Among acquaintances or in informal situations, Chinese people sometimes use the following prefixes:
小 + surname (for young people) e.g. 小王 小李
老+surname (for older people) e.g. 老王 老李
大+surname (for tall and big people) e.g. 大牛
你们的朋友都叫你们什么?

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Learning Chinese characters is extremely helpful toward gaining overall Chinese mastery in the long run, but in the short term can seem impossibly arduous and practice-intensive. The good news is that a sound understanding of the way these characters are formed can help relieve the pains of repetition. Learn all about the fundamental principles of Chinese "hanzi" in this article!
汉语是一种拥有韵律的语言,这种韵律对用词的准确度有一定的影响。比如在HSK词汇题里给出的选项词汇,它们在词性、意思甚至在与其他词语的搭配上都差别不大,但可能在组词结构上有所不同,因此会存在使用上的区别。
这里跟大家分享的是名词这个类别的组词模式,大致分为六种:
A.前加式(X- Type):
阿-
阿姨
总-
总经理 总服务台
前-
前年 前天 前台 前门 前妻 前男友
B.整体式(Integrated Type):多为译词,不能拆分意思
咖啡 垃圾 沙发 巧克力
C.后加式(-X Type)
-子:儿子 票子 鞋子
-度:温度 热度 亲密度 浓度
-机:手机 照相机 洗衣机 跑步机
D.重叠式(XX Type):
爷爷 奶奶 星星 宝宝
E.偏正式(Modifier-Core Type):
1.n.+n.:花茶 马路 饭店 汽车 茶文化
2.v.+n.:飞机 烤鸭 炒鸡蛋 办公室
3.a.+n.:大学 新娘 方便面 开心果
4.num.+n.:四合院 八宝饭 一把手 万里长城
5.noun of locality+n.:上面 下面 左边 后面
6.n.+noun of locality:地上 世上 晚上 课外 国外
F.并列式(Parataxis Type):
城市 开关 矛盾 买卖 夫妻 父子
As a mandarin teacher,I've been being asked "what's the difference between ...and ...?""How can I tell the difference between .. and ..?",everytime I explained in detail to them,but the real key to solve this problem is the notice of collocation and context.
As you know that chinese words are consists of one to several characters,every single character has its own meaning,so if you ask me "AB" and "AC" ,they are the same? Of course they are not the same!
For example,"通过” and “透过”,the difference is "通"and"透”,“通”is like “A and B are connected without barrier” "透” is like penetrate,collocate with light,visual sense,while "通”is more general,grand meaning,so where we can use "通过”,it is not sure that we can use"透过”,where we can use "透过”,we can use "通过”,Here are the examples:
这个决议通过了。
*这个决议透过了。 (“透过”要后置宾语,不能用于无标记被动句)
火车刚刚通过这座桥。
*火车刚刚透过这座桥。
阳光透过白色的窗帘洒落进来。
阳光通过白色的窗帘洒落进来。(grammatically correct but not beautiful)
透过现象看本质。(better)
通过现象看本质。
So,focus on the collacation and context but not the difference only.
搞清汉语和自己母语之间的区别能帮助你更好地学习汉语,不管是语音、词汇、语法还是语言习惯汉语和你们各自的母语之间一定都有着大大小小的区别,只要你有所发现,都可以在此分享。
举个例子:她很漂亮。She is beautiful.
我们不说:*她是很漂亮。
汉语有着丰富的词汇,正在学习汉语的你一定遇到过一些有趣的词,一起来分享一下吧!
“知音”
这是一个常用的词,指知心的朋友,得自一个千古传诵的故事。
