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title: "Chinese Grammar: Paste a Sentence, See Every Pattern Explained"
description: "Free Chinese grammar finder: paste any Chinese and see every grammar pattern in it explained, like 把, 越…越… and 是…的. 112 patterns, each with real lines from stories."
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# Chinese grammar

Paste any Chinese and see every grammar pattern in it, explained.

把作业做

[把 + object + verb](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)

do something to … (and it ends up changed)

把 moves the object before the verb; the sentence focuses on what happens to it.

越说越快

[越…越…](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-yue)

the more …, the more …

越 A 越 B: B increases as A increases.

虽然很累，但是我很高兴

[虽然…但是/可是…](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/suiran-danshi)

although …, …

Concedes a point, then contrasts it.

是我昨天买的

[是…的 (emphasis)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shi-de)

it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who)

是…的 highlights a detail — when, where, how or who — of something that already happened.

## Every pattern, most used first

1. [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba) 179 readings
2. [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration) 148 readings
3. [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c) 148 readings
4. […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou) 118 readings
5. [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v) 114 readings
6. [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v) 113 readings
7. [是…的 (emphasis) it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shi-de) 111 readings
8. [verb reduplicated (VV) do something a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/vv) 104 readings
9. [被 (+ doer) + verb was … (by someone)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bei) 73 readings
10. [去/来 + place + verb (go somewhere to do something) go somewhere to do something](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/qu-place-v) 70 readings
11. [place + verb + 着 + thing (there is …) there is … (somewhere)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhe-existential) 65 readings
12. [verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-c) 55 readings
13. [verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times) do something … times (how many times)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/frequency) 54 readings
14. [太 + adjective + 了 so …!](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tai-le) 53 readings
15. [又…又… both … and …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/you-you) 51 readings
16. [adjective reduplicated (AABB) very … (vivid)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/aabb) 49 readings
17. [A-not-A question … or not?](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/a-not-a) 48 readings
18. [A 比 B 更/还 + adjective even more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-geng) 36 readings
19. [正在 in the middle of (doing); right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhengzai) 36 readings
20. [从…开始/起 starting from …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/cong-kaishi) 34 readings
21. [A 比 B + adjective more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi) 30 readings
22. [连…都/也… even …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/lian-dou) 30 readings
23. [越来越 + adjective more and more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yuelaiyue) 29 readings
24. [verb + 来 + verb + 去 do something over and over; back and forth](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-lai-v-qu) 27 readings
25. [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu) 27 readings
26. [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu) 25 readings
27. [从…到… from … to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/cong-dao) 24 readings
28. [verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-yi-v) 24 readings
29. [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu) 24 readings
30. [于是 so; and so; thereupon](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yushi) 24 readings
31. [如果/要是…就… if …, then …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ruguo-jiu) 23 readings
32. [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr) 23 readings
33. [谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) no one / nothing: …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shei-ye-neg-v) 22 readings
34. [verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-liao) 21 readings
35. [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu) 21 readings
36. [跟/和…一样 the same as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/gen-yiyang) 20 readings
37. [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg) 20 readings
38. [像…一样/似的 like …; as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xiang-yiyang) 20 readings
39. [一 + measure + (noun) + 也/都 + negative not even …; not a single one](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-ye-bu) 19 readings
40. [一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 not … at all](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidian-ye-neg) 19 readings
41. [快(要)…了 about to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kuai-le) 18 readings
42. [为了…(而)… in order to …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/weile-er) 17 readings
43. [不是…吗 (rhetorical) isn’t it (the case) that …? — often rhetorical (surprise or objection)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bushi-ma) 16 readings
44. [越…越… the more …, the more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-yue) 16 readings
45. [听起来 sounds (like); it sounds …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tingqilai) 15 readings
46. [别 + verb + 了 (stop …) stop …; don’t … any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bie-le) 14 readings
47. [谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb no one: …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shei-ye-neg) 13 readings
48. [有的…，有的… some …, others …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youde-youde) 13 readings
49. [A 比 B + adjective + amount more … than …, by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-amount) 12 readings
50. [不是…而是… not … but …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bushi-ershi) 11 readings
51. [只要…就… as long as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhiyao-jiu) 11 readings
52. [最…的是 (the most … thing is) the most … thing is (that) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zui-de-shi) 11 readings
53. [不如 would be better to; not as good as](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/buru) 10 readings
54. [还没…，…就… before … (had even happened), … already](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/haimei-jiu) 10 readings
55. [即使/就算/哪怕…也… even if …, still …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/jishi-ye) 10 readings
56. [什么 + 都 + verb … anything / everyone / everywhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-dou) 10 readings
57. [一边…一边… … while …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yibian-yibian) 10 readings
58. [在 + … + 下 under …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-xia-place) 9 readings
