Chinese grammar mistakes 71

 

When communicating in Chinese you may often make mistakes using Chinese grammar like:

False:

    对已婚妇女什么称呼?

    Duì yǐhūn fùnǚ shénme chēnɡhu

True:

    对已婚妇女怎么称呼?

    Duì yǐhūn fùnǚ zěnme chēnɡhu?

 

“什么”是指代人或事物的,不能放在动词(“称呼”)之前作状语。这里是询问称呼方式,应当改用“怎么”。

什么 refers to persons or things. It can not premodify verbs(such as 称呼) as an adverbial adjunct. Here is a question of how to address people. Thus the proper word is 怎么. 

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