{"id":9834,"date":"2018-03-11T06:14:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T06:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=9834"},"modified":"2024-11-22T05:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T05:38:35","slug":"basic-sentence-structure-chinese","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese","title":{"rendered":"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"wpex-responsive-media\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Basic Chinese Sentence Structure\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=_jsd1bsjfic5374.html  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chinese, sentences do not change the <a href=index-474.html target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">morphology<\/a>, or form of words, to show person, tense, gender, number, or case. Instead, sentence structure is used to convey different meanings. Here is a list of <strong>basic Chinese sentence structures<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Declarative Sentence Structures\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=index.html#id1\">Sentences with \u201c\u662f\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id2\">Sentences with \u201c\u6709\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id3\">Sentences with an adjective predicate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id4\">Sentences with a verbal predicate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id5\">Sentences with a nominal predicate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id6\">Sentences with serial verbs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id7\">Comparative Sentences with \u201c\u6bd4\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id8\">Sentences with a subject-predicate predicate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id9\">Sentences with double objects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question Sentence Structures\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=index.html#id10\">General Questions \u5417(ma) and \u5462(ne)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id11\">Yes-No Questions and Affirmative-Negative Questions in Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index.html#id12\">A Summary of Wh-Questions in Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"declarative-sentence-structures\">Declarative Sentence Structures<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id1\">1. Sentences with \u201c\u662f\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>This sentence structure has the verb &#8220;\u662f&#8221; (to be) as the key predicate. The negative form is &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; before &#8220;\u662f&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + <\/strong><strong>\u662f + Other Elements<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u662f\u8001\u5e08\u3002(T\u0101 sh\u00ec l\u01ceosh\u012b.) He is teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8fd9\u662f\u6211\u7684\u4e66\u3002(Zh\u00e8 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de sh\u016b.) This is my book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e0d\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u3002(T\u0101men b\u00fa sh\u00ec Zh\u014dn\u0261\u0261u\u00f3 r\u00e9n.) They are not Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>\u662f<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Other Elements<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u662f<\/td><td>\u8001\u5e08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u8fd9<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u662f<\/td><td>\u6211\u7684\u4e66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6\u4eec<\/td><td>\u4e0d<\/td><td>\u662f<\/td><td>\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id2\">2. Sentences with \u201c\u6709\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>This sentence structure has the verb &#8220;\u6709&#8221; (to have) as the key predicate. The negative form is &#8220;\u6ca1&#8221; before &#8220;\u6709&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + <\/strong><strong>\u6709 + Other Elements<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u6709\u4e66\u3002(T\u0101 y\u01d2u sh\u016b.) He has books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u6709\u4e2d\u6587\u8bfe\u3002(W\u01d2men y\u01d2u Zh\u014dn\u0261w\u00e9n k\u00e8.) We have Chinese class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u7238\u7238\u6ca1\u6709\u82f9\u679c\u3002(B\u00e0b\u0251 m\u00e9i y\u01d2u p\u00edn\u0261\u0261u\u01d2.) Dady doesn\u2019t have apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>\u6709<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Other Elements<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u6709<\/td><td>\u4e66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211\u4eec<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u6709<\/td><td>\u4e2d\u6587\u8bfe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u7238\u7238<\/td><td>\u6ca1<\/td><td>\u6709<\/td><td>\u82f9\u679c<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong>: Ways to express existence and location: <a href=index-475.html>\u5728 vs \u6709 vs \u662f<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id3\">3. Sentences with an adjective predicate<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Chinese adjectives can be complete predicates. Adverbs like &#8220;\u5f88,&#8221; &#8220;\u4e5f,&#8221; and &#8220;\u90fd&#8221; can modify these sentences. To make a negative sentence, &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; is placed before the adjective that is the predicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + Adjective Predicate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u5fd9\u3002\uff08W\u01d2 m\u00e1ng.\uff09I`m busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u5f88\u5fd9\u3002\uff08W\u01d2 h\u011bn m\u00e1ng.\uff09I`m very busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4e0d\u5fd9\u3002\uff08W\u01d2 b\u00f9 m\u00e1ng.\uff09I`m not busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u90fd\u5f88\u5fd9\u3002\uff08W\u01d2men d\u014du h\u011bn m\u00e1ng.