59. [怎么 + 也/都 + negative result (no matter how) no matter how (hard one tries), …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zenme-ye-vbc) 9 readings
60. [(有)多 + adjective? (how …?) how …? (多 + …)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duo-adj) 8 readings
61. [verb + 下去 (keep on) keep on doing it; continue](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-xiaqu) 8 readings
62. [先…，再/然后… first …, then …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xian-comma-zai) 8 readings
63. [将 + object + verb (formal 把) do something to … (formal 把)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/jiang-obj) 7 readings
64. [看起来 looks (like); it seems](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kanqilai) 7 readings
65. [没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective not that …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/mei-name-adj) 7 readings
66. [verb + 个不停 … non-stop; keep on …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-ge-buting) 7 readings
67. [再 + verb + 一遍/一次 (once more) … once more; one more time](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-yibian) 7 readings
68. [对…来说 for …; as far as … is concerned](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/dui-lai-shuo) 6 readings
69. [跟/和…不一样 different from …; not the same as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/gen-buyiyang) 6 readings
70. [舍不得 can’t bear to (part with, spend, leave)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shebude) 6 readings
71. [verb + 了又 + verb … again and again](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-you-v) 6 readings
72. [verb + 成 + result do something so it becomes …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-cheng) 5 readings
73. [直到 until; not until](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhidao) 5 readings
74. [差点儿 almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/chadianr) 4 readings
75. [趁 + time or state while …; take advantage of …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/chen) 4 readings
76. [A 还是 B? (choice question) … or …? (choose one)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/haishi-or) 4 readings
77. [verb + 了 + duration + 了 (so far) has been … for … so far (up to now)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/le-duration-le) 4 readings
78. [A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective not as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/meiyou-name) 4 readings
79. [一 + measure word + 比 + 一 + measure word each one more … than the one before (every one of them)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-bi-yi-each) 4 readings
80. [在于 lies in; is a matter of; depends on](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiyu) 4 readings
81. [(正)在 + verb + 呢 in the middle of … right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zheng-ne) 4 readings
82. [只有…才… only if … will …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhiyou-cai) 4 readings
83. [把…当(作/成)… treat … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba-dangzuo) 3 readings
84. [A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 much more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-duo-le) 3 readings
85. [差点 almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/chadian) 3 readings
86. [该…了 it’s time to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/gai-le) 3 readings
87. [好不 + adjective (= very) how very …! (not a negative)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/hao-bu-adj) 3 readings
88. [既然 since; given that](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/jiran) 3 readings
89. [难道…吗 surely not …? (rhetorical: …)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/nandao-ma) 3 readings
90. [难怪 no wonder](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/nanguai) 3 readings
91. [verb + 起 + object + 来 (start doing) start doing something (and keep at it)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-qi-o-lai) 3 readings
92. [verb + 着 + verb + 着 while doing something (and then …)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/vzhe-vzhe) 3 readings
93. [越…，越… the more …, the more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-comma-yue) 3 readings
94. [再 + adjective + 也… however …, still …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-ye) 3 readings
95. [A 就 A (吧) …, so be it (it doesn’t matter)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/a-jiu-a) 2 readings
96. [A-not-A (whether or not) … or not?](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/a-not-a-2) 2 readings
97. [adjective + 透了 (utterly) utterly …; through and through](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/adj-tou-le) 2 readings
98. [A 比 B + adjective + 一点/一些 a bit more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-yidian) 2 readings
99. [不但不/没…，反而… far from …, on the contrary …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/budan-bu-faner) 2 readings
100. [adjective + 得要命/得要死/得不行 extremely …; … to death](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-yaoming) 2 readings
101. [非…不可 must …, no matter what](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/fei-bukeke) 2 readings
102. [好不容易 with great difficulty; only after much effort](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/haoburongyi) 2 readings
103. [one-off verb + (了) + duration + 了 (time since) it has been … since …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/le-duration-since) 2 readings
104. [哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere) not … anywhere; nowhere](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/nar-ye-neg) 2 readings
105. [虽然…但是/可是… although …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/suiran-danshi) 2 readings
106. [一旦 once (if ever); as soon as](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidan) 2 readings
107. [一旦…就… once …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidan-jiu) 2 readings
108. [A 有 B 这么/那么 + adjective (as … as) as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/you-name) 2 readings
109. [与/跟…没有关系 has nothing to do with …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yu-wuguan) 2 readings
110. [在…看来 in …’s view](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-kanlai) 2 readings
111. [在…上 (abstract: as regards) as regards …; in …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-shang) 2 readings
112. [怎么 + verb + 也/都 + (verb) 不… no matter how (I) …, still …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zenme-v-ye-neg) 2 readings

## What is the word order of a Chinese sentence?

Subject, verb, object, as in English: 我吃面 is “I eat noodles”. When and where go before the verb, not after it: 我明天在家吃面 is “I’ll eat noodles at home tomorrow”.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## Where do the examples come from?

From the 392 stories and articles in our free Library, read by our own parser. Each line opens at its place in the reading, where any word explains itself when you point at it.

## How is this different from the Chinese Grammar Wiki?

The wiki explains each pattern with examples written for it. Here you paste any text and see every pattern in it, and each example is a line from a story you can keep reading.

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