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 sequence sentences:
就 jiù 42.2.2.1, 才 cái 42.2.2.2, 便 biàn
42.2.2
before 以前 yǐqián 42.1
establishing a sequence 25.11.3
first... then 先 xiān... 再 zài (然后/然後
ránhòu, 以后/以後 yǐhòu) 42.3.1
first... only then 先 xiān... 才 cái 42.3.2
sentence adverbs that indicate ‘afterward’:
以后/以後 yǐhòu, 然后/然後 ránhòu,
后来/後來 hòulái 42.4
sequence in the past 37.2
comparing 以前 yǐqián ‘before’ with
以后/以後 yǐhòu ‘after’ 42.5
serial verbs (see sequence, simultaneous
situations)
shàngtou 上头/上頭 (上面 shàngmiàn,
上边/上邊 shàngbiān ‘over, on’ 47.1
shéi 谁/誰 ‘who?’ 28.6
shéi dōu 谁/誰都 ‘everyone, no one’ 42.4.1,
42.4.2
shénme 什么/甚麼 ‘what’ 28.6
shénme dōu 什么/甚麼都 ‘everything, anything’
46.4.1, 46.4.2
shénme dìfang 什么地方/甚麼地方 ‘where?’
28.6
shénme dìfang dōu 什么地方/甚麼地方都
‘anywhere, wherever’ 46.4.1, 46.4.2
shénme lǐyóu 什么理由/甚麼理由 ‘what is the
reason?’ 44.4
shénme shíhòu 什么时候/甚麼時候 ‘when’ 28.6,
with clock time 49.1.5
shénme shíhòu dōu 什么时候/甚麼時候都
‘whenever, any time’ 46.4.1, 46.4.2
shènzhì yú 甚至于/甚至於 ‘even, go so far as
to’ 25.11.4
shì... de 是... 的 emphasizing details 37.9,
57.2.4, 57.3
shìfǒu 是否 yes–no question form 28.1.3, 28.1.4
shì 是 ‘be’ 11.4
asking for agreement with 是不是 shì bù shì
28.2
describing age 30.7
expressing existence 29.3.2
focusing on a detail of an event 37.9, 57.2.4
for emphasis 57.3.1
signaling understanding 25.8
should 应该/應該 yīnggāi, 该/該 gāi, 应/應當
yīngdāng, 应/應 yīng 12.4.2, 50.1.2
should not 不应该/應該 bù yīnggāi 50.2.2
shǒuxiān 首先 ‘first, in the first place’ 25.11.2
shuāng 双/雙 ‘double, pair, both’ 6.7, 46.1.4
similarity 33.1
simplified characters 3.1
simultaneous situations 43
social obligations (see should)
south 南 nán (南面 nánmiàn, 南边/南邊
nánbiān) 47.1.1.2
spatial orientation 47.1.2
specifiers 这/這 zhè, zhèi ‘this/these’ and 那 nà,
nèi ‘that/those’ 2.2.1.2, 7.2, 7.4, 8.1, 9.1
stative verbs 11
change-of-state verbs and stative verbs 13.6.2
comparing noun phrases in terms of stative
qualities 33.3.2
as noun modifiers 9.2.1.4
and yes–no questions 28.1.2
still, in addition 还/還 hái 15.2.3, 39.2.2, 40.2
stress with 是 shì for emphasis 57.3.1 (see also
emphasis)
stroke order 3.4
strong obligations (see must)
strong prohibitions (see must not)
subject Glossary of Grammatical Terms
suggestions
with 吧 ba 51.1.1, 56.2, 62.1.1
with 好不好 hǎo bù hǎo 62.1.1
suíbiàn 随便/隨便 ‘as you please’ 54.2.4
suīrán 虽然/雖然 ‘although’ 41.1
suǒyǐ 所以 ‘therefore, so’ 44.1
suǒyǒu de 所有的 ‘all’ 46.1.2
superlative 最 zuì 10.3, 10.6, 33.6, 52.1.2
suppositions 56.2
surnames (see family names)
surprise, and passives 17.3, with 怎么/怎麼
zěnme ‘why’ 44.4
suspicion, indicating 56.1
syllable 1.1, 2
sympathy, expressing 63.2
symptoms of illness, describing and asking about
30.9.2, 30.9.3tag questions 28.2
telecommunications 26
telephone etiquette 26.4
telephone numbers 6.1.1, 26.5
telling time 49.1– 49.4
temperature 30.8.3
terms of address 22
text message 26.1.1
that/those 那 nà, nèi 5.1, 7.2, 9.1
that (demonstrative) 那 nà 2.2.1.2, 7.3
the more verb 1 the more verb 2 越 yuè verb 1
越 yuè verb 2 10.9.2, 12.6.4, 38.3.2
there 那儿/那兒 nàr, 那里/那裏 nàli 2.2.1.2,
7.3, in distance expressions 47.4.1