Chinese Grammar with Rules and Interactive Exercises

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With hundreds of interactive exercises for beginners through to advanced Chinese learners, you can practice what you have learnt and master the Chinese language. And you will find feedback for every question!

With our explanations, we hope to make the grammar of Chinese a little less intimidating! Here we explain all the important rules in a brief and straight-forward way.

Numbers – 数字

Expressions about Time – 时间

Expressions about Dates and Week – 日期

Demonstrative Pronouns – 指示代词

二(èr) vs 两(liǎng)

几(jǐ) vs 多少(duō shǎo)

不(bù) vs 没(méi)

是(shì) Sentence

是(shì) vs 有(yǒu) vs 在(zài)

是…的 (shì…de)

的(de) vs 地(di)

会(huì) vs 能(néng)

The Location words – 方位词

Interrogative Questions – 疑问句

能(néng) vs 可以(kěyǐ)

了(le) vs 过(guò)

一点儿(yìdiǎnr) vs 有点儿(yǒudiǎnr)

吗(ma) vs 呢(ne) vs 吧(ba)

想(xiǎng) vs 要(yào) vs 想要(xiǎngyào)

正在(zhèngzài) vs 正(zhèng) vs 在(zài)

The Degree Adverbs – 程度副词

Affirmative-negative Question

Yes-no question with “吗”

Selective Question with “还是”

Questions to ask one’s opinion – 好吗、可以吗、怎么样、行吗

The interrogative sentence with “是不是”

要/快/快要/就要……了(yào/kuài/kuàiyào/jiùyào……le)

Existential Sentences (1) – 存现句 (1)

The Verb Reduplication – 动词重叠

The Adjective Reduplication – 形容词重叠

从(cóng) vs 离(lí)

Double Objects Sentences – 双宾语句

Compound Sentence Patterns (1) – 复句 (1)

跟 (gēn) vs 和 (hé)

还是(háishì) vs 或者(huòzhě)

应该(yīnggāi) vs 该(gāi)

朝(cháo) vs 向(xiàng) vs 往(wǎng)

全(quán) vs 都(dōu)

刚刚(gānggāng) vs 刚才(gāngcái) vs 刚(gāng)

以为(yǐwéi) vs 认为(rènwéi)

Classifiers (1) – 量词 (1)

Classifiers (2) – 量词 (2)

Classifiers (3) – 量词 (3)

Comparative Sentences (1) – 比较句 (1)

Comparative Sentences (2) – 比较句 (2)

Comparative Sentences (3) – 比较句 (3)

一会儿(yīhuìr) vs 一下(yīxià) vs 一下子(yīxiàzi)

The Complement of Result (1) – 结果补语 (1)

Simple Directional Complement (1) – 简单趋向补语 (1)

The State Complement (1) – 状态补语 (1)

The Quantitative Complement (1) – 数量补语 (1)

Modal Particles for Beginners – 吗/吧/呢/啊/喂/的

Classifiers (4) – 量词 (4)

Classifiers (5) – 量词 (5)

Approximate number – 概数

Serial Verb Sentence 连动句

All the uses about 还 (hái)

忽然(hūrán) vs 突然(tūrán)

常常(chángcháng) vs 往往(wǎngwǎng)

常常(chángcháng) vs 经常(jīngcháng) vs 时常(shícháng)

The Numeral-measure reduplication – 数量词重叠

The Separable words – 离合词

又(yòu) vs 还(hái) vs 再(zài)

一直(yìzhí) vs 总是(zǒngshì) vs 老是(lǎoshì)

左右(zuǒyòu) vs 前后(qiánhòu) vs 上下(shàngxià)

大概(dàgài) vs 大约(dàyuē) vs 恐怕(kǒngpà)

Prefixes and Suffixes – 前缀后缀

Rhetorical question (1) – 反问句 (1)

Pivotal Sentence (1) – 兼语句 (1)

Pivotal Sentence (2) – 兼语句 (2)

Compound Sentence Patterns (3)

The Passive Sentence (1) – 被字句（1）

“Ba” Sentence（1）- “把”字句

Verb Overlap Construction – 重动句

The Complement of Result (2) – 结果补语（2）

Compound Directional Complement (2) – 趋向补语（2）

Complements of Possibility (1) – 可能补语 (1)

The Degree Complement (1) – 程度补语 (1)

The Quantitative Complement (2) – 数量补语（2）

Compound Sentence Patterns (2)

越(yuè) …… 越(yuè) …… / 越来越(yuè lái yuè……)

才(cái) vs 就(jiù)

按照 (ànzhào) vs 根据 (gēnjù)

跟……一样(gēn…yīyàng) / 像……一样(xiàng…yīyàng)

别的(bié de) vs 另外(lìngwài)

Numbers(2)- 数字(2)

The extended uses of interrogative pronouns

Double Negation – 双重否定

Order Of Attributives

及时(jíshí) vs 按时(ànshí)

对于(duìyú) vs 关于(guānyú)

经过(jīnɡɡuò) vs 通过(tōnɡɡuò)

本来(běnlái) vs 原来(yuánlái)

几乎(jīhū) vs 差不多(chàbùduō)

渐渐(jiànjiàn) vs 慢慢(mànmàn) vs 逐步(zhúbù) vs 逐渐(zhújiàn)

Extended Uses of The Directional Complement（3）- 趋向补语 (3)

“Ba” Sentence（2）- “把”字句 (2)

The Passive Sentence (2) – 被字句（2）

Existential Sentences (2) – 存现句 (2)

Comparative Sentences (4) – 比较句 (4)

赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) vs 赶快 (gǎnkuài) vs 立刻 (lìkè) vs 连忙 (liánmáng)

由于(yóuyú) vs 因为(yīnwèi) vs 为了(wèile)

光 (guāng) vs 仅(仅) (jǐnjǐn) vs 就 (jiù)

差（一）点儿 (chà yīdiǎnr) vs 差不多 (chàbùduō)

“有” Sentence

偶尔(ǒu’ěr) vs 偶然(ǒurán)

竟然 (jìngrán) vs 居然 (jūrán)

对……来说 vs 拿……来说

到底 (dàodǐ) vs 究竟 (jiūjìng) vs 终于 (zhōngyú) vs 毕竟 (bìjìng)

Classifiers (6) – 量词 (6)

从而 (cónɡ’ér) vs 一旦 (yídàn) vs 完了 (wánle) vs 加上 (jiāshànɡ)

Compressed complex sentence – 紧缩复句

Comparative Sentences (5) – 比较句 (5)

“Ba” Sentence（3）- “把”字句 (3)

The Passive Sentence (3) – 被字句（3）

The Directional Complement（4）- 趋向补语 (4)

Complements of Possibility (2) – 可能补语 (2)

The Degree Complement (2) – 程度补语（2）

The State Complement (2) – 状态补语 (2)

Compound Sentence Patterns （4）

Pivotal Sentence (3) – 兼语句 (3)

偏偏 (piānpiān) vs 偏 (piān)

Classifiers (7) – 量词 (7)

Prefixes and Suffixes (2) – 前缀后缀(2)

The Directional Complement（5）- 趋向补语 (5)

“Ba” Sentence（4）- “把”字句 (4)

Compound Sentence Patterns (5)

The Passive Sentence (4) – 被字句（4）

罢了 (bà le) vs 而已 (éryǐ)

Classifiers (8) – 量词 (8)

The Passive Sentence (5) – 被字句（5）

Comparative Sentences (6) – 比较句 (6)