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title: "又…又… in Chinese Grammar: Both … and …, With Examples"
description: "又…又…: both … and …. 又 A 又 B: two qualities or actions at once. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 又…又…

Both … and …

又 A 又 B: two qualities or actions at once.

## In stories

唐僧**又急又气**，念起了紧箍咒。

[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-821-825) HSK 3

他从耳朵里拿出一根小小的针，风一吹，它就变得**又大又长**。

[救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-636-640) HSK 3

有人在门口刷牙，有人在洗菜，一个老奶奶站在窗户边上跟楼下的人说话，说得**又快又响**。

[上海弄堂（一） · The Shanghai lane (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-941-945) HSK 3

猴子们看见他回来了，高兴得**又叫又跳**：“大王，您走了十几年，在天宫做了什么大官？”

[齐天大圣 · Great Sage Equal to Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/great-sage-equal-to-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-6#library-word-256-260) HSK 3

[Read 火烧观音院](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-821-825)

## More patterns

- [verb + 了又 + verb … again and again](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-you-v)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [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 又…又… mean in Chinese?

Both … and …. 又 A 又 B: two qualities or actions at once.

## How common is 又…又…?

It comes up in 51 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.