Chinese Grammar Site Map
- Act 1 The Bones of a Conversation
- Lesson 1 Wo Ni Ta Ta the Basic Pronouns
- Lesson 2 Nin Polite You
- Lesson 3 Shi a Is B
- Lesson 4 Bushi a Is Not B
- Lesson 5 Men Plural People
- Lesson 6 De Whose Thing
- Lesson 7 Drop De with Family and Groups
- Lesson 8 De Stands in for the Noun
- Lesson 9 Zhe and Na This and That
- Lesson 10 Zheer and Naer Here and There
- Lesson 11 Adjectives Are Verbs Hen Is Filler
- Lesson 12 Zhen Really
- Lesson 13 Bu Habits and States
- Lesson 14 Bu Refusing or Ruling Out
- Lesson 15 You to Have
- Lesson 16 You There Is
- Lesson 17 Meiyou Do Not Have
- Lesson 18 Zai Where Someone Is
- Lesson 19 Shang Li Xia on in Under
- Lesson 20 Qianbian Houbian Zuobian Youbian
- Lesson 21 Ye Also
- Lesson 22 Dou All
- Lesson 23 Yiqi Together
- Lesson 24 He and Gen Joining Nouns
- Lesson 25 Ma Yes No Questions
- Lesson 26 Ne and You
- Lesson 27 A Not a Qubuqu
- Lesson 28 Youmeiyou
- Lesson 29 Haobuhao Tagging a Suggestion
- Lesson 30 Duibudui Checking a Fact
- Lesson 31 Shui Who
- Lesson 32 Shenme What
- Lesson 33 Naer Where
- Lesson 34 Shenmeshihou When
- Lesson 35 Zenme How to
- Lesson 36 Zenme How Come
- Lesson 37 Duo Adjective How Old How Far
- Lesson 38 Haishi or in Questions
- Lesson 39 Word Order Who When Where Verb
- Lesson 40 Zanmen We Including You
- Lesson 41 Dajia Everyone
- Lesson 42 Ziji Oneself
- Lesson 43 Ting De Pretty
- Lesson 44 Tebie Especially
- Lesson 45 Hao Adjective So
- Lesson 46 Zheme and Name This Much
- Lesson 47 Zheyang Like This
- Lesson 48 Huozhe or in Statements
- Lesson 49 Shibushi Is Not It
- Lesson 50 Xingma and Haoma Request Tags
- Lesson 51 Ba I Guess Right
- Lesson 52 Weishenme Why
- Lesson 53 Zenmeyang How Is It
- Lesson 54 Noun Ne Where Is It
- Lesson 55 Bijiao Fairly
- Lesson 56 Rising Tone a Question Without Ma
- Lesson 57 Xiao and Lao Before a Surname
- Act 2 Numbers and Measure Words
- Lesson 58 Number Measure Word Noun
- Lesson 59 Liang Before a Measure Word
- Lesson 60 Zhege and Nage
- Lesson 61 Nage Which
- Lesson 62 Zhexie and Naxie These Those
- Lesson 63 Ben Books
- Lesson 64 Bei Cups
- Lesson 65 Jia Shops and Companies
- Lesson 66 Kuai Pieces
- Lesson 67 Kou Family Members
- Lesson 68 Jian Rooms
- Lesson 69 Ji How Many Small Numbers
- Lesson 70 Duoshao How Many Any Amount
- Lesson 71 Kuai and Mao Money
- Lesson 72 Dian and Ban Clock Time
- Lesson 73 Jihao the Date
- Lesson 74 Xingqi Weekdays
- Lesson 75 Yidianer a Little
- Lesson 76 Yixie Some
- Lesson 77 Biede Other
- Lesson 78 Youde Some of Them
- Lesson 79 Tiao Long Things
- Lesson 80 Jian Clothes and Matters
- Lesson 81 Liang Vehicles
- Lesson 82 Ping Bottles
- Lesson 83 Wei People Politely
- Lesson 84 Fen Portions
- Lesson 85 Ceng Floors
- Lesson 86 Bian Start to Finish
- Lesson 87 Tang Round Trips
- Lesson 88 Ci How Many Times
- Lesson 89 Youdianer a Bit Complaining
- Lesson 90 Adjective Yidianer a Bit More
- Lesson 91 Number Duo and Some
- Lesson 92 Wan Ten Thousand
- Lesson 93 Di Ordinals
- Lesson 94 Shenmede and So on
- Lesson 95 Yigong in Total
- Lesson 96 Zhi Only
- Lesson 97 Zhang Flat Things
- Lesson 98 Zhi Animals
- Lesson 99 Ba Things You Grip
- Lesson 100 Shuang Pairs
- Lesson 101 Tai Machines
- Lesson 102 Qun Groups
- Lesson 103 Dun Meals
