Chinese auxiliary words, refers to the words that can be attached to the other words, phrases, or sentences, as grammatical components to highlight the structure, perform a particular function, or express certain mood in a sentence. There are the following types of auxiliary words: Continue reading “Types of auxiliary words in Chinese”
Category: Grammar
How to use the period 句号的用法
The punctuation mark 句号 “。” a full stop or a period is adopted at the end of a sentence. So, in which cases we use a period in Chinese? Continue reading “How to use the period 句号的用法”
Characteristics of auxiliary words
Auxiliary words are empty words but they can not be negligible in Chinese language. As we have learned Chinese verbs don’t have grammatical forms for tense, voice, and mood. Auxiliary words are just used to realize the these grammatical functions. Auxiliary words are different from content words. Here are the three characteristics of auxiliary words. Continue reading “Characteristics of auxiliary words”
Types of verbs in Chinese
A verb is a word that describes an action, experience, state, existence, or change of a person or thing. There are several different types of verbs in Chinese. Continue reading “Types of verbs in Chinese”
Characteristics of adverbs
Chinese adverbs mainly modify and restrict verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They express degree, scope, time, frequency, place, manner, situation, mood, cause, correlation, negation, etc. Adverbs have very different features from other words. Here are the characteristics of adverbs in Chinese. Continue reading “Characteristics of adverbs”