Chinese Grammar Flashcards
All/Either/Both
Dōu
Or (in questions) A or B
Háishì
This kind…
Zhè zhǒng…
Last week
Shàng gè lǐbài
Next week
Xià gè lǐbài
What about…?/How about…?
…Ne
To be at/To be in
Zài
To have/There is/There are
Yǒu
To go
Qù
Ability or the possibility of something happening
Néng
Could I
Wǒ néng
Express an ability that has been learned (a skill)
Huì
Want/Be going to
Yào
Can/May
Kěyǐ
How
Zěnme
I don’t know how…
Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme…
Do you know…
Nǐ zhīdào zěnme…
How do you…Cook/Learn/Use etc
(thing) Zěnme zuò/xué/yòng
Didn’t
Méiyǒu/Méi
Don’t
Bùyào
Very
Fēicháng
With
Gēn
Which
Nǎge
When
Shénme shíhou
How many/How much
Duōshao
I use/You use/We use
Wǒ yòng/Nǐ yòng/Wǒmen yòng
Which do you want?
Nǐ yào nǎge?
When are we?…
Wǒmen shénme shíhou?…
…Exaggerate (to death) something
…Sǐ le
Recently
Zhè jǐ tiān
And (compared to)
Gēn
Almost/I’m almost/More or less
Chàbuduō/Wǒ chàbuduō
All (all have, all like, all want)
Dōu (dōu yǒu, dōu xǐhuan, dōu xiǎng)
Everyone…
Dàjiā dōu…
Everyday…
Měi tiān dōu
Continuously/Always
Yīzhí
Already
Yǐjīng
Always (a daily routine, a habit, something that consistently happens)
Zǒngshi
Also
Hái
Just (happened)
Gāng/Gānggāng
Only
Zhǐ (zhǐ yǒu, zhǐ huì, zhǐ néng, zhǐ yào, zhǐ xiǎng)
Just
Jiù
Don’t
Bùyào/Bié
Doing two things at the same time
Yībiān…Yībiān…
How (something)?
Duō (duō yuǎn, duō jiǔ)
The same
Yīyàng
A little too…
Yǒudiǎn…
Both….And…
Yòu…Yòu…
Place A and Place B are very near/far
Place A lí Place B hěn jìn/yuǎn
I want to find
Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo
More…
Gèng…
Not very
Bù tài
Really
Zhēn
Kind of meh… not great (Average)
Hái (hái hǎo, hái kěyǐ, hái bùcuò)
Best/Most (best, most difficult, most troublesome, favourite)
Zuì (zuì hǎo, zuì nán, zuì máfan, zuì xǐhuan)
Or (in statements) A or B
Huòzhě
Filler word (ummmm)
Nàge
But
Kěshì/Dànshì
AFTER a specific time, In the future
Yǐhòu
BEFORE a specific time, Before in general, In the past
Yǐqián
Just now
Gāngcái
Events that happened at or during a particular time
…de shíhou
Approximating numbers e.g. one or two, seven or eight
Yī liǎng, Qī bā
A few/Several/A couple
Jǐ
Quite a few
Hǎojǐ
Something has happened…e.g. I bought, I found it, I ate, I asked)
Le (wǒ mǎi le, wǒ zhǎodào le, wǒ chī le, wǒ wèn le)
Already experienced before (already eaten, already seen)
Guo (wǒ chī guo, wǒ kàn guo)
Never experienced before (I’ve never thought, I never bought)
Wǒ méiyǒu XXX guo (wǒ méiyǒu xiǎng guo, wǒ méiyǒu mǎi guo)
I don’t…anymore
Wǒ yǐjīng bù…le
Comparing two things
Bǐ
From…to…
Cóng…dào…
(something) not as (something) e.g. he is not as smart as his little brother
(something) méiyǒu (something) e.g. tā méiyǒu tā dìdi cōngming
Come/Go - come in, go in, come out, go out, come back, go back
Lái/Qù - jìnlai, jìnqu, chūlai, chūqu, huílai, huíqu
Please/May I ask
Qǐng/Qǐng wèn
Could you…?
Nǐ kě bu kěyǐ…?
Can I trouble you to…
Máfan nǐ…
Should/Should not
Yīnggāi/Bù yīnggāi
Would like to
Xiǎng
Difficult (hard to make, hard to buy, tastes bad, ugly)
Nán (hěn nán zuò, hěn nán mǎi, hěn nánchī, hěn nánkàn)
Never (do something)
Cónglái bù/méiyǒu
Together
Yīqǐ
There is no way
Méi bànfǎ
A little (reduplication of words) - have a little look, walk a little, have some fun
Kànkan, zǒuzou, wánwan
ABAB Reduplication - think it over, discuss it, inquire about it
Kǎolǜ kǎolǜ, tǎolùn tǎolùn, dǎting dǎting
Easy…e.g. easy to understand, easy to use, good looking, fun
Hǎo+Verb…e.g. hǎo dǒng, hǎo yòng, hǎokàn, hǎowán
A little bit…e.g. wait a little, have a look
Yīxià…e.g. děng yīxià, kàn yīxià
