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grammar
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步 to have a stroll)
HSK 7-9
classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賓* | 賓* | *賓
visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *量* | 量* | *量
capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词, classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
grammar
predicate (in logic and grammar)
transitive (grammar)
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *態* | 態* | *態
(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice
third person (grammar)
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
phrase (grammar)
(grammar) number plus classifier / household (in census)
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
simple sentence (grammar)
genitive case (in grammar)
subject (in grammar)
accusative case (grammar)
object (grammar)
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
definite article (grammar)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羌* | 羌* | *羌
muntjac / grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
perfect tense (grammar)
sentence pattern (in grammar)
word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
subjunctive mood (grammar)
infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression
infinitive (grammar)
determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
clause (grammar)
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
common noun (grammar)
clause (grammar)
to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
instrumental case (grammar)
indirect object (grammar)
contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation
(grammar) suffix
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
nominative case (grammar)
past participle (in European grammar)
present participle (in English grammar)
idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
vocative case (grammar)
verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs
voice (grammar)
(grammar) a connective / a conjunction
article (in grammar)
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
modifier (grammar)
article (in grammar)
premodifier (grammar)
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns
dangling participle (grammar)
dangling element (grammar)
reported speech (in grammar)
postposition (grammar)
postmodifier (grammar)
possessive case (grammar)
suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
possessive (in grammar)
direct object (grammar)
phrase (grammar)
complement (grammar)
modest word (grammar)
case change (in grammar)
past tense (grammar)
separable word (in Chinese grammar)


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