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title: "把 + object + verb in Chinese Grammar: Do something to … (and it ends up changed), With Examples"
description: "把 + object + verb: do something to … (and it ends up changed). 把 moves the object before the verb; the sentence focuses on what happens to it. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 把 + object + verb

Do something to … (and it ends up changed)

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

## In stories

爸爸**把她举**得高高的。

[我爸爸很高 · How to describe people in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-describe-people-in-chinese#library-word-320-323) HSK 1

然后，他**把两只手放**在身后，走进里面，关上了门。

[拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-790-795) HSK 3

他说：“先**把脸放进**水里。

[爸爸教我游泳 · Learning to swim: an easy Chinese story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/easy-chinese-story-about-swimming#library-word-69-73) HSK 3

我一定**把袈裟找**回来！”

[火烧观音院 · Fire at Guanyin Temple](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-857-861) HSK 3

[Read 我爸爸很高](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-describe-people-in-chinese#library-word-320-323)

## More patterns

- [将 + object + verb (formal 把) do something to … (formal 把)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/jiang-obj)
- [把…当(作/成)… treat … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba-dangzuo)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)

## What does 把 + object + verb mean in Chinese?

Do something to … (and it ends up changed). 把 moves the object before the verb; the sentence focuses on what happens to it.

## How common is 把 + object + verb?

It comes up in 179 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.