Chinese Grammar Flashcards
(86 cards)
1
Q
All/Either/Both
A
Dōu
2
Q
Or (in questions) A or B
A
Háishì
3
Q
This kind…
A
Zhè zhǒng…
4
Q
Last week
A
Shàng gè lǐbài
5
Q
Next week
A
Xià gè lǐbài
6
Q
What about…?/How about…?
A
…Ne
7
Q
To be at/To be in
A
Zài
8
Q
To have/There is/There are
A
Yǒu
9
Q
To go
A
Qù
10
Q
Ability or the possibility of something happening
A
Néng
11
Q
Could I
A
Wǒ néng
12
Q
Express an ability that has been learned (a skill)
A
Huì
13
Q
Want/Be going to
A
Yào
14
Q
Can/May
A
Kěyǐ
15
Q
How
A
Zěnme
16
Q
I don’t know how…
A
Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme…
17
Q
Do you know…
A
Nǐ zhīdào zěnme…
18
Q
How do you…Cook/Learn/Use etc
A
(thing) Zěnme zuò/xué/yòng
19
Q
Didn’t
A
Méiyǒu/Méi
20
Q
Don’t
A
Bùyào
21
Q
Very
A
Fēicháng
22
Q
With
A
Gēn
23
Q
Which
A
Nǎge
24
Q
When
A
Shénme shíhou
25
How many/How much
Duōshao
26
I use/You use/We use
Wǒ yòng/Nǐ yòng/Wǒmen yòng
27
Which do you want?
Nǐ yào nǎge?
28
When are we?...
Wǒmen shénme shíhou?...
29
...Exaggerate (to death) something
...Sǐ le
30
Recently
Zhè jǐ tiān
31
And (compared to)
Gēn
32
Almost/I'm almost/More or less
Chàbuduō/Wǒ chàbuduō
33
All (all have, all like, all want)
Dōu (dōu yǒu, dōu xǐhuan, dōu xiǎng)
34
Everyone...
Dàjiā dōu...
35
Everyday...
Měi tiān dōu
36
Continuously/Always
Yīzhí
37
Already
Yǐjīng
38
Always (a daily routine, a habit, something that consistently happens)
Zǒngshi
39
Also
Hái
40
Just (happened)
Gāng/Gānggāng
41
Only
Zhǐ (zhǐ yǒu, zhǐ huì, zhǐ néng, zhǐ yào, zhǐ xiǎng)
42
Just
Jiù
43
Don't
Bùyào/Bié
44
Doing two things at the same time
Yībiān...Yībiān...
45
How (something)?
Duō (duō yuǎn, duō jiǔ)
46
The same
Yīyàng
47
A little too...
Yǒudiǎn...
48
Both....And...
Yòu...Yòu...
49
Place A and Place B are very near/far
Place A lí Place B hěn jìn/yuǎn
50
I want to find
Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo
51
More...
Gèng...
52
Not very
Bù tài
53
Really
Zhēn
54
Kind of meh... not great (Average)
Hái (hái hǎo, hái kěyǐ, hái bùcuò)
55
Best/Most (best, most difficult, most troublesome, favourite)
Zuì (zuì hǎo, zuì nán, zuì máfan, zuì xǐhuan)
56
Or (in statements) A or B
Huòzhě
57
Filler word (ummmm)
Nàge
58
But
Kěshì/Dànshì
59
AFTER a specific time, In the future
Yǐhòu
60
BEFORE a specific time, Before in general, In the past
Yǐqián
61
Just now
Gāngcái
62
Events that happened at or during a particular time
...de shíhou
63
Approximating numbers e.g. one or two, seven or eight
Yī liǎng, Qī bā
64
A few/Several/A couple
Jǐ
65
Quite a few
Hǎojǐ
66
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)
67
Already experienced before (already eaten, already seen)
Guo (wǒ chī guo, wǒ kàn guo)
68
Never experienced before (I've never thought, I never bought)
Wǒ méiyǒu XXX guo (wǒ méiyǒu xiǎng guo, wǒ méiyǒu mǎi guo)
69
I don't...anymore
Wǒ yǐjīng bù...le
70
Comparing two things
Bǐ
71
From...to...
Cóng...dào...
72
(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
73
Come/Go - come in, go in, come out, go out, come back, go back
Lái/Qù - jìnlai, jìnqu, chūlai, chūqu, huílai, huíqu
74
Please/May I ask
Qǐng/Qǐng wèn
75
Could you...?
Nǐ kě bu kěyǐ…?
76
Can I trouble you to...
Máfan nǐ…
77
Should/Should not
Yīnggāi/Bù yīnggāi
78
Would like to
Xiǎng
79
Difficult (hard to make, hard to buy, tastes bad, ugly)
Nán (hěn nán zuò, hěn nán mǎi, hěn nánchī, hěn nánkàn)
80
Never (do something)
Cónglái bù/méiyǒu
81
Together
Yīqǐ
82
There is no way
Méi bànfǎ
83
A little (reduplication of words) - have a little look, walk a little, have some fun
Kànkan, zǒuzou, wánwan
84
ABAB Reduplication - think it over, discuss it, inquire about it
Kǎolǜ kǎolǜ, tǎolùn tǎolùn, dǎting dǎting
85
Easy...e.g. easy to understand, easy to use, good looking, fun
Hǎo+Verb...e.g. hǎo dǒng, hǎo yòng, hǎokàn, hǎowán
86
A little bit...e.g. wait a little, have a look
Yīxià...e.g. děng yīxià, kàn yīxià
