{"id":12409,"date":"2016-07-27T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2016-12-12T18:43:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T22:43:52","slug":"chinese-conjunctions-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-conjunctions-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Conjunctions Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you start to reach a more intermediate level of Chinese, you’ll want to connect your ideas and begin using more complex sentences. To do this, you’ll need to learn some conjunctions. In Chinese, conjunctions do just what they do in English – just think back to “Schoolhouse Rock.” That’s right, “hooking up words, and phrases and clauses.” This two-part series will teach you a bunch of useful conjunctions and provide examples for each that you can study further. For the first post, we’ll stick to some of the easier conjunctions.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0(\u548c – h\u00e9)<\/h2>\n

This is the most common way to express “and” in Chinese, but it’s not the only way. For now, just remember that the word\u00a0\u548c (h\u00e9) is mainly used to link nouns. While practicing this word, just use it for that purpose to begin with. Here are a few examples to show you how it’s used to link nouns:<\/p>\n

\"Beijing<\/a>

Beijing and Shanghai.<\/p><\/div>\n

She has been to Beijing and Shanghai.
\n\u5979\u53bb\u8fc7\u5317\u4eac\u548c\u4e0a\u6d77.
\nt\u0101 q\u00f9 gu\u00f2 b\u011bi j\u012bng h\u00e9 sh\u00e0ng h\u01cei<\/h3>\n

I like tea and coffee.
\n\u6211\u559c\u6b22\u8336\u548c\u5496\u5561.
\nw\u01d2 x\u01d0 hu\u0101n ch\u00e1 h\u00e9 k\u0101 f\u0113i<\/h3>\n

Are you and he both students?
\n\u4f60\u548c\u4ed6\u90fd\u662f\u5b66\u751f\u5417?
\nn\u01d0 h\u00e9 t\u0101 d\u014du sh\u00ec xu\u00e9 sh\u0113ng ma<\/h3>\n

Notice that in all three examples,\u00a0\u548c links nouns -Beijing and Shanghai, coffee and tea, you and he. Try to make a few sentences yourself, just sticking with nouns for now. You can always get more complicated later on!<\/p>\n

Or (\u6216\u8005 – hu\u00f2 zh\u011b;\u00a0\u8fd8\u662f – h\u00e1i sh\u00ec)<\/h2>\n

The word “or” is a bit tricky in Chinese. If it’s a statement, you use\u00a0\u6216\u8005 (hu\u00f2 zh\u011b); if it’s a question, you use\u00a0\u8fd8\u662f (h\u00e1i sh\u00ec). Let’s take a look at two examples of each to better understand the usage of “or.”<\/p>\n

We want to go to the park or the cinema.
\n\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u53bb\u516c\u56ed\u6216\u8005\u7535\u5f71\u9662.
\nw\u01d2 men y\u00e0o q\u00f9 g\u014dng yu\u00e1n hu\u00f2 zh\u011b di\u00e0n y\u01d0ng yu\u00e0n<\/h3>\n

Do you want to eat noodles or rice?
\n\u4f60\u60f3\u5403\u9762\u8fd8\u662f\u7c73\u996d?
\nn\u01d0 xi\u01ceng ch\u012b mi\u00e0n h\u00e1i sh\u00ec m\u01d0 f\u00e0n<\/h3>\n

We can go hiking tomorrow or the day after.
\n\u6211\u4eec\u53ef\u4ee5\u722c\u5c71\u660e\u5929\u6216\u8005\u540e\u5929.
\nw\u01d2 men k\u011b y\u01d0 p\u00e1 sh\u0101n m\u00edng ti\u0101n hu\u00f2 zh\u011b h\u00f2u ti\u0101n<\/h3>\n

Are they French or German?
\n\u4ed6\u4eec\u662f\u6cd5\u56fd\u4eba\u8fd8\u662f\u5fb7\u56fd\u4eba?
\nt\u0101 men sh\u00ec f\u00e0 gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n h\u00e1i sh\u00ec d\u00e9 gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n<\/h3>\n

It’s a bit tricky at first, sure, but eventually you’ll get the hang of it. Just remember that there’s a different “or” for statements and questions and you’ll get used to it soon enough.<\/p>\n