\uff09We are all very busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th colspan=\"2\"><strong>Predicate<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Adverb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Adjective<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u5fd9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u5f88<\/td><td>\u5fd9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e0d<\/td><td>\u5fd9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211\u4eec<\/td><td>\u90fd\u5f88<\/td><td>\u5fd9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id4\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">4. Sentences with a verbal predicate<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Verbs are the main part of these sentences, and the object typically comes after the verb. To make a sentence negative, &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; or &#8220;\u6ca1&#8221; is placed before the verb. But &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; and &#8220;\u6ca1&#8221; are not interchangeable &#8211; certain verbs use &#8220;\u4e0d,&#8221; while others use &#8220;\u6ca1.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + (Adverb) + Verb + (Object)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>(S-V-O)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u7231\u4f60\u3002\uff08W\u01d2 \u00e0i n\u01d0.\uff09I love you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u90fd\u559c\u6b22\u6c49\u8bed\u3002\uff08W\u01d2men d\u014du x\u01d0hu\u0101n h\u00e0ny\u01d4.\uff09We all like the Chinese language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f\uff08N\u01d0 z\u00e0i n\u01cer?\uff09Where are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u3002\uff08W\u01d2 b\u00f9 zh\u012bd\u00e0o.\uff09I don`t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th><th colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verbal Predicate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th><th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Object<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Adverb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Verb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u7231<\/td><td>\u4f60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211\u4eec<\/td><td>\u90fd<\/td><td>\u559c\u6b22<\/td><td>\u6c49\u8bed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u5728<\/td><td>\u54ea\u513f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e0d<\/td><td>\u77e5\u9053<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id5\">5. Sentences with a nominal predicate<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Nominal words or phrases can serve as the predicate in Chinese, but only for limited topics like time, age, date, weather, nationality, price, etc. The negative form uses &#8220;\u4e0d\u662f&#8221; before the nominal word or phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject +Nominal Predicate <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4eca\u5929\u4e09\u6708\u4e94\u53f7\u3002(J\u012bnti\u0101n s\u0101n y\u01dce w\u01d4 h\u00e0o.) Today is March 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u516b\u5c81\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u0101 s\u00f9i.) I\u2019m eight years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4eca\u5929\u6674\u5929\u3002(J\u012bnti\u0101n q\u00edngti\u0101n.) It\u2019s sunny today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u3002(T\u0101 Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3 r\u00e9n.) He is Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6628\u5929\u4e0d\u662f\u661f\u671f\u4e94\u3002(Zu\u00f3ti\u0101n b\u00fa sh\u00ec x\u012bngq\u012b w\u01d4.) Yesterday wasn\u2019t Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Negation Form<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Nominal Predicate<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4eca\u5929<\/td><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>\u4e09\u6708\u4e94\u53f7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u516b\u5c81<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4eca\u5929<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u6674\u5929<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6628\u5929<\/td><td>\u4e0d\u662f<\/td><td>\u661f\u671f\u4e94<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id6\">6. Sentences with serial verbs<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>These sentences have multiple verbs to indicate a sequence of actions, purposes, methods, etc. The negative form is usually &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; or &#8220;\u6ca1&#8221; before the first verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + Verb1 + (Object1) + Verb2 + (Object2) <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u6253\u5f00\u95e8\u8d70\u8fdb\u6559\u5ba4\u3002(T\u0101 d\u01cek\u0101i m\u00e9n z\u01d2uj\u00ecn ji\u00e0osh\u00ec.) He opens the door and enters the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u53bb\u56fe\u4e66\u9986\u770b\u4e66\u3002(T\u0101 q\u00f9 t\u00fash\u016b \u0261u\u01cen k\u00e0n sh\u016b.) He goes to the library for read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u7528\u7b77\u5b50\u5403\u996d\u3002(W\u01d2 y\u00f2n\u0261 ku\u00e0izi ch\u012b f\u00e0n.) I eat with chopsticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u4e0d\u53bb\u4e0a\u6d77\u73a9\u3002(T\u0101 b\u00fa q\u00f9 Sh\u00e0n\u0261h\u01cei w\u00e1n.) He won\u2019t go to Shanghai to have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u6ca1\u6709\u65f6\u95f4\u4f11\u606f\u3002(W\u01d2men m\u00e9i y\u01d2u sh\u00edji\u0101n xi\u016bxi.) We don\u2019t have time to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Negation<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Verb1<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>(Object1)<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Verb2<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>(Object2)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u6253\u5f00<\/td><td>\u95e8<\/td><td>\u8d70\u8fdb<\/td><td>\u6559\u5ba4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u53bb<\/td><td>\u56fe\u4e66\u9986<\/td><td>\u770b<\/td><td>\u4e66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u7528<\/td><td>\u7b77\u5b50<\/td><td>\u5403<\/td><td>\u996d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e0d<\/td><td>\u53bb<\/td><td>\u4e0a\u6d77<\/td><td>\u73a9<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211\u4eec<\/td><td>\u6ca1<\/td><td>\u6709<\/td><td>\u65f6\u95f4<\/td><td>\u4f11\u606f<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong>: