The most frequently used compartive sentence pattern in Chinese. （1）The basic structure. A比B + adj. ←→ B没有A + adj. e.g. fēijī bǐ qìchē kuài。 ←→ qìchē méiyǒu fēijī kuài。 飞 机 比 汽车 快 。 汽

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The most frequently used compartive sentence pattern in Chinese. （1）The basic structure. A比B + adj. ←→ B没有A + adj. e.g. fēijī bǐ qìchē kuài。 ←→ qìchē méiyǒu fēijī kuài。飞机比汽车快。汽车没有飞机快。 plane is faster than car. car is not as fast as plane. Shànɡhǎi bǐ Hánɡzhōu dà。←→ Hánɡzhōu méiyǒu shànɡhǎi dà。上海比杭州大。杭州没有上海大。 Shanghai is bigger than Hangzhou. Hangzhou is not as big as Shanghai. （2）when you want to tell the difference of things in a rough manner, we use these expressions. A比B + adj. + 得多/多了---------A比B + adj. + 一点儿/一些 e.g. ɡēɡe bǐ dìdi ɡāo de duō。 zhèjiàn yīfu bǐ nàjiàn ɡuì yìdiǎnr。哥哥比弟弟高得多。这件衣服比那件贵一点儿。 older brohter is much taller than younger brother. this dress is a little more expensive than that one. fēijī bǐ qìchē kuài duōle。 jīntiān bǐ zuótiān lěnɡ yìxie。飞机比汽车快多了。今天比昨天冷一些。 plane is much faster than car. Today is a little colder than yesterday. but remember, if the predicate is an adjective , it cannot e preceded by such adverbs as ”很“、”真“、”有点儿“、”非常” （×飞机比汽车非常快。）（×今天比昨天有点儿冷。）（3） A complement of quantity is used to show specific differnece in quantity or degreee between two things. A 比 B +adj.+ quantity Hánɡzhōu de qìwēn bǐ Shànɡhǎi ɡāo liǎnɡ dù。 zhè jiàn yīfu bǐ nà jiàn ɡuì 10 kuài。杭州的气温比上海高两度。这件衣服比那件贵 10 块。 Hangzou's temperature is 2 degree higher than Shanghai. This dress cost 10 Yuan more than that one. （4）if there is verb A +比+ B +（ V+O）+V得 + adj. ←→ B+没有+ A + （ V+O）+V得 + adj. Xiǎozhānɡ bǐ Xiǎowánɡ （pǎo bù） pǎode kuài。←→Xiǎowánɡ méiyǒ Xiǎozhānɡ （pǎobù） pǎo de kuài。小张比小王（跑步）跑得快。←→ 小王没有小张（跑步）跑得快。 XiaoZhang runs faster than XiaoWang. Xiao Wang is not so fast as XiaoZhang. if the verb has a cmoplement of state,"比“ can be placed either before the verb or after the complement. A +（ V+O）+V得 + 比+ B + adj. ←→ B +（ V+O）+V得+ 没有A + adj. 小张（考试）考得比小王好。←→ 小王（考试）考得没有小张好。 xiǎozhānɡ（pǎobù）pǎo de bǐ xiǎowánɡ kuài。←→xiǎowánɡ（pǎobù）pǎo de méiyǒu xiǎozhānɡ kuài。小张（跑步）跑得比小王快。←→ 小王（跑步）跑得没有小张快。

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The most frequently used comparative sentence patterns in Chinese.

（1）The basic structure.
A比B + adj. ←→ B没有A + adj.
e.g.
fēijī bǐ qìchē kuài。 ←→ qìchē méiyǒu fēijī kuài。
飞机比汽车快。汽车没有飞机快。
plane is faster than car. car is not as fast as plane.
Shànɡhǎi bǐ Hánɡzhōu dà。←→ Hánɡzhōu méiyǒu shànɡhǎi dà。
上海比杭州大。杭州没有上海大。
Shanghai is bigger than Hangzhou. Hangzhou is not as big as Shanghai.
（2）when you want to tell the difference of things in a rough manner, we use these expressions.
A比B + adj. + 得多/多了---------A比B + adj. + 一点儿/一些
e.g.
ɡēɡe bǐ dìdi ɡāo de duō。 zhèjiàn yīfu bǐ nàjiàn ɡuì yìdiǎnr。
哥哥比弟弟高得多。这件衣服比那件贵一点儿。
older brohter is much taller than younger brother. this dress is a little more expensive than that one.
fēijī bǐ qìchē kuài duōle。 jīntiān bǐ zuótiān lěnɡ yìxie。
飞机比汽车快多了。今天比昨天冷一些。
plane is much faster than car. Today is a little colder than yesterday.

but remember, if the predicate is an adjective , it cannot e preceded by such adverbs as ”很“、”真“、”有点儿“、”非常”
（×飞机比汽车非常快。）（×今天比昨天有点儿冷。）

（3） A complement of quantity is used to show specific differnece in quantity or degreee between two things.
A 比 B +adj.+ quantity
Hánɡzhōu de qìwēn bǐ Shànɡhǎi ɡāo liǎnɡ dù。 zhè jiàn yīfu bǐ nà jiàn ɡuì 10 kuài。
杭州的气温比上海高两度。这件衣服比那件贵 10 块。
Hangzou's temperature is 2 degree higher than Shanghai. This dress cost 10 Yuan more than that one.

（4）if there is verb
A +比+ B +（ V+O）+V得 + adj. ←→ B+没有+ A + （ V+O）+V得 + adj.
Xiǎozhānɡ bǐ Xiǎowánɡ （pǎo bù） pǎode kuài。←→Xiǎowánɡ méiyǒ Xiǎozhānɡ （pǎobù） pǎo de kuài。
小张比小王（跑步）跑得快。←→ 小王没有小张（跑步）跑得快。
XiaoZhang runs faster than XiaoWang. Xiao Wang is not so fast as XiaoZhang.

if the verb has a cmoplement of state,"比“ can be placed either before the verb or after the complement.

A +（ V+O）+V得 + 比+ B + adj. ←→ B +（ V+O）+V得+ 没有A + adj.
小张（考试）考得比小王好。←→ 小王（考试）考得没有小张好。
xiǎozhānɡ（pǎobù）pǎo de bǐ xiǎowánɡ kuài。←→xiǎowánɡ（pǎobù）pǎo de méiyǒu xiǎozhānɡ kuài。
小张（跑步）跑得比小王快。←→ 小王（跑步）跑得没有小张快。