Index
frequency 次 cì ‘times’ 39.4
from 从/從 cóng (movement from a location)
14.2.4, 48.1, 由 yóu (source of movement)
14.2.8
future 36, 38.1.3
gè huà 个化/個化 ‘ge-ization’ 8.2.3
gěi 给/給 ‘to, for’
as a preposition 14.2.5
as a verb and preposition compared 14.3
in passive structures 21
in telephone expressions 26.1.1
gēn 跟 ‘and, with’ (see also 和 hé)
as a conjunction 16.1.2, 40.7
as a preposition 14.2.3
in comparison structures 33.1, 33.2.1
gèng 更 ‘even more’ (comparative degree) 10.5, 33.5
generally true situations 34.8
given names 22.1.2, 22.5
giving examples 25.11.5
go toward a location or in a direction 走 zǒu
48.1.1, go to a location 去 qù 48.1.2
gōngxǐ! 恭喜！ ‘congratulations!’ 64.1, 64.2
good wishes 24.3.2, 24.3.3, 64.2, 64.3
goodbyes 24.2, 24.3
grammatical categories Glossary of Grammatical
Terms
grammatical category shift Glossary of
Grammatical Terms, 13.5, 14.3
gratitude, expressing 61.1
greetings 24.1, 24.3
guānxi 关系/關係 ‘connections’ 62
guānyú 关于/關於 ‘concerning, regarding, as for
(the topic)’ 25.11.4, 57.1.1
guest and host 58
guò 过/過
and clock time 49.1.3.3
and movement expressions 48.3
cross (streets, intersections) 48.3
experiential aspect 13.2, 17.3, 37.6, 37.7
habitual action 35
habitual time 35.1, 35.2
hái 还/還
in addition, also 15.2.3, 40.2
emphasizing ongoing duration 39.2.2
not yet 37.3
hái kěyǐ 还可以/還可以 ‘could be worse’ 60.1.1
hái yào 还要/還要 ‘even more’ 33.5
hái yǒu 还有/還有 ‘in addition’ 15.2.3, 25.11.2,
40.3
bàn 半 ‘half’ 6.6.4
in comparison structures 33.3.4.4
in discounted prices 6.6.6
in time expressions 49.1.2, 49.1.3.2
hé 和 ‘and, with’ (see also 跟 gēn)
as a conjunction 16.1.2, 40.7
in comparison structures 33.1, 33.2.2
hébì 何必 ‘why?’ 28.6
hécháng 何尝/何嘗 ‘how could?’ 28.6
héfáng 何妨 ‘why not?’ 28.6
hégù 何故 ‘for what reason? why?’ 28.6, 44.4
here (specifier) 这儿/這兒 zhèr, 这里/這裏 zhèli
2.2.1.2, 7.3; in distance expressions 47.4.1
héshí 何时/何時 ‘when?’ 28.6
héwéi 何为/何為 ‘what is?’ 28.6
host and guest 58
hòulái 后来/後來 ‘afterward’ 21.11.3, 38.4
hòutou 后头/後頭 (后面/後面 hòumiàn,
后边/後邊 hòubiān) ‘behind’ 47.1
hour 钟头/鐘頭 zhōngtóu, 小时/小時 xiǎoshí
49.1
how? 怎么？/怎麼？ zěnme? (question word)
28.6
how do you V? 怎么？/怎麼？ zěnme? 25.6
how could? 何尝/何嘗 hécháng 28.6
however, but 不过/不過 bùguò 41.1, 41.2.2, 41.3
however, nevertheless 然而 rán’ér 41.2.2
huì 会/會
ability or knowledge 12.2, 52.1.1, 52.1.2,
54.1.2
future time 36.3
likelihood 52.2.1
possibility 12.1
huì yì 会意/會意 associative compound
characters 3.3.3
huòzhě 或者 ‘or’ 16.2.2identification
identifying Chinese characters 25.7
identifying people, places, and things 29.1
with 就 jiù, uniqueness 15.2.4
with 是 shì 29.1
ideographs 指事 zhǐ shì 3.3.2
if... then 44.1
illness 30.9
imminent occurrence and imminent change
38.1.5
impatience 56.2
imperative (see commands)
in 在 zài (preposition) 14.2
in, inside 里头/裏頭 lǐtou (里面/裏面 lǐmiàn,
里边/裏邊 lǐbiān) 47.1
in addition (to)
chúle 除了... yǐwài 以外 40.10, 57.2.2
hái 还/還 40.2
hái yǒu 还有/還有 40.3
lìngwài 另外 40.11
yě 也 40.1
in contrast 41.2