Adverb 4

Level A2Is similar to

Expressing "more and more" with "yue yue" (B1)

The "zui" superlative (A2)

Is used for Expressing quality, ComparingKeywords Translations more

"Even more" with "geng"From Chinese Grammar Wiki(Redirected from ASG4NIPB)

To expresses "even more," (as in "even more expensive," "even more ridiculous," "even more badass"), use (gng). It frequently comes before adjectives.

Contents1 Basic Usage

1.1 Structure1.2 Examples

2 Structure with 2.1 Structure2.2 Examples

3 See also4 Sources and further reading

4.1 Books4.2 Dictionaries

Basic Usage

Structure

The pattern in Chinese is simple:

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+ adj.

Note that this pattern is not simply a way of adding "-er" to an adjective. It's not a substitute for comparisons. In each case, you're adding even more to an existing considerable amount, as in, "I'm already rich, but I want to be even richer."

Examples

Shanghai is cold, but Beijing is colder.

It is implied that you are already fat, but if you continue to eat candy, you will become even fatter.

If you eat this much candy, you will get fatter.

This example is quite clear.

Today is already really busy, but tomorrow will be even busier.

It is implied that kids already have some toys, but they still want even more.

All kids want even more toys.



It is implied that a lot of work has already been done but there is still even more work left.

Don't get too excited; we still have more work to do.

It is implied that you broke up with a boyfriend, and hopefully you can find one even better.

I hope you can find an even better boyfriend.

It is implied that the apartment now is already cheap, but I want to rent an even cheaper apartment.

I want to rent a cheaper apartment.

Tomorrow I will tell you more things.

After arriving here, my life got more convenient.



If you don't talk, I will get angrier.

Structure with While (gng) is not a substitute for (the classic comparison word), the two can be used together.

Structure

A B + + adj.

This expresses that "A is even more Adj. than B."

Examples

Today is even hotter than yesterday.

It's even noisier here than there.

This girl is prettier than that one.

Beer is better to drink than white wine.



Chinese is more difficult than French.

Chinese things are cheaper than American things.

The work now is more interesting than the work before.

Her current boyfriend has more money than her previous boyfriend.

This bar is noisier than that one.

It is more boring to live in America than in England.



See alsoExpressing "More and More" with "yue yue" The "zui" superlative Basic comparisons with "bi"

Sources and further reading

Books

(p. 231) buy (http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1)

New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (3) (p. 15) buy (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251

Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (p. 54) buy (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=041537261

Dictionaries

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