- Lesson 104 Zhong Kinds
- Lesson 105 Yikou One Bite
- Lesson 106 Yiyan One Look
- Lesson 107 Tiantian Every
- Lesson 108 Mei Dou Every
- Lesson 109 Yigeyige One by One
- Lesson 110 Sansige Three or Four
- Lesson 111 Zuoyou About
- Lesson 112 Shiji Ten Something
- Lesson 113 Zhishao at Least
- Lesson 114 Wan Bowls
- Lesson 115 Gen Thin Sticks
- Lesson 116 Lai Roughly
- Lesson 117 Dazhe Discounts
- Act 3 Aspect Time Without Tense
- Lesson 118 Time Words Do Tenses Job
- Lesson 119 Verb Le Counted Object
- Lesson 120 Bare Object Le Goes Last
- Lesson 121 Final Le a New Situation
- Lesson 122 Bu Le Not Anymore
- Lesson 123 Mei It Did Not Happen
- Lesson 124 Zai Verb in Progress
- Lesson 125 Zhengzai Right in the Middle
- Lesson 126 Verb Ne Still Going
- Lesson 127 Tai Le Too
- Lesson 128 Mashang Right Away
- Lesson 129 Changchang Often
- Lesson 130 Youshihou Sometimes
- Lesson 131 Past Habits Take No Le
- Lesson 132 Yiqian and Yihou Before After
- Lesson 133 Deshihou When
- Lesson 134 Guo Have Ever
- Lesson 135 Mei Guo Have Never
- Lesson 136 Guole Already Done
- Lesson 137 Zhe a Lasting State
- Lesson 138 Zhe Holding a Posture
- Lesson 139 Place Verb Zhe Thing
- Lesson 140 Kuai Le About to
- Lesson 141 Yao Le Going to
- Lesson 142 Jiuyao Le with a Time Word
- Lesson 143 Yijing Le Already
- Lesson 144 Verb Le Amount Le So Far
- Lesson 145 Haimei Ne Not Yet
- Lesson 146 Gai Le Time to
- Lesson 147 Gang Just Now
- Lesson 148 Yizhi All Along
- Lesson 149 Laoshi Always Annoyingly
- Lesson 150 Yuelaiyue More and More
- Lesson 151 Yihuier a Little While
- Lesson 152 Duojiu How Long
- Lesson 153 Zhenghao Just Right
- Lesson 154 Conglaimei Guo Never Once
- Lesson 155 Yidianeryebu Not at All
- Lesson 156 Verb Le Jiu Once Done
- Lesson 157 Dou Le Already Surprised
- Lesson 158 Zongshi Always
- Lesson 159 Zhongyu Finally
- Lesson 160 Benlai Originally
- Lesson 161 Ganjin Hurry
- Lesson 162 Time Since It Happened
- Lesson 163 Zicong Yihou Ever Since
- Lesson 164 Cong Qi From Then on
- Lesson 165 Jinkuai as Soon as Possible
- Lesson 166 Yiban Usually
- Lesson 167 Yitianbiyitian Day by Day
- Act 4 Complements What Verbs Do Next
- Lesson 168 Kanjian Actually Seeing
- Lesson 169 Tingdong Understanding
- Lesson 170 Wan Finished
- Lesson 171 Hao Done and Ready
- Lesson 172 Cuo Wrong
- Lesson 173 Hui Learned to
- Lesson 174 Qingchu Clearly
- Lesson 175 Ganjing Clean
- Lesson 176 Lai and Qu After a Verb
- Lesson 177 Place Before Lai or Qu
- Lesson 178 Verb De Adjective How Well
- Lesson 179 Duration After the Verb
- Lesson 180 Dao Reaching the Goal
- Lesson 181 Zhu Fixed in Place
- Lesson 182 Zou Taken Away
- Lesson 183 Dakai Open
- Lesson 184 Huilai Come Back
- Lesson 185 Huiqu Go Back
- Lesson 186 Jinlai Come in
- Lesson 187 Chuqu Go Out
- Lesson 188 Shangqu Go Up
- Lesson 189 Xialai Come Down
- Lesson 190 Qilai Get Up
- Lesson 191 Chulai Come Out
- Lesson 192 Guolai Come Over
- Lesson 193 Guoqu Go Over
- Lesson 194 Kanbujian Cannot See
- Lesson 195 Tingbudong Cannot Follow
- Lesson 196 Chibuwan Too Much to Finish
- Lesson 197 Zhaobudao Cannot Find
- Lesson 198 Shuibuzhe Cannot Fall Asleep
- Lesson 199 Maibuqi Cannot Afford
- Lesson 200 Verb Buliao Cannot Manage
- Lesson 201 Repeat the Verb Before De
