Book contents
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of grammatical terms and abbreviations
- Special symbols
- Unit I Introduction
- Unit II Parts of speech
- Unit III Simple sentences
- Unit IV Special sentences
- 22 The 把 bǎ construction
- 23 The 被 bèi construction
- 24 Questions
- 25 Comparisons
- 26 Existential sentences
- 27 Emphatic sentences
- Unit V Complicated sentences
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Word-to-Grammar Index
25 - Comparisons
from Unit IV - Special sentences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of grammatical terms and abbreviations
- Special symbols
- Unit I Introduction
- Unit II Parts of speech
- Unit III Simple sentences
- Unit IV Special sentences
- 22 The 把 bǎ construction
- 23 The 被 bèi construction
- 24 Questions
- 25 Comparisons
- 26 Existential sentences
- 27 Emphatic sentences
- Unit V Complicated sentences
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Word-to-Grammar Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the basic patterns of Chinese comparison sentences, emphasizing that there are no comparative adjectives in Chinese. Attention is drawn to the features of the special constructions of 比 bǐ and 跟 gēn constructions and their negation forms.
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- A Student Grammar of Chinese , pp. 365 - 378Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023