In this HSK 3 video lesson we'll learn more about how to do comparison in Chinese, and we'll also learn about words of different language styles in Chinese: 口语词, 书面语词, and 中性词.
In Level 2 Lesson 4, we have learned how to do comparison with 比 and 没有 in Chinese. In today's lesson, we can use the structure adj. + (一)点(儿) to express comparison in Chinese.
☑ See also Comparison in Chinese with 比(bǐ ▸ comparing with) and 没有(méiyǒu ▸ not as). |
The following ways all share the same meaning:
Below are example sentences:
There are more ways to express comparison in Chinese, we'll look at these structures by groups:
This structure can have a few variations:
Let's see some example sentences:
This structure can have two variations:
Let's see some example sentences:
The following two structures share the same meaning:
Below are some example sentences:
In Chinese, some words are very casual and are used in casual daily conversation 口语(kǒuyǔ ▸ spoken language). Some words are more formal and are usually used in formal occasions 书面语(shūmiànyǔ ▸ written language). Words that are neutral are called 中性语(zhōngxìngyǔ ▸ neutral language), and they are okay to used in both casual and formal occasions.
口语 Kǒuyǔ | 中性语 Zhōngxìngyǔ | 书面语 Shūmiànyǔ | |
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In many cases, a group of words may share the same meaning, but one of them may be a 口语词(kǒuyǔcí ▸ spoken word), one of them may be a 书面语词(shūmiànyǔcí ▸ written word), and/or one of them may be a 中性词(zhōngxìngcí ▸ neutral word).
Below are some examples:
口语词 | 中性词 | 书面语词 | ||
conj. | 那 | 那么 | then | |
adv. | 多 | 多么 | that; so | |
m.v. | 该 | 应该 | 应 | should |
v. | 活 | 生活 | to live | |
气 | 生气 | to be upset | ||
选 | 选择 | to choose | ||
忘 | 忘记 | to forget | ||
信 | 相信 | to believe | ||
学 | 学习 | to learn | ||
n. | 街 | 街道 | street |