{"id":15786,"date":"2022-10-10T03:23:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T03:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=15786"},"modified":"2022-10-10T03:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T03:30:42","slug":"best-online-chinese-grammar-checkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/best-online-chinese-grammar-checkers.html","title":{"rendered":"A Review of the Best Online Chinese Grammar Checkers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Recently, we have received many inquiries about if there are any good Chinese grammar checkers for learners to use in their daily studies. They want something like Grammarly for English, which can help correct some basic grammar errors. So, we at Dig Mandarin did some research on several popular online Chinese grammar checkers, which were highly featured on Google or were recommended by other language platforms. I hope this review collection can help make your Chinese learning easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To test if these Chinese grammar checkers work well, first, we need to list a series of Chinese sentences with typical grammar errors. We have already introduced\u00a0the Top 20 Common Mistakes Chinese Learners Make<\/a>, and we selected 14 of them to form our test targets. Compared to paragraph errors, sentence grammar errors are much easier to identify and correct. No matter whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner, you need to deal with sentence errors.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a list of test sentences with common grammar errors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can you correct all these sentences on your own? Give it a try and you can click here to check if your answers are correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The correct sentences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. \u8fd9\u53ea<\/strong>\u5c0f\u72d7\u5f88<\/strong>\u53ef\u7231\u3002This puppy is very cute. 2. \u6211\u60f3\u4e70\u4e00\u53f0<\/strong>\u7535\u8111\uff0c\u4e00\u672c<\/strong>\u4e66\uff0c\u4e00\u4ef6<\/strong>\u8863\u670d\u3002I want to buy a computer, a book, and a piece of clothing. 3. \u4e0b\u5348\u4e24\u70b9<\/strong>\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u51c6\u5907\u53bb\u56fe\u4e66\u9986\u4e8c\u697c<\/strong>\u770b\u4e24\u672c\u4e66<\/strong>\u3002At two o’clock in the afternoon, we are going to read two books on the second floor of the library. 4. \u4ed6\u662f\u4e0d\u662f<\/strong>\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba\uff1f \/ \u4ed6\u662f<\/strong>\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba\u5417<\/strong>\uff1fIs he American? 5. \u6211\u559c\u6b22\u6253\u7bee\u7403\uff0c<\/strong>\u6211\u59b9\u59b9\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u3002\u6211\u4f4f\u5728\u5317\u4eac\uff0c<\/strong>\u6211\u6709\u4e00\u53ea\u72d7\u3002I like to play basketball, and my sister likes to listen to music. I live in Beijing, and I have a dog. 6. \u4ed6\u4ee5\u524d\u5e38\u5e38\u5728\u65e9\u4e0a\u5b66<\/strong>\u4e2d\u6587\u3002He used to study Chinese in the morning. 7. \u8fd9\u672c\u4e66\u4e0d<\/strong>\u597d\u770b\u3002This book is not good. 8. \u4ed6\u7ed3\u8fc7\u4e24\u6b21\u5a5a<\/strong>\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u4ed6\u60f3\u548c\u5979\u7ed3\u5a5a<\/strong>\u3002He was married twice and now he wants to marry her. 9. \u6628\u5929\u7684\u5de5\u4f5c\u5f88\u591a\uff0c\u6211\u4e00\u76f4\u5de5\u4f5c\u5230\u665a\u4e0a11\u70b9\u624d<\/strong>\u505a\u5b8c\u3002I had a lot of work yesterday, and I didn’t finish my work until 11 o’clock in the evening. 10. \u6c49\u8bed\u8bfe9\u70b9\u4e0a\u8bfe\uff0c\u4ed6\u65e9\u4e0a6\u70b9\u5c31<\/strong>\u5230\u6559\u5ba4\u4e86\u3002The Chinese class starts at 9:00, and he arrives at the classroom at 6:00 in the morning. 11. \u4f60\u80fd<\/strong>\u770b\u89c1\u90a3\u8fb9\u7684\u90a3\u68f5\u6811\u5417? Can you see that tree over there? 12. \u6211\u5728\u90a3\u4e2a\u996d\u9986<\/strong>\u5403\u9762\u6761\u3002I eat noodles at that restaurant. 13. \u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8<\/strong>\u3002He is taller than me.\u00a0 \/ \u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8\u5f88\u591a<\/strong>\u3002He is much taller than me. 14. \u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u5916\u9762\u6709<\/strong>\u4e2a\u5973\u5b69\u627e\u4f60\u3002There is a girl looking for you outside the office. There are 20 errors and 14 types of common grammar mistakes in these test sentences. Let\u2019s take a look at the performance of the following online Chinese grammar checkers.<\/p>\n\n\n The original version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The revised version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are 19 suggested edits, and among them, four of them are about punctuation, which is irrelevant. The use of an adjective as the predicate in sentence 1 was successfully corrected, which changes \u201c\u662f\u201d to \u201c\u5f88\u201d. The second sentence about measure words was fully corrected. However, the incorrect measure word in the first sentence wasn\u2019t detected. Although sometimes we hear \u201c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5c0f\u72d7\u201d in spoken language, it should be more formal and accurate if it\u2019s in written Chinese. In sentences 7, 12, and 14, the corrected sentences are correct in terms of grammar, but it changed the whole meaning. So, the corrections here are not ideal. Sentence 5 is interesting. Since there are two instances of over-use of \u201c\u548c\u201d, but it just detected one. In sentences 4 and 6, the use of yes\/no questions and the use of \u201c\u4e86\u201d were both corrected correctly. All other sentences and grammar issues were not corrected successfully. Five grammar error types were detected in total.<\/p>\n\n\n The original version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The revised version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are four edits and two types of grammar errors detected. In sentence 1, the adjective acting as the predicate was corrected properly. However, it didn\u2019t detect the measure word problem. In sentence 2, it detected the measure word errors successfully, but the revised version is still not acceptable. It doesn\u2019t give the user a direct answer, which means you need to correct the suggested answer once again on your own. All other sentences and grammar errors were not detected. In total, there was only one error corrected successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One good point is that the surface of the checker is quite clear. You can see which part you need to improve, including grammar, spelling, style, punctuation, and structure. It even gives you metrics on the readability of your content. If this checker worked correctly, it would be very helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n The original version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The revised version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sentence Checker detected four grammar errors, which are also presented on the surface. As the other checkers did, this one only corrected sentence 1 for the adjective functioning as the predicate, but the measure word problem remained. It did correct the measure words in sentence 2. All other grammar problems were not detected. In total, there are two types of grammar errors that were corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This Sentence Checker seems like the same tool as Grammar Checker<\/a>. There are also other language checkers. You can try and see if they work better than the Chinese one. <\/p>\n\n\n The original version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Using \u201c\u662f\u201d with adjectives inappropriately<\/a>, Over-use of measure word \u201c\u4e2a\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Over-use of measure word \u201c\u4e2a\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Misuse of \u201c\u4e8c\u201d and \u201c\u4e24\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Using \u201c\u5417\u201d for all Yes\/No questions<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Over-use of \u201c\u548c\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Over-use of \u201c\u4e86\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Misuse of \u201c\u4e0d\u201d and \u201c\u6ca1\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Misuse of the separable words<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Confusing \u201c\u5c31\u201d with \u201c\u624d\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Confusing \u201c\u5c31\u201d with \u201c\u624d\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Misuse of the modal verbs<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Incorrect placement of adverbial phrases<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Misuse of comparative sentences with \u201c\u6bd4\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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