{"id":971,"date":"2010-05-27T06:40:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=971"},"modified":"2010-05-27T06:40:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:40:47","slug":"simple-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/simple-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When speaking Mandarin, there are several ways to make comparisons between people, places, and things.<\/p>\n<p>Positive Comparisons<\/p>\n<p>1. He is taller than she.\u00a0 \u4ed6\u6bd4\u5979\u9ad8 -ta1bi3ta1gao1<br \/>\n2. He is taller than she.\u00a0 \u4ed6\u9ad8\u8fc7\u5979 -ta1gao1guo4ta1<\/p>\n<p>I have always found that the second structure is more comfortable, albeit more of a vernacular formation which I have encountered more in the south of China than in the north.<\/p>\n<p>Negative Comparisons<\/p>\n<p>Note that to make a negative comparison, it usually follows the form of &#8220;not as _[trait]__ as __[subject]__.&#8221; To make a negative comparison, you generally use \u6ca1\u6709 (mei2you3) or \u4e0d\u5982 (bu4ru2)\u00a0 rather than the \u6bd4 (bi3) construction here.<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6\u6ca1\u6709\u5979\u806a\u660e ta1 mei2you3 ta1 cong1ming2 &#8211; He is not as smart as she.<br \/>\n\u4ed6\u4e0d\u5982\u5979\u806a\u660e ta1 bu4ru2 ta1 cong1ming2 &#8211; He is not as smart as she.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up next I&#8217;ll discuss more complicated comparisons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When speaking Mandarin, there are several ways to make comparisons between people, places, and things. 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