Enhance Your Mandarin Fluency with <a href=index-476.html>Serial Verb Phrases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id7\">7. Comparative Sentences with \u201c\u6bd4\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>You can use &#8220;\u6bd4&#8221; in sentences to compare degrees or states between two objects. The negative form uses \u201c\u6ca1\u6709\u201d without changing the basic meaning expressed by the speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>A + <\/strong><strong>\u6bd4 + B + Adjective\/Verbal Phrase<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u2192 B + \u6ca1\u6709 + A + Adjective\/Verbal Phrase<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u6bd4\u6211\u9ad8\u3002(T\u0101 b\u01d0 w\u01d2 \u0261\u0101o.) He is taller than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u4ed6\u9ad8\u3002(W\u01d2 m\u00e9i y\u01d2u t\u0101 \u0261\u0101o.) I\u2019m shorter than him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u6bd4\u4ed6\u8dd1\u5f97\u5feb\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u01d0 t\u0101 p\u01ceo de ku\u00e0i.) I run faster than him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u6ca1\u6709\u6211\u8dd1\u5f97\u5feb\u3002(T\u0101 m\u00e9i y\u01d2u w\u01d2 p\u01ceo de ku\u00e0i.) He runs slower than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>A<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u6bd4<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>B<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Adjective\/Verbal Phrase<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u6bd4<\/td><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u9ad8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u6bd4<\/td><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u8dd1\u5f97\u5feb<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>B<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u6ca1\u6709<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>A<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Adjective\/Verbal Phrase<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u6ca1\u6709<\/td><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u9ad8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u6ca1\u6709<\/td><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u8dd1\u5f97\u5feb<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong>: Explore more about <a href=index-477.html>the comparative sentences &#8211; <strong>b\u01d0-structure(\u6bd4\u5b57\u53e5)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id8\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">8. Sentences with a subject-predicate predicate<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<p>This sentence structure has a subject-predicate predicate. It has two related subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + Subject-Predicate Predicate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u4e00\u53e5\u8bdd\u4e5f\u4e0d\u8bf4\u3002(T\u0101 y\u00ed j\u00f9 hu\u00e0 y\u011b b\u00f9 shu\u014d.) He doesn\u2019t say one word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8fd9\u68f5\u6811\u53f6\u5b50\u5f88\u591a\u3002(Zh\u00e8 k\u0113 sh\u00f9 y\u00e8zi h\u011bn du\u014d.) There are many leaves on the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u6c49\u8bed\u5f88\u597d\u3002(T\u0101 h\u00e0ny\u01da h\u011bn h\u01ceo.) He speaks Chinese very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th colspan=\"2\"><strong>Subject-Predicate Predicate<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Predicate<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u4e00\u53e5\u8bdd<\/td><td>\u4e5f\u4e0d\u8bf4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u8fd9\u68f5\u6811<\/td><td>\u53f6\u5b50<\/td><td>\u5f88\u591a<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u6c49\u8bed<\/td><td>\u5f88\u597d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id9\">9. Sentences with double objects<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>This sentence structure has two objects, and only specific verbs like &#8220;\u7ed9&#8221; (give), &#8220;\u95ee&#8221; (ask), &#8220;\u544a\u8bc9&#8221; (tell) can be used. The negative form is &#8220;\u4e0d&#8221; or &#8220;\u6ca1&#8221; before the verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + Verb + Object1 + Object2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u5988\u5988\u7ed9\u6211\u4e00\u5757\u94b1\u3002(M\u0101m\u0251 \u0261\u011bi w\u01d2 y\u00ed ku\u00e0i qi\u00e1n.) Mama gave me one yuan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u95ee\u6211\u4e00\u4e2a\u95ee\u9898\u3002(T\u0101 w\u00e8n w\u01d2 y\u00ed \u0261\u00e8 w\u00e8nt\u00ed.) He asks me a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u544a\u8bc9\u6211\u4e00\u4ef6\u4e8b\u3002(T\u0101 \u0261\u00e0osu w\u01d2 y\u00ed ji\u00e0n sh\u00ec.) He tells me something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Verb<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Object1<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Object2<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u5988\u5988<\/td><td>\u7ed9<\/td><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e00\u5757\u94b1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u95ee<\/td><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e00\u4e2a\u95ee\u9898<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u544a\u8bc9<\/td><td>\u6211<\/td><td>\u4e00\u4ef6\u4e8b<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-sentence-structures\">Question Sentence Structures<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id3\">10. General Questions \u5417(ma) and \u5462(ne)<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>To form a yes-no question in Chinese, add &#8220;\u5417&#8221; to the end of a declarative sentence. For certain interrogative sentences, &#8220;\u5462&#8221; can be used at the end to indicate a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Sentence + <\/strong><strong>\u5417<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Interrogative Sentence + <\/strong><strong>\u5462<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u662f\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba\u5417\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec Y\u012bn\u0261\u0261u\u00f3 r\u00e9n m\u0251?) Are you British?