Today's Chinese characters:
很忙
Sentences without verbs are very common in Chinese. The adjectival predicate sentence is one of them.
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Characters' Essentials
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很
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Character
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Description and Examples
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Dialogue 3
Sentence Structure 10
Adjectival Predicate SentenceThe adjectival predicate sentence is a sentence with an adjective as the main element of its predicate. This type of sentence describes the state which a person or thing is in. No 是character: 是
pinyin: shì
details is used to join the predicate with the subject. In an affirmative sentence the adjectival predicate is usually preceded by 很character: 很
pinyin: hěn
details, which is a weakened adverb here without much significance of an adverb of degree. Examples 我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details很character: 很
pinyin: hén
details好character: 好
pinyin: hǎo
details。 老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details很character: 很
pinyin: hěn
details忙character: 忙
pinyin: máng
details。 Without 很character: 很
pinyin: hěn
details, comparison or contrast is often implied. Example 老师word: 老师
pinyin: lǎoshī
details忙character: 忙
pinyin: máng
details，我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details不character: 不
pinyin: bù
details忙character: 忙
pinyin: máng
details。 However, in answering an alternative question, 很character: 很
pinyin: hěn
details may be left out. Example 不character: 不
pinyin: bù
details is used before the predicate for negation. Example |
PRONUNCIATION RULE: As said in lesson 6, when two third tones come together, the first third tone changes into the second tone, that is: 3rd + 3rd changes into 2nd + 3rd. If more than two third tones are in succession, you can both: | 1) | Pronounce only the last third tone as so, while change all the others into the second tone, that is 3rd + 3rd + 3rd + 3rd changes into 2nd + 2nd + 2nd + 3rd
3+3+3+3 ---> 2+2+2+3 |
or | 2) | Alternate 2nd and 3rd tones so that the last third tone is pronounced as so, that is 3rd + 3rd + 3rd + 3rd changes into 2nd + 3rd + 2nd + 3rd
3+3+3+3 ---> 2+3+2+3 |
Example 我character: 我
pinyin: wǒ
details很character: 很
pinyin: hěn
details好character: 好
pinyin: hǎo
details pronunciation: wo2 hen2 hao3 or: wo3 hen2 hao3 |
Exercise
Give an affirmative and a negative answer to the following questions:
你character: 你
pinyin: nǐ
details忙character: 忙
pinyin: máng
details不character: 不
pinyin: bù
details忙character: 忙
pinyin: máng
details？
你character: 你
pinyin: ní
details好character: 好
pinyin: hǎo
details不character: 不
pinyin: bù
details好character: 好
pinyin: hǎo
details？
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 40 of 1000
appearance score: # 138
frequency: 0.1468972%
Character
Animation
Strokes
Pronunciation
Meaning
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 41 of 1000
appearance score: # 827
frequency: 0.0217184%
Character
Animation
Strokes
Pronunciation
Meaning
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