- Lesson 202 Adjective Sile Extremely
- Lesson 203 Adjective Dehen Very
- Lesson 204 Pronoun Before the Count
- Lesson 205 Banggemang Split Verbs Open Up
- Lesson 206 Gen Jianmian Split Verbs Take Gen
- Lesson 207 Kanqilai Looks
- Lesson 208 Tingqilai Sounds
- Lesson 209 Xiangqilai Remember
- Lesson 210 Xiangchulai Think Up
- Lesson 211 Kanchulai Tell by Looking
- Lesson 212 Aishang Fall for
- Lesson 213 Laibuji Too Late
- Act 5 Signature Structures
- Lesson 214 Bi More Than
- Lesson 215 Meiyou Not as as
- Lesson 216 Zui Most
- Lesson 217 Bi Exact Gap
- Lesson 218 Bi Duole Much More
- Lesson 219 Bi Yidianer a Little More
- Lesson 220 Bi Hai Even More
- Lesson 221 Geng Even More
- Lesson 222 Gen Yiyang the Same
- Lesson 223 Gen Yiyang Adjective
- Lesson 224 Buru Not as Good as
- Lesson 225 You Name as as
- Lesson 226 Shi De When
- Lesson 227 Shi De Where
- Lesson 228 Shi De How
- Lesson 229 Shi De Who
- Lesson 230 Bushiguyide Not on Purpose
- Lesson 231 Jiu Earlier Than Expected
- Lesson 232 Cai Later Than Expected
- Lesson 233 Jiu Right There
- Lesson 234 You Again Already Happened
- Lesson 235 You Again Sure to Come
- Lesson 236 Zai Again Not Yet Done
- Lesson 237 Hai Still
- Lesson 238 Hai More Also
- Lesson 239 Rang Make or Let
- Lesson 240 Jiao Person Name Call Someone
- Lesson 241 Haishi Ba You D Better
- Lesson 242 Topic First
- Lesson 243 Jiao Tell Someone to
- Lesson 244 Qing Invite or Treat
- Lesson 245 Ba Zai Put It Somewhere
- Lesson 246 Ba Shang Shut It
- Lesson 247 Ba Wan Get It Done
- Lesson 248 Ba Gei Hand It Over
- Lesson 249 Bie or Mei Before Ba
- Lesson 250 Bei Doer Bad Luck
- Lesson 251 Rang as Passive
- Lesson 252 Jiao as Passive
- Lesson 253 Verb Debi Compare Actions
- Lesson 254 Bubi No Worse Than
- Lesson 255 Yue Yue the More the More
- Lesson 256 Cai Only So Little
- Lesson 257 Jiu Only This
- Lesson 258 Zai and Then
- Lesson 259 Hai Fairly Okay
- Lesson 260 Shenmedou Everything
- Lesson 261 Sheidou Everyone
- Lesson 262 Youdeshi Plenty
- Lesson 263 Stressed Shi It Really Is
- Lesson 264 Yi Yemei Not a Single One
- Lesson 265 Ba Yixia a Quick Job
- Lesson 266 Ba Guang All Used Up
- Lesson 267 Ba Wangle Forgot It
- Lesson 268 Bei Without a Doer
- Lesson 269 Hui De It Will Trust Me
- Lesson 270 Lian Dou Even
- Lesson 271 Place Laile Newcomer
- Lesson 272 Bushibu Its Not That I Will Not
- Act 6 Modality and Stacked Verbs
- Lesson 273 Xiang Would Like
- Lesson 274 Yao Want Firmly
- Lesson 275 Hui Know How
- Lesson 276 Neng Able
- Lesson 277 Hui Will Probably
- Lesson 278 Bie Do Not
- Lesson 279 Verbs in a Row
- Lesson 280 Lai or Qu Purpose
- Lesson 281 Cong From
- Lesson 282 Gen with to
- Lesson 283 Keyi Allowed
- Lesson 284 Keneng Maybe
- Lesson 285 Yinggai Should
- Lesson 286 Bixu Must
- Lesson 287 Buyong No Need
- Lesson 288 Dasuan Plan to
- Lesson 289 Yuanyi Willing
- Lesson 290 Haoxiang Seems
- Lesson 291 Yexu Perhaps
- Lesson 292 Bie Le Stop It
- Lesson 293 Gei for Someone
- Lesson 294 Dui Toward Someone
- Lesson 295 Wei Person for Someones Sake
- Lesson 296 Li Distance From
- Lesson 297 Wang Toward
- Lesson 298 Cong Dao From to
- Lesson 299 Two Objects Person Then Thing
- Lesson 300 Verb Gei Pass It to
- Lesson 301 Verb Zhe Verb How
- Lesson 302 Zuo Vehicle Verb