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u6709\u7b14\u5417\uff1f(N\u01d0 y\u01d2u b\u01d0 m\u0251?) Do you have a pen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u53eb\u5c0f\u660e\uff0c\u4f60\u5462\uff1f(W\u01d2 ji\u00e0o Xi\u01ceom\u00edn\u0261, n\u01d0 ne?) I\u2019m Xiaoming, and you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u5c0f\u660e\u4e0d\u662f\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u5c0f\u534e\u5462\uff1f(Xi\u01ceom\u00edn\u0261 b\u00fa sh\u00ec l\u01ceosh\u012b, Xi\u01ceohu\u00e1 ne?) Xiaoming isn\u2019t a teacher, how about Xiaohua?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>\u5417<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Elliptical Interrogative Sentence<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>\u5462<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60\u662f\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba<\/td><td>\u5417<\/td><td>\u6211\u53eb\u5c0f\u660e\uff0c\u4f60<\/td><td>\u5462<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60\u6709\u7b14<\/td><td>\u5417<\/td><td>\u5c0f\u660e\u4e0d\u662f\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u5c0f\u534e<\/td><td>\u5462<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id11\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">11. Yes-No Questions and Affirmative-Negative Questions in Chinese<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"yesno-questions\">Yes-No Questions<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>To form Yes-No questions in Chinese, you can use inflection when stating a declarative sentence, add &#8220;\u5417&#8221; at the end of a declarative sentence, or add &#8220;\u597d\u5417&#8221; or &#8220;\u5bf9\u5417&#8221; at the end of the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Sentence ? (with inflection)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Sentence + <\/strong><strong>\u5417\uff1f<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Sentence, <\/strong><strong>\u597d\u5417\uff1f\/\u5bf9\u5417?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u662f\u5b66\u751f\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec xu\u00e9shen\u0261?) You are a student?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8fd9\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u676f\u5b50\u5417\uff1f(Zh\u00e8 sh\u00ec n\u01d0 de b\u0113izi m\u0251?) Is this your cup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u8d85\u5e02\uff0c\u597d\u5417\uff1f(W\u01d2men y\u00ecq\u01d0 q\u00f9 ch\u0101osh\u00ec, h\u01ceo m\u0251?) Let\u2019s go to the supermarket together, is that ok?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8fd9\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u672c\u5b50\uff0c\u5bf9\u5417\uff1f(Zh\u00e8 sh\u00ec n\u01d0 de b\u011bnzi, du\u00ec m\u0251?) This is your notebook, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\uff1f<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60\u662f\u5b66\u751f<\/td><td>\uff1f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u5417 ?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u8fd9\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u676f\u5b50<\/td><td>\u5417 ?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u597d\u5417\/\u5bf9\u5417 ?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u8d85\u5e02<\/td><td>\u597d\u5417 \uff1f<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u8fd9\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u672c\u5b50<\/td><td>\u5bf9\u5417 \uff1f<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"affirmativenegative-questions\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Affirmative-Negative Questions<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Affirmative-Negative Questions are composed of the affirmative and the negative forms of the predicate, and the responder can choose between them. In this kind of sentence, \u201c\u5462\u201d can be put after the sentence while \u201c\u5417\u201d can\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subject + Predicate + (Object) + (<\/strong><strong>\u5462\uff09<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>(Affirmative Form + Negative Form)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u662f\u4e0d\u662f\u5b66\u751f\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec bu sh\u00ec xu\u00e9shen\u0261?) Are you a student or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4ed6\u4f1a\u4e0d\u4f1a\u6e38\u6cf3\u5462\uff1f(T\u0101 hu\u00ec bu hu\u00ec y\u00f3uy\u01d2n\u0261 ne?) Does he can swim or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u542c\u6ca1\u542c\u89c1\u5462\uff1f(N\u01d0 t\u012bn\u0261 m\u00e9i t\u012bn\u0261 ji\u00e0n ne?) Do you hear or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u4eec\u6709\u6ca1\u6709\u5c3a\u5b50\uff1f(N\u01d0men y\u01d2u m\u00e9i y\u01d2u ch\u01d0zi?) Do you have ruler or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/th><th colspan=\"2\"><strong>Predicate<\/strong><\/th><th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Object<\/strong><\/th><th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>\u5462<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>Affirmative Form<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Negative Form<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60<\/td><td>\u662f<\/td><td>\u4e0d\u662f<\/td><td>\u5b66\u751f<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4ed6<\/td><td>\u4f1a<\/td><td>\u4e0d\u4f1a<\/td><td>\u6e38\u6cf3<\/td><td>\u5462<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60<\/td><td>\u542c<\/td><td>\u6ca1\u542c\u89c1<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u5462<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60\u4eec<\/td><td>\u6709<\/td><td>\u6ca1\u6709<\/td><td>\u5c3a\u5b50<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"id12\">12. A Summary of Wh-Questions in Chinese<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>To ask questions in Chinese using words like &#8220;who,&#8221; &#8220;when,&#8221; &#8220;where,&#8221; &#8220;what,&#8221; and &#8220;why,&#8221; you can use &#8220;\u8c01,&#8221; &#8220;\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019&#8221; (or &#8220;\u51e0\u70b9&#8221;), &#8220;\u54ea,&#8221; &#8220;\u4ec0\u4e48,&#8221; and &#8220;\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48.