Conjunctions / Adverbs Flashcards by David Bajic

无论

Wúlùn
Regardless of
Egal ob
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不管

Bù guăn
Regardless of

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然而

Rán’ér
However
Dennoch

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否则

Fôuzé
Otherwise

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只要

Zhîyào
As long as

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竟然

Jìngrán
Surprisingly

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只有

Zhîyoû
Only if
Condition MUST be met
It also implies it is stricter than 只要
Which means more as long as
While here it means “only if”

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只好

Zhîhăo
Cannot but
To be forced to

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比较

Bîjiào
Fairly / verhältnismässig
(Can also be a noun meaning comparison, but to check this later)

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尤其

Yóuqí
Especially
Particularly

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特别是

Tèbié shì
Especially
特别是如果它是甜的

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关于

Guānyú
About something

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根据

Gēnjù
According to

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即使

Jíshǐ
Even if…

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被

Bèi
Passive conjunction
他被那个故事感动了

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其中

Among those…
我们访问了中国的许多城市，其中包括上海和北京。
Wǒmen fǎngwènle zhōngguó de xǔduō chéngshì, qízhōng bāokuò shàng huǎ hé běijīng.
We visit many cities in China, among those Shanghai and Beijing.

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不得不

bùdé bù
Have to (could not otherwise)
我不得不笑
Wǒ bùdé bù xiào
I had to laugh

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除非

Chúfēi
Unless/except
除非你没有时间
Unless you don’t have time

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不是..而是

Bùshì … ér shì…
Monday instead of Sunday
我们可以不是星期天而是星期一上课吗？

差不多

Chàbùduō
Almost

要是

Yàoshi
if
(like ruguo)

既…又…

jì … yòu
sowohl … als auch

光

只

光 guāng = only
means also light

只 = Zhǐ

Both mean “only”, but guang is not used for quantity, zhi is used for both quantity and other things
Wo zhi chi le yi ge pingguo = here guang cannot be used, you say you had only one, not two or three
But if you say wo guang chi le yi ge pingguo  here you say you only had apples, and not other fruits or foods

对于

duìyú
Concerning
Bezüglich
它很符合我对于现在音乐
Tā hěn fúhé wǒ duìyú xiànzài yīnyuè

重新

Chóngxīn Again wieder/erneut The adverb 重新 denotes when an action has been started over. In a sentence, it is placed before a predicate, which is expressed by a verb. 她决定重新开始当老师 She decided to go back to teaching again tā juédìng chóngxīn kāishǐ dāng lǎoshī 你需要重新算一算 You should count it again nǐ xūyào chóngxīn suàn yī suàn

再次

zàicì again The adverb 再次 indicates that an action was done repeatedly. In a sentence, it is placed before a predicate, which is expressed by a verb. 请注意，别让这种的错误再次发生我再次获奖了获奖 = Huòjiǎng = win an award 再次的，我们不能一下子就决定所有的经济问题 Furthermore, we cannot solve all economic issues at once zàicì de, wǒmen bù néng yíxiàzi jiù juédìng suǒyǒu de jīngjì wèntí 再次提醒 a second reminder zàicì tíxǐng

肯定

Kěndìng Definitely (synonym of 一定） Or Definite (adjective)

如何

Rúhé How In what way 我如何复制这个? Wǒ rúhé fùzhì zhège How do I copy this?

至少

Zhìshǎo At least

确实

Quèshí Indeed / really

由于

Yóuyú Because (synonym)

对瑞士人来说很贵

Duì ruìshì rén lai shuo hěn guì Very expensive for Swiss people For someone is with «dui»

对我来说

Duì wǒ lái shuō For me The lai shuo has no specific meaning

我们不知道价格会提高多少

Wǒmen bù zhīdào jiàgé huì tígāo duōshǎo We don't know how much the price will increase

我发给你短信

Wǒ fā gěi nǐ duǎnxìn I send you a text message

你什么都不做

Nǐ shénme dōu bù zuò You do nothing

和上次差不多

Hé shàng cì chàbùduō Almost the same as last time

千万别尝试豆汁

Qiān wàn bié chángshì dòuzhī (In any case, auf keinen fall) Don't try bean juice Qian wen is used to say "really dont"

非工作人员

Fēi gōngzuò rényuán Non-staff The word fei negates the statement It is like saying "bu shi gongzuo renyuan"

反正

Fǎnzhèng Anyway Sowieso

由

Yóu Because of 由于 Yóuyú Because of

所以因此于是

Suǒyǐ yīncǐ therefore (used the same way) Yúshì Then It is a bit like therefore, but it lacks the reason, it is therefore more like then

基于

Jīyú Based on.. 基于历史的游戏 Jīyú lìshǐ de yóuxì a game based on history

我想向您学习

Wǒ xiǎng xiàng nǐn xuéxí I want to learn from you

由于

Yóuyú Because of / aufgrund von 由于需求增加 Yóuyú xūqiú zēngjiā Aufgrund der hohen Nachfrage