Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

indicating the result or conclusion of an action with resultative verbs

32.1

Suffix Meaning

饱/飽

bǎo to be full

懂

dǒng to understand

会/會

huì to know

住

zhù to stick

开/開

kāi to open

够/夠

gòu to be enough

光

guāng to use up

清楚

qīngchu to be clear

干净/乾淨

gānjìng to be clean

32.1.2 Common resultative verbs: action verbs + resultative ending

Action verb Meaning Resultative verb Meaning

说/說 说完/說完

shuō to say shuōwán to finish saying

吃 吃完

chī to eat chīwán to finish eating

用 用完

yòng to use yòngwán to use up (to use something

until finished)

说/說 说好/說好

shuō to say shuōhǎo to reach a successful

conclusion through discussion;

to reach an agreement

听/聽 听见/聽見

tīng to listen tīngjian to hear something

看 看見

kàn to look kànjian to see something

闻/聞 闻见/聞見

wén to smell wénjian to smell something

听/聽 听到/聽到

tīng to listen tīngdào to hear something

看 看到

kàn to look kàndào to see something

闻/聞 闻到/聞到

wén to smell wéndào to smell something