Structure: 尽量 + Verb/Adjective Meaning: Using 尽量 is as simple as adding it before a verb. Examples: 1. 你 看 书 吧，我 尽量 不 打扰 你。 Nǐ kàn shū bɑ, wǒ jǐnliànɡ bú dárǎo nǐ.   Go ahead and study, Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 从来 + 都 + Verb Phrase Meaning: Without the negative adverbs 不 and 没, 从来 takes on the meaning of “always.” (Literally, 从来 means something like “from the beginning,” although no one is really thinking that phrase Continue Reading

Structure: 老是 + (Adverb +) Adjective Meaning: When it is used together with an adjective, it usually has an adverb before it, such as “很, 非常, 这么, 那么” etc. Examples: 1. 他 的 脸 老是 很 红，很 可爱。 Tā de Continue Reading

Structure: 老是 + Verb Meaning: 老是 is an adverb, usually translated into English as “always”. It expresses that an action or a condition constantly repeats or continues. It also has an unsatisfied or frustrated tone. It can be interchanged with Continue Reading

Structure: 全 + Noun Meaning: The structure is quite simple, just put 全 in front of the noun you want to emphasize “the whole” of. You cannot use it with 的. Pay attention to the types of nouns you can Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 那么 / 这么 + Adjective Meaning: All you have to do to use this grammar structure is put the 那么 or 这么 in front of the adjective Examples: 1. 你 怎么 这么 漂亮！ Nǐ zěnme zhème piàoliɑnɡ！ Continue Reading

Structure: Object + 不怎么 + adjective Meaning: When used together with an adjective, 不怎么 becomes similar to 不太, which means that the degree of the adjective is not very high Examples: 1. 你的 孩子 不怎么 可爱。 Nǐde háizi bùzěnme kěài. Continue Reading

Structure: 就 + topic + 来说/而言 + comment Meaning: This emphasizes that the speaker is just commenting on that particular topic and nothing else, like “just with regards to” in English. In this sense it is similar to 至于, but Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 不停 + 地 + Verb Meaning: “不停” is a little more versatile and can be placed both before the verb as an adverb, or after the verb as something that is somewhat like a complement. Either way, Continue Reading

Structure: 老是 + (Adverb +) Adjective Meaning: When it is used together with an adjective, it usually has an adverb before it, such as “很, 非常, 这么, 那么” etc. Examples: 1. 他 的 脸 老是 很 红，很 可爱。 Tā de Continue Reading