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  2. File:Chinese (Mandarin).pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: This is a PDF file of the Mandarin Chinese Wikibook, edited to include only the Introduction, Pronunciation and complete or somewhat complete lessons (Lessons 1-6). Does not include the Appendices, Stroke Order pages, or the Traditional character pages.

  3. List of Chinese classifiers - Wikipedia

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    When assumed, the classifier usually falls back to play a similar role to either 雙 / 双, 副 or 對 /对: for example, when used for certain objects that come in pairs, e.g. 搭檔 / 搭档, represented as 一組搭檔 / 一组搭档 (一對搭档 / 一对搭档 is valid), here the quantity in each set is assumed to be two (i.e. one pair).

  4. Sentence-final particle - Wikipedia

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    English also has some words and phrases that act somewhat like sentence final particles, but primarily only in colloquial speech. However, there are others, called tag questions, which are less colloquial and can be used for any situation. All are generally discourse particles rather than modal particles. For example: "man" in "Don't do it, man."

  5. Chinese adjectives - Wikipedia

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    Chinese adjectives (simplified Chinese: 形容词; traditional Chinese: 形容詞; pinyin: xíngróngcí) differ from adjectives in English in that they can be used as verbs [1] (for example 天 黑 了; tiān hēi le; lit. "sky black perfective") and thus linguists sometimes prefer to use the terms static or stative verb to describe them.

  6. A Dictionary of the Chinese Language - Wikipedia

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    Robert Morrison (1782-1834) is credited with several historical firsts in addition to the first bidirectional Chinese and English dictionary. He was the first Protestant missionary in China, started the first Chinese-language periodical in 1815, [5] collaborated with William Milne to write the first translation of the Bible into Chinese in 1823, helped to found the English-language The Canton ...

  7. Chinese grammar - Wikipedia

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    tā He 打 dǎ hit 人。 rén person 他 打 人。 tā dǎ rén He hit person He hits someone. Chinese can also be considered a topic-prominent language: there is a strong preference for sentences that begin with the topic, usually "given" or "old" information; and end with the comment, or "new" information. Certain modifications of the basic subject–verb–object order are permissible and ...

  8. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    我 wǒ I 给 gěi give 你 nǐ you 一本 yìběn a 书 shū book [我給你一本書] 我 给 你 一本 书 wǒ gěi nǐ yìběn shū I give you a book In southern dialects, as well as many southwestern and Lower Yangtze dialects, the objects occur in the reverse order. Most varieties of Chinese use post-verbal particles to indicate aspect, but the particles used vary. Most Mandarin ...

  9. bǎ construction - Wikipedia

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    The bǎ construction may only be used in certain contexts, generally those in which the verb expresses "settlement" of, or action upon, the object. [1] [4] [5] According to Wang Li, "the disposal form states how a person is handled, manipulated, or dealt with; how something is disposed of; or how an affair is conducted," [6] or, in other words, "what happens to" the object. [4]