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  • 10 - Verbs

  • from Unit II - Parts of speech
  • Yongping Zhu, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Chu-Ren Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Book:
    A Student Grammar of Chinese
    Published online:
    27 April 2023
    Print publication:
    11 May 2023, pp 107-125

  • Summary

    The use of transitive and intransitive verbs in Chinese grammar is introduced in this chapter. In particular, separable verbs (e.g., verb-object compounds), as a unique Chinese construction, are described in detail. In addition, special attention is paid to the expression of the temporal features of activities by suffixing the verbal aspects 了 le, 着 zhe, 过 guo, or the pre-verbal progressive marker 在 zài. Lastly, this chapter introduces the reduplication of verbs denoting tentativeness or the short duration of the action.