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Vocabulary list: Key Chinese grammar structure: modifier + de + noun (的) 语法：的

The words and example sentences of the grammar article “Key Chinese grammar structure: modifier + de + noun (的)”, in the order the article uses them.

32 words and 9 example sentences.

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Words 词

  1. 的(de) marks possession and modification
  2. 这(zhè) this
  3. 是(shì) to be
  4. 你(nǐ) you
  5. 吗(ma) (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  6. 那(nà) that
  7. 他(tā)们(men) they
  8. 我(wǒ) I
  9. 喜(xǐ)欢(huan) to like
  10. 帽(mào)子(zi) hat
  11. 很(hěn) very
  12. 辣(là) hot
  13. 菜(cài) vegetable
  14. 她(tā) she
  15. 个(gè) (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  16. 无(wú)聊(liáo) bored
  17. 人(rén) person
  18. 一(yī)种(zhǒng) one kind of
  19. 浓(nóng) concentrated
  20. 咖(kā)啡(fēi) coffee
  21. 买(mǎi) to buy
  22. 自(zì)行(xíng)车(chē) bicycle
  23. 便(pián)宜(yi) cheap
  24. 看(kàn) to see
  25. 过(guo) (experienced action marker)
  26. 最(zuì) -est
  27. 好(hǎo)看(kàn) good-looking
  28. 书(shū) book
  29. 第(dì) (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 dìliù "sixth")
  30. 一(yī)个(ge) a
  31. 这(zhè)样(yàng) this way
  32. 做(zuò) to make

Example sentences 例句

  1. 这是你的吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ de ma?

    Is this yours?

  2. 那是他们的。

    Nà shì tāmen de.

    It's theirs.

  3. 我喜欢你的帽子。

    Wǒ xǐhuan nǐ de màozi.

    I like your hat.

  4. 我喜欢很辣的菜。

    Wǒ xǐhuan hěn là de cài.

    I like spicy food.

  5. 她是个很无聊的人。

    Tā shì gè hěn wúliáo de rén.

    She is a very boring person.

  6. 这是一种很浓的咖啡。

    Zhè shì yìzhǒng hěn nóng de kāfēi.

    This is a very strong kind of coffee.

  7. 他们买的自行车很便宜。

    Tāmen mǎi de zìxíngchē hěn piányi.

    The bike they bought is very cheap.

  8. 这是我看过最好看的书。

    Zhè shì wǒ kànguo zuì hǎokàn de shū.

    This is the best book I've ever read.

  9. 你是第一个这样做的人。

    Nǐ shì dì yī gè zhèyàng zuò de rén.

    You are the first person to do it this way.