So (\u6240\u4ee5 – su\u01d2 y\u01d0)<\/h2>\n

Thankfully this one is pretty easy, and it works just the same as it does in English. Study these examples to see how to use “so” in Chinese:<\/p>\n

I want to study Chinese, so I moved to China.
\n\u6211\u8981\u5b66\u4e60\u4e2d\u6587, \u6240\u4ee5\u6211\u642c\u5230\u4e2d\u56fd\u3002
\nw\u01d2 y\u00e0o xu\u00e9 x\u00ed zh\u014dng w\u00e9n, su\u01d2 y\u01d0 w\u01d2 b\u0101n d\u00e0o zh\u014dng gu\u00f3<\/h3>\n

He’s too busy today, so he can’t go out to play.
\n\u4ed6\u4eca\u5929\u592a\u5fd9\u4e86\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5\u4e0d\u80fd\u51fa\u53bb\u73a9.
\nt\u0101 j\u012bn ti\u0101n t\u00e0i m\u00e1ng le, su\u01d2 y\u01d0 b\u00f9 n\u00e9ng ch\u016b q\u00f9 w\u00e1n<\/h3>\n

There’s no class tomorrow, so we can go shopping.
\n\u660e\u5929\u6ca1\u6709\u8bfe\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5\u6211\u4eec\u53ef\u4ee5\u53bb\u901b\u8857.
\nm\u00edng ti\u0101n m\u00e9i y\u01d2u k\u00e8, su\u01d2 y\u01d0 w\u01d2 men k\u011b y\u01d0 q\u00f9 gu\u00e0ng ji\u0113<\/h3>\n

This can be used with another word to form a compound conjunction, but we’ll save that for the second post. For now, try to make a few sentences using\u00a0\u6240\u4ee5\u00a0on its own.<\/p>\n

But (\u4f46\u662f – d\u00e0n sh\u00ec;\u00a0\u53ef\u662f – k\u011b sh\u00ec)<\/h2>\n

Don’t get thrown off by the fact that there are two different words for “but” in Chinese – they’re both used in exactly the same way. You can use whichever one you like, or you can switch it up and use them both. Check out these examples:<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/a>

It’s beautiful, but way too many people.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/h3>\n

This place is beautiful, but there are too many people.
\n\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5730\u65b9\u6f02\u4eae\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u4eba\u592a\u591a\u4e86.
\nzh\u00e8 ge d\u00ec f\u0101ng pi\u00e0o liang, d\u00e0n sh\u00ec r\u00e9n t\u00e0i du\u014d le<\/h3>\n

I like this cell phone, but it’s too expensive.
\n\u6211\u559c\u6b22\u8fd9\u4e2a\u624b\u673a\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\u592a\u8d35\u4e86.
\nw\u01d2 x\u01d0 hu\u0101n zh\u00e8 ge sh\u01d2u j\u012b, k\u011b sh\u00ec t\u00e0i gu\u00ec le<\/h3>\n

He wants to go, but he has no time.
\n\u4ed6\u8981\u53bb\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u65f6\u95f4.
\nt\u0101 y\u00e0o q\u00f9, d\u00e0n sh\u00ec m\u00e9i y\u01d2u sh\u00ed ji\u0101n<\/h3>\n

Try making a few sentences on your own, and go ahead and use both words to practice.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the next post, we’ll learn a few more common conjunctions, as well as a couple of compound conjunctions to improve your fluency.<\/p>\n

Read on for Part Two<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Once you start to reach a more intermediate level of Chinese, you’ll want to connect your ideas and begin using more complex sentences. To do this, you’ll need to learn some conjunctions. In Chinese, conjunctions do just what they do in English – just think back to “Schoolhouse Rock.” That’s right, “hooking up words, and…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":12410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[272723,451930,69375,451932,451933,451934,451935,451931,378631,69374],"class_list":["post-12409","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beginner-chinese","tag-chinese-conjunctions","tag-chinese-grammar","tag-chinese-word-for-and","tag-chinese-word-for-but","tag-chinese-word-for-or","tag-chinese-word-for-so","tag-conjunctions-in-chinese","tag-intermediate-chinese","tag-learn-chinese"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12409"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12825,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409\/revisions\/12825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}