 33.7
bìng 并/並 ‘absolutely (not)’ 27.3.1
bìngqiě 并且/並且 ‘moreover’ 40.4
bìxū 必须/必須 ‘must’ 12.4.1, 50.1.1
both
‘both... and.. .’ with 又 yòu 10.8, 40.9, 43.4
expressing ‘both’ with 都 dōu 15.2.2, 46.1.1
expressing ‘both’ with 一边/一邊 yìbiān
43.2.1
expressing ‘double’ or ‘both’ with 双/雙
shuāng 46.1.4
bù 不 ‘no, not’ 27.1.1
in resultative verb structures 18.4, 18.6, 27.4,
32.2
negating actions 13.1.1
negating adjectival verbs 10.1
negating modal verbs 12.6.1
negating stative verbs 11.1
negation in manner adverbial phrases 31.1.2.2
negation in present time situations 34.6
position of negation in the sentence 4.8
bù bì 不必 ‘need not’ 12.4.3, 50.1.3
bùdàn... érqiě 不但... 而且... ‘not only,
but also’ 40.8
bùguò 不过/不過 ‘but, however’ 41.1, 41.2.2,
41.3
bù hǎo yìsi 不好意思 ‘be embarassed’
in apologies and regrets 62.3, 63.1.2
in expressing gratitude 61.1.2
bùlùn 不论/不論 ‘regardless, no matter how’
46.4.3
bùrán 不然 ‘otherwise’ 45.5
bùrú ‘not equal to’ 33.4.2
business cards 22.6
but
ér 而 40.6
kěshì 可是, dànshì 但是, and bùguò 不过/
不過 41.1, 41.2, 41.3
bù xǔ 不许/不許 ‘not permitted’ 12.5, 50.2.1,
51.1.2
bù xū 不须/不須 ‘need not, do not have to’ 50.1.3
bù yào 不要 ‘don’t’ 50.2.1, 51.1.2
‘don’t be polite’ 62.1.2
bù yòng 不用 ‘don’t have to, need not’ 50.1.3
bǔyǔ 补语/補語 complements (verbal
complements)
of degree 10.3
of direction 19, 48.8
of manner 31.3
of potential 18.6, 19.5, 32.2
of result 18, 32.1
see also Glossary of Grammatical Termscái 才 ‘only, only then’ 15.2.6
expressing sequence 42.2.2.2, 42.3.2
calendar time 49.2
can
expressing feasibility with 可以 kěyǐ 52.2.2
expressing knowledge or possibility with 会/會
huì 12.2.1, 52.2.1, 54.1.2
expressing permission with 可以 kěyǐ 12.2.3,
12.3, 51.2.1
expressing physical ability with 能 néng
12.2.2, 52.1.3
cause and effect 44
change
change and change-of-state with sentence-final
了 le 10.10, 11.3, 13.6, 38.1
change over time: 越来越 yuè lái yuè 10.9.1,
12.6.4, 38.3.1
new situations and changing situations 38
nouns and verbs that express change 38.4
tone changes 2.3, 2.4
yuè 越 verb yuè 越 verb 10.9.2, 38.3.2
change-of-state verbs 11.3, 13.6, 20.3.1, 57.2.1
chúfēi 除非 ‘unless’ 45.4
chúle... yǐwài 除了... 以外 ‘except for, in
addition to’ 40.10, 57.2.2
cì 次 ‘times’ (frequency) 39.4
classification of characters 3.3
classifiers (measure words) 8
indicating frequency 39.4.1
occurring without a noun 8.4
and common nouns 5.1, 8.2
with 半 bàn 6.6.4, 49.1.1
with 这/這 zhè and 那 nà 7.2
clock time 49.1
commands 39.2.1, 51.1, 56.2
common nouns 5.1
communication strategies 25
completion and completed action 17.1, 37
with 了 le 11.3, 13.1, 17.1, 37.1
with resultative verb endings 18.4, 32.1.3,
32.1.3
comparatives and making comparisons 33
adjectival verbs and comparative meaning 10.5
adjectival verbs and comparison structures 10.7
comparative degree 更 gèng ‘even more’ 10.5,
33.5