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title: "别 + verb + 了 (stop …) in Chinese Grammar: Stop …, With Examples"
description: "别 + verb + 了 (stop …): stop …; don’t … any more. 别 + verb + 了 asks someone to stop doing something they are already doing: 别哭了 “stop crying”. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 别 + verb + 了 (stop …)

Stop …; don’t … any more

别 + verb + 了 asks someone to stop doing something they are already doing: 别哭了 “stop crying”.

## In stories

星期天，妈妈说：“**别送了**，请他来我们家吃饭吧！”

[对面的新邻居 · The new neighbour: a bowl that keeps coming back](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-new-neighbour-in-chinese#library-word-197-200) HSK 2

孙悟空疼得在地上滚来滚去：“师父，**别念了**！

[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-850-853) HSK 3

苏晴对他说：“您好，能不能请您**别唱了**？

[地铁上的面试官 · A job interview in Chinese: the man on the metro](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/job-interview-in-chinese-the-man-upstairs#library-word-126-129) HSK 3

**别问了**，好好上班吧。”

[七楼 · 第二天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 2: The Parcel That Vanished Overnight](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-2-the-parcel-that-vanished-overnight#library-word-269-272) HSK 3

[Read 对面的新邻居](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-new-neighbour-in-chinese#library-word-197-200)

## More patterns

- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)
- [太 + adjective + 了 so …!](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tai-le)
- [verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-liao)
- [快(要)…了 about to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kuai-le)
- [为了…(而)… in order to …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/weile-er)

## What does 别 + verb + 了 (stop …) mean in Chinese?

Stop …; don’t … any more. 别 + verb + 了 asks someone to stop doing something they are already doing: 别哭了 “stop crying”.

## How common is 别 + verb + 了 (stop …)?

It comes up in 14 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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