- Lesson 303 Gan Dare
- Lesson 304 Xuyao Need
- Lesson 305 Qianwanbie Whatever You Do Do Not
- Lesson 306 Weile in Order to
- Lesson 307 Hao So That
- Lesson 308 Dui Laishuo for Someone
- Lesson 309 An the Way Someone Said
- Lesson 310 Huxiang Each Other
- Lesson 311 Dagai Probably Roughly
- Lesson 312 Kongpa I M Afraid
- Lesson 313 De Have to
- Lesson 314 Ti in Someones Place
- Lesson 315 Shuobuding Could Well Be
- Lesson 316 Kanlai It Seems
- Lesson 317 Jihu Almost
- Act 7 Connectors Particles and the Texture of Speech
- Lesson 318 Ba Lets
- Lesson 319 Yibian Yibian While
- Lesson 320 Buhaoyisi Sorry Excuse Me
- Lesson 321 Ba Fine Okay
- Lesson 322 A Warm Agreement
- Lesson 323 Ya a After a Vowel
- Lesson 324 Wei Hello on the Phone
- Lesson 325 Yinwei Suoyi Because
- Lesson 326 Suiran Danshi Although
- Lesson 327 Buguo But Gently
- Lesson 328 Ruguo Jiu If
- Lesson 329 Dehua If Casually
- Lesson 330 Yi Jiu as Soon as
- Lesson 331 Xian Zai First Then
- Lesson 332 Xian Ranhou First After That
- Lesson 333 Budan Erqie Not Only
- Lesson 334 Zhiyao Jiu as Long as
- Lesson 335 You You Both
- Lesson 336 Na Then in That Case
- Lesson 337 Kankan Have a Look
- Lesson 338 Shishi Give It a Try
- Lesson 339 Xiangyixiang Verb Yi Verb
- Lesson 340 Kanlekan Did It Briefly
- Lesson 341 Xiuxixiuxi ABAB
- Lesson 342 Manman Doubled Adjectives
- Lesson 343 Kaikaixinxin AABB
- Lesson 344 Yixia Just a Moment
- Lesson 345 Mafanni Could You
- Lesson 346 Xinkule Thanks for the Effort
- Lesson 347 Suibian Whatever You Like
- Lesson 348 Chabuduo Close Enough
- Lesson 349 Meishier No Problem
- Lesson 350 Ma Obviously
- Lesson 351 La Le Plus a
- Lesson 352 Northern Erhua
- Lesson 353 Chule Dou Except
- Lesson 354 Chule Hai Besides
- Lesson 355 Yaoshi Jiu If Relaxed
- Lesson 356 Zhiyou Cai Only If
- Lesson 357 Bushi Jiushi Always One or the Other
- Lesson 358 X Shi X Jiushi Yes But
- Lesson 359 Yihuier Yihuier Back and Forth
- Lesson 360 Bushi Ma Did Not You Say
- Lesson 361 Nandao Surely Not
- Lesson 362 X Jiu X Ba Fine So Be It
- Lesson 363 Verb Shenmea Stop It
- Lesson 364 Budabuxiao Just Right
- Lesson 365 Daodi So Which Is It
- Lesson 366 Qishi Actually
- Lesson 367 Fanzheng Anyway
- Lesson 368 Genben Not at All
- Lesson 369 Dangran of Course
- Lesson 370 Zhihao Had No Choice
- Lesson 371 Jianzhi Simply
- Lesson 372 Bai for Nothing
- Lesson 373 Jiran Jiu Since
- Lesson 374 Buguan Dou No Matter
- Lesson 375 Napa Ye Even If
- Lesson 376 Wanyi What If
- Lesson 377 Buran Otherwise
- Lesson 378 Bushi Ershi Not a But B
- Lesson 379 Shenzhi Even
- Lesson 380 Jingran to My Surprise
- Lesson 381 Shide Just Like
- Lesson 382 Renjia Others or Coy Me
- Lesson 383 A Huh
- Lesson 384 Naerzhidao Rhetorical No
- Lesson 385 Bu Ye Even Without
- Lesson 386 Youshenmehao De No Reason to
- Lesson 387 Bu X Baibu X Might as Well
- Lesson 388 X Jiushile Just Do It
- Lesson 389 Hai X Ne Some X You Are
- Lesson 390 Ni X Nideba Carry on
- Lesson 391 Rangni X Nijiu X Do as You Re Told
- Lesson 392 Da a Da B Doing It Big
- Lesson 393 Yimuyiyang Exactly Alike
- Lesson 394 Verb Yi X Shiyi X Every Bit Counts
- Lesson 395 X Shi X Y Shi Y Keep Them Separate
- Lesson 396 X Yede X Bu X Yede X No Choice
- Lesson 397 Shuoshenmeyede Whatever It Takes