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Chinese grammar — the ba structure ba zi ju 把字句：is ba a verb, a preposition, or a coverb? Understand the usage of ba structure and 鄧麗君Teresa Teng 把愛埋藏在心窩 ba ai cang zai xin wo Bury Love In The Hearts

Posted on 12/30/2011 by Chinesetolearn

The BA-construction (把字句 ba3 zi4 ju4 ) is an extremely important syntactic structure in Chinese, which is frequently used in daily Chinese conversation. Ba3 has been a quite special Chinese linguistic phenomenon and drawing a lot linguists’ attention to decide … Continue reading →

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Chinese sentence – Mandarin – How to say “Let’s go to Chinese restaurant to eat fried rice” in Chinese: Wo3 me5 dao4 zhong1 guo2 fan4 guan3 qu4 chi1 chao3 fan4 ba5. 我们到中国饭馆去吃炒饭吧。到dao place 去qu structure, dao as a coverb, what chao si ren 吵死人means? and the most annnoying sound in the world

Posted on 12/01/2011 by Chinesetolearn

Do you like Chinese food? If so, it would be good to know how to say “Let’s go to Chinese restaurant to eat fried rice” in Chinese: Wo3 me5 dao4 zhong1 guo2 fan4 guan3 qu4 chi1 chao3 fan4 ba5. 我们到中国饭馆去吃炒饭吧。 … Continue reading →

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