&#8221; These questions follow the same word order as <a href=index-124.html>declarative sentences<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Who<\/strong><strong>\u2192\u8c01<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>When<\/strong><strong>\u2192\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019\/\u51e0\u70b9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Where<\/strong><strong>\u2192\u54ea<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>What<\/strong><strong>\u2192\u4ec0\u4e48<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Why<\/strong><strong>\u2192\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.g.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u662f\u8c01\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec shu\u00ed?) Who are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019\u56de\u5bb6\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00e9nme sh\u00edhou hu\u00edji\u0101?) When will you back home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(Xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i j\u01d0 di\u01cen?) What time is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec n\u01ce \u0261u\u00f3 r\u00e9n?) Where are you from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u91cc\uff1f(N\u01d0 z\u00e0i n\u01cel\u01d0?) Where are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u8fd9\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f(Zh\u00e8 sh\u00ec sh\u00e9nme?) What\u2019s this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u4e0a\u8bfe\uff1f(W\u00e8i sh\u00e9nme b\u00fa sh\u00e0n\u0261 k\u00e8?) Why don\u2019t you take classes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who<\/strong><\/td><td>\u4f60\u662f<strong><u>\u8c01<\/u><\/strong>?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>When<\/strong><\/td><td>\u4f60<strong><u>\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019<\/u><\/strong>\u56de\u5bb6?\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u73b0\u5728<strong><u>\u51e0\u70b9<\/u><\/strong>?\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Where<\/strong><\/td><td>\u4f60\u662f<strong><u>\u54ea<\/u><\/strong>\u56fd\u4eba?\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u4f60\u5728<strong><u>\u54ea\u91cc<\/u><\/strong>?\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>What<\/strong><\/td><td>\u8fd9\u662f<strong><u>\u4ec0\u4e48<\/u><\/strong>?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Why<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><u>\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/u><\/strong>\u4e0d\u4e0a\u8bfe?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanna know more about commonly used Chinese grammar particles? Here is a collection for you to learn <a href=index-27.html>Aspect, Structural, and Modal Particles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all Chinese beginners, here is an <a href=index-21.html><strong>all-in-one guide<\/strong><\/a> to mapping your learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chinese, sentences do not change the morphology, or form of words, to show person, tense, gender, number, or case. Instead, sentence structure is used to convey different meanings. Here is a list of basic Chinese sentence structures: Declarative Sentence Structures 1. Sentences with \u201c\u662f\u201d This sentence structure has the verb &#8220;\u662f&#8221; (to be) as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9835,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_tag":[],"portfolio_category":[148,147],"class_list":["post-9834","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-beginner","portfolio_category-hsk-1","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese<\/title>\n
<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=index-26.html \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-22T05:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"845\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"449\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@digmandarin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese\",\"name\":\"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-11T06:14:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-22T05:38:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg\",\"width\":845,\"height\":449},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese","description":"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese","og_description":"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese","article_modified_time":"2024-11-22T05:38:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":845,"height":449,"url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@digmandarin","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese","name":"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-11T06:14:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-22T05:38:35+00:00","description":"The sentence order is very important to convey different grammatical meanings. Here is a basic Chinese sentence structures list to help you how to use components.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/structure.jpg","width":845,"height":449},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/basic-sentence-structure-chinese#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Basic Sentence Structure in Chinese"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/9834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/9834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=9834"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=9834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}