Chinese Grammar

Question 1

All/Either/Both

Answer 1

Dōu

Question 2

Or (in questions) A or B

Answer 2

Háishì

Question 3

This kind…

Answer 3

Zhè zhǒng…

Question 4

Last week

Answer 4

Shàng gè lǐbài

Question 5

Next week

Answer 5

Xià gè lǐbài

Question 6

What about…?/How about…?

Answer 6

…Ne

Question 7

To be at/To be in

Answer 7

Zài

Question 8

To have/There is/There are

Answer 8

Yǒu

Question 9

To go

Answer 9

Qù

Question 10

Ability or the possibility of something happening

Answer 10

Néng

Question 11

Could I

Answer 11

Wǒ néng

Question 12

Express an ability that has been learned (a skill)

Answer 12

Huì

Question 13

Want/Be going to

Answer 13

Yào

Question 14

Can/May

Answer 14

Kěyǐ

Question 15

How

Answer 15

Zěnme

Question 16

I don’t know how…

Answer 16

Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme…

Question 17

Do you know…

Answer 17

Nǐ zhīdào zěnme…

Question 18

How do you…Cook/Learn/Use etc

Answer 18

(thing) Zěnme zuò/xué/yòng

Question 19

Didn’t

Answer 19

Méiyǒu/Méi

Question 20

Don’t

Answer 20

Bùyào

Question 21

Very

Answer 21

Fēicháng

Question 22

With

Answer 22

Gēn

Question 23

Which

Answer 23

Nǎge

Question 24

When

Answer 24

Shénme shíhou

Question 25

How many/How much

Answer 25

Duōshao

Question 26

I use/You use/We use

Answer 26

Wǒ yòng/Nǐ yòng/Wǒmen yòng

Question 27

Which do you want?

Answer 27

Nǐ yào nǎge?

Question 28

When are we?…

Answer 28

Wǒmen shénme shíhou?…

Question 29

…Exaggerate (to death) something

Answer 29

…Sǐ le

Question 30

Recently

Answer 30

Zhè jǐ tiān

Question 31

And (compared to)

Answer 31

Gēn

Question 32

Almost/I’m almost/More or less

Answer 32

Chàbuduō/Wǒ chàbuduō

Question 33

All (all have, all like, all want)

Answer 33

Dōu (dōu yǒu, dōu xǐhuan, dōu xiǎng)

Question 34

Everyone…

Answer 34

Dàjiā dōu…

Question 35

Everyday…

Answer 35

Měi tiān dōu

Question 36

Continuously/Always

Answer 36

Yīzhí

Question 37

Already

Answer 37

Yǐjīng

Question 38

Always (a daily routine, a habit, something that consistently happens)

Answer 38

Zǒngshi

Question 39

Also

Answer 39

Hái

Question 40

Just (happened)

Answer 40

Gāng/Gānggāng

Question 41

Only

Answer 41

Zhǐ (zhǐ yǒu, zhǐ huì, zhǐ néng, zhǐ yào, zhǐ xiǎng)

Question 42

Just

Answer 42

Jiù

Question 43

Don’t

Answer 43

Bùyào/Bié

Question 44

Doing two things at the same time

Answer 44

Yībiān…Yībiān…

Question 45

How (something)?

Answer 45

Duō (duō yuǎn, duō jiǔ)

Question 46

The same

Answer 46

Yīyàng

Question 47

A little too…

Answer 47

Yǒudiǎn…

Question 48

Both….And…

Answer 48

Yòu…Yòu…

Question 49

Place A and Place B are very near/far

Answer 49

Place A lí Place B hěn jìn/yuǎn

Question 50

I want to find

Answer 50

Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo

Question 51

More…

Answer 51

Gèng…

Question 52

Not very

Answer 52

Bù tài

Question 53

Really

Answer 53

Zhēn

Question 54

Kind of meh… not great (Average)

Answer 54

Hái (hái hǎo, hái kěyǐ, hái bùcuò)

Question 55

Best/Most (best, most difficult, most troublesome, favourite)

Answer 55

Zuì (zuì hǎo, zuì nán, zuì máfan, zuì xǐhuan)

Question 56

Or (in statements) A or B

Answer 56

Huòzhě

Question 57

Filler word (ummmm)

Answer 57

Nàge

Question 58

But

Answer 58

Kěshì/Dànshì

Question 59

AFTER a specific time, In the future

Answer 59

Yǐhòu

Question 60

BEFORE a specific time, Before in general, In the past

Answer 60

Yǐqián

Question 61

Just now

Answer 61

Gāngcái

Question 62

Events that happened at or during a particular time

Answer 62

…de shíhou

Question 63

Approximating numbers e.g. one or two, seven or eight

Answer 63

Yī liǎng, Qī bā

Question 64

A few/Several/A couple

Answer 64

Jǐ

Question 65

Quite a few

Answer 65

Hǎojǐ

Question 66

Something has happened…e.g. I bought, I found it, I ate, I asked)

Answer 66

Le (wǒ mǎi le, wǒ zhǎodào le, wǒ chī le, wǒ wèn le)

Question 67

Already experienced before (already eaten, already seen)

Answer 67

Guo (wǒ chī guo, wǒ kàn guo)

Question 68

Never experienced before (I’ve never thought, I never bought)

Answer 68

Wǒ méiyǒu XXX guo (wǒ méiyǒu xiǎng guo, wǒ méiyǒu mǎi guo)

Question 69

I don’t…anymore

Answer 69

Wǒ yǐjīng bù…le

Question 70

Comparing two things

Answer 70

Bǐ

Question 71

From…to…

Answer 71

Cóng…dào…

Question 72

(something) not as (something) e.g. he is not as smart as his little brother

Answer 72

(something) méiyǒu (something) e.g. tā méiyǒu tā dìdi cōngming

Question 73

Come/Go - come in, go in, come out, go out, come back, go back

Answer 73

Lái/Qù - jìnlai, jìnqu, chūlai, chūqu, huílai, huíqu

Question 74

Please/May I ask

Answer 74

Qǐng/Qǐng wèn

Question 75

Could you…?

Answer 75

Nǐ kě bu kěyǐ…?

Question 76

Can I trouble you to…

Answer 76

Máfan nǐ…

Question 77

Should/Should not

Answer 77

Yīnggāi/Bù yīnggāi

Question 78

Would like to

Answer 78

Xiǎng

Question 79

Difficult (hard to make, hard to buy, tastes bad, ugly)

Answer 79

Nán (hěn nán zuò, hěn nán mǎi, hěn nánchī, hěn nánkàn)

Question 80

Never (do something)

Answer 80

Cónglái bù/méiyǒu

Question 81

Together

Answer 81

Yīqǐ

Question 82

There is no way

Answer 82

Méi bànfǎ

Question 83

A little (reduplication of words) - have a little look, walk a little, have some fun

Answer 83

Kànkan, zǒuzou, wánwan

Question 84

ABAB Reduplication - think it over, discuss it, inquire about it

Answer 84

Kǎolǜ kǎolǜ, tǎolùn tǎolùn, dǎting dǎting

Question 85

Easy…e.g. easy to understand, easy to use, good looking, fun

Answer 85

Hǎo+Verb…e.g. hǎo dǒng, hǎo yòng, hǎokàn, hǎowán

Question 86

A little bit…e.g. wait a little, have a look

Answer 86

Yīxià…e.g. děng yīxià, kàn yīxià