Chinese grammar

Every pattern, most used first

1. 把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed) 179 readings
2. verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts) 148 readings
3. verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result) 148 readings
4. …的时候 when … 118 readings
5. verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by … 114 readings
6. verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little 113 readings
7. 是…的 (emphasis) it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who) 111 readings
8. verb reduplicated (VV) do something a little; give it a try 104 readings
9. 被 (+ doer) + verb was … (by someone) 73 readings
10. 去/来 + place + verb (go somewhere to do something) go somewhere to do something 70 readings
11. place + verb + 着 + thing (there is …) there is … (somewhere) 65 readings
12. verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) … 55 readings
13. verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times) do something … times (how many times) 54 readings
14. 太 + adjective + 了 so …! 53 readings
15. 又…又… both … and … 51 readings
16. adjective reduplicated (AABB) very … (vivid) 49 readings
17. A-not-A question … or not? 48 readings
18. A 比 B 更/还 + adjective even more … than … 36 readings
19. 正在 in the middle of (doing); right now 36 readings
20. 从…开始/起 starting from … 34 readings
21. A 比 B + adjective more … than … 30 readings
22. 连…都/也… even … 30 readings
23. 越来越 + adjective more and more … 29 readings
24. verb + 来 + verb + 去 do something over and over; back and forth 27 readings
25. 再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more 27 readings
26. 一…就… as soon as …, … 25 readings
27. 从…到… from … to … 24 readings
28. verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try 24 readings
29. 一…，…就… as soon as …, … 24 readings
30. 于是 so; and so; thereupon 24 readings
31. 如果/要是…就… if …, then … 23 readings
32. 有点(儿) + adjective a bit … 23 readings
33. 谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) no one / nothing: … 22 readings
34. verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can … 21 readings
35. 一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single … 21 readings
36. 跟/和…一样 the same as … 20 readings
37. 什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything 20 readings
38. 像…一样/似的 like …; as … as … 20 readings
39. 一 + measure + (noun) + 也/都 + negative not even …; not a single one 19 readings
40. 一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 not … at all 19 readings
41. 快(要)…了 about to … 18 readings
42. 为了…(而)… in order to …, … 17 readings
43. 不是…吗 (rhetorical) isn’t it (the case) that …? — often rhetorical (surprise or objection) 16 readings
44. 越…越… the more …, the more … 16 readings
45. 听起来 sounds (like); it sounds … 15 readings
46. 别 + verb + 了 (stop …) stop …; don’t … any more 14 readings
47. 谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb no one: … 13 readings
48. 有的…，有的… some …, others … 13 readings
49. A 比 B + adjective + amount more … than …, by … 12 readings
50. 不是…而是… not … but … 11 readings
51. 只要…就… as long as …, … 11 readings
52. 最…的是 (the most … thing is) the most … thing is (that) … 11 readings
53. 不如 would be better to; not as good as 10 readings
54. 还没…，…就… before … (had even happened), … already 10 readings
55. 即使/就算/哪怕…也… even if …, still … 10 readings
56. 什么 + 都 + verb … anything / everyone / everywhere 10 readings
57. 一边…一边… … while … 10 readings
58. 在 + … + 下 under … 9 readings
59. 怎么 + 也/都 + negative result (no matter how) no matter how (hard one tries), … 9 readings
60. (有)多 + adjective? (how …?) how …? (多 + …) 8 readings
61. verb + 下去 (keep on) keep on doing it; continue 8 readings
62. 先…，再/然后… first …, then … 8 readings
63. 将 + object + verb (formal 把) do something to … (formal 把) 7 readings
64. 看起来 looks (like); it seems 7 readings
65. 没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective not that … 7 readings
66. verb + 个不停 … non-stop; keep on … 7 readings
67. 再 + verb + 一遍/一次 (once more) … once more; one more time 7 readings
68. 对…来说 for …; as far as … is concerned 6 readings
69. 跟/和…不一样 different from …; not the same as … 6 readings
70. 舍不得 can’t bear to (part with, spend, leave) 6 readings
71. verb + 了又 + verb … again and again 6 readings
72. verb + 成 + result do something so it becomes … 5 readings
73. 直到 until; not until 5 readings
74. 差点儿 almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen) 4 readings
75. 趁 + time or state while …; take advantage of … 4 readings
76. A 还是 B? (choice question) … or …? (choose one) 4 readings
77. verb + 了 + duration + 了 (so far) has been … for … so far (up to now) 4 readings
78. A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective not as … as … 4 readings
79. 一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word each one more … than the one before (every one of them) 4 readings
80. 在于 lies in; is a matter of; depends on 4 readings
81. (正)在 + verb + 呢 in the middle of … right now 4 readings
82. 只有…才… only if … will … 4 readings
83. 把…当(作/成)… treat … as … 3 readings
84. A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 much more … than … 3 readings
85. 差点 almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen) 3 readings
86. 该…了 it’s time to … 3 readings
87. 好不 + adjective (= very) how very …! (not a negative) 3 readings
88. 既然 since; given that 3 readings
89. 难道…吗 surely not …? (rhetorical: …) 3 readings
90. 难怪 no wonder 3 readings
91. verb + 起 + object + 来 (start doing) start doing something (and keep at it) 3 readings
92. verb + 着 + verb + 着 while doing something (and then …) 3 readings
93. 越…，越… the more …, the more … 3 readings
94. 再 + adjective + 也… however …, still … 3 readings
95. A 就 A (吧) …, so be it (it doesn’t matter) 2 readings
96. A-not-A (whether or not) … or not? 2 readings
97. adjective + 透了 (utterly) utterly …; through and through 2 readings
98. A 比 B + adjective + 一点/一些 a bit more … than … 2 readings
99. 不但不/没…，反而… far from …, on the contrary … 2 readings
100. adjective + 得要命/得要死/得不行 extremely …; … to death 2 readings
101. 非…不可 must …, no matter what 2 readings
102. 好不容易 with great difficulty; only after much effort 2 readings
103. one-off verb + (了) + duration + 了 (time since) it has been … since … 2 readings
104. 哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere) not … anywhere; nowhere 2 readings
105. 虽然…但是/可是… although …, … 2 readings
106. 一旦 once (if ever); as soon as 2 readings
107. 一旦…就… once …, … 2 readings
108. A 有 B 这么/那么 + adjective (as … as) as … as … 2 readings
109. 与/跟…没有关系 has nothing to do with … 2 readings
110. 在…看来 in …’s view 2 readings
111. 在…上 (abstract: as regards) as regards …; in … 2 readings
112. 怎么 + verb + 也/都 + (verb) 不… no matter how (I) …, still … 2 readings