Category: Collocation

上 has many partners as to the collocation. Don’t miss out the most common ones.  Continue reading “Collocations of 上, 不要随便说”上””

打 =手 + 丁. It originally meant “hammer a nail into a plank”, and its meaning was extended widely. In modern Chinese, 打 has many different collocations such as 打理，打包，打听，打扮, 打算,  打游戏，打球，打电话，打车，etc. Continue reading “Collocations of 打: 你会“打”什么？”

心, literally heart, is mostly used with the meaning of mind, feeling, mood, emotion etc. because the heart was seen as the thinking organ in the ancient time. Continue reading “Collocations of 心 in Chinese”

Even though 看 is the most common term for “look, watch, or see”, to express different ways of “looking, watching, or seeing”, the word “视” is used. Which words can 视 collocate with to express different ways of “looking, watching, or seeing”? Continue reading “Collocations of 视: How we look with our eyes?”

Verbs are so interesting and play very important roles in Chinese. The same object can follow many different verbs to express varied meanings, e.g. 钱. Here are the basic activities of 钱.