{"id":1537,"date":"2014-02-05T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=1537"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:46:46","slug":"how-to-say-have-a-good-time-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/how-to-say-have-a-good-time-in-chinese","title":{"rendered":"How to Say &#8220;have a good time&#8221; in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpex-responsive-media\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to say, &quot;Have a good time!&quot; in Chinese  - Chinese Learning Tips with Yoyo Chinese\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXU06R3TIsE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u73a9\u5f97\u5f00\u5fc3<\/strong>(W\u00e1n de k\u0101ix\u012bn, have a good time)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expanded Knowledge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u5f97(de) \u2013 the complement marker<\/h2>\n<p>English speakers love to wish someone to have a good time or to have fun which in Chinese is\u73a9\u5f97\u5f00\u5fc3(W\u00e1n de k\u0101ix\u012bn). Here\u5f97is structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc. This one is described as shu\u0101ngr\u00e9n de, as the \u5f73 radical is colloquially known as shu\u0101ngr\u00e9n (\u2018double person\u2019).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verb+\u5f97+adjective (complement)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two kinds of complement that may use \u5f97: degree and potential. Both of them are used to modify verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Degree complement The degree complement assesses the extent or quality of an action, or the state of things after it. For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u5979\u5403\u5f97\u5f88\u5feb\u3002<\/span>(t\u0101 ch\u012b de h\u011bn ku\u00e0i. She eats very quickly.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u4f60\u6c49\u8bed\u8bf4\u5f97\u5f88\u6d41\u5229\u3002<\/span>(N\u01d0 h\u00e0ny\u01d4 shu\u014d de h\u011bn li\u00fal\u00ec. You speak Chinese quite fluent.)<\/p>\n<p>Here, \u2018\u5f88\u5feb\u2019 is the quality of the verb \u2018\u5403\u2019 and it\u2019s marked by \u5f97. \u5f97 directly follows the verb in a sentence. It can also describe what happens after the action of a verb or adjective takes place:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u4ed6\u9ad8\u5174\u5f97\u8df3\u8d77\u6765\u4e86\u3002<\/span>(T\u0101 g\u0101ox\u00ecng de ti\u00e0o q\u01d0l\u00e1ile. He was so happy he started jumping up and down.)<\/p>\n<p>This often matches up with the English structure \u201cso (adjective) that \u2026 .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rules get a lot more complex when you start adding in negatives, questions and objects for the verbs, but this article is just a summary.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nKey point: the degree complement is used to assess or describe verbs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Potential complement<\/h3>\n<p>The potential complement indicates whether or not something can happen, or someone has the ability to do something. As the name suggests, it\u2019s all about the potential of something. For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u6211\u770b\u5f97\u61c2\u4e2d\u6587\u3002<\/span>(w\u01d2 k\u00e0n de d\u01d2ng zh\u014dngw\u00e9n. I can read (and understand) Chinese.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u4ed6\u542c\u5f97\u5f88\u6e05\u695a\u3002<\/span>\uff08T\u0101 t\u012bng de h\u011bn q\u012bngchu. He can hear well\/clear.\uff09<\/p>\n<p>This sentence is not about whether or not you have read some Chinese, it\u2019s about whether you understand it if or when you do. It describes your ability in general; your potential to read Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>Only the positive form of the potential complement uses \u5f97. In the negative form, \u5f97 is replaced by \u4e0d(b\u00f9):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u6211\u770b\u4e0d\u61c2\u4e2d\u6587\u3002<\/span>(w\u01d2 k\u00e0n bu d\u01d2ng zh\u014dngw\u00e9n. I can\u2019t read (and understand) Chinese.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u4ed6\u542c\u4e0d\u6e05\u695a\u3002<\/span>\uff08T\u0101 t\u012bng b\u00f9 q\u012bngchu. He can\u2019t hear well\/clear.\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key point: the potential complement is about possibility and ability.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to say \u201chave a good time\u201d in Chinese and teach you how to use &#8220;\u5f97&#8221; (de) &#8211; the complement marker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1539,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Say &quot;have a good time&quot; in Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to say \u201chave a good time\u201d in Chinese and teach you how to use &quot;\u5f97&quot; (de) - the complement marker.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/all-video-lessons\/how-to-say-have-a-good-time-in-chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Say &quot;have a good time&quot; 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