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Lesson 15 – Elementary – Chinese Similar Words 例如 and 比方

If you want to learn Mandarin better, you’d better learn more Chinese words so that you can express what you want to say when talking with Chinese people. Learning similar words is a good way to expand your vocabulary. For example, Chinese people often use the word 例如or 比方to take examples. But there are some tiny differences you should realize when using the words. 比方is a noun applied to use the special things to illustrate the ordinary things. Being used in oral Chinese language, it often stays together with 打, forming 打比方.

When we use the word 例如 to take examples, the following parts are the examples. As a verb, it is used in written language with the formal tone. For instance, 这次考试通过的人很多,例如小张、小刘、小王. After understanding the application, you will know how to use the words properly in written language or spoken Chinese.

During the period when you learn Chinese online free, you may also often see the group of words 成绩 and 成就 which are easy to distinguish. The former one is applied to indicate the gains in work or study such as 学习成绩and良好的成绩. But the word 成就often means the progress made in career like 科学成就. 成绩 is often collocated with the adjectives to express small, good, bad and so on. The latter one often implies the great progress so that the collocated words are usually 巨大、显著 and 辉煌. For instance, 50年来,中国取得了巨大的成就.

The words 承认and 同意 area group of similar words that the students often see when they learn Chinese in China. When we use the word 承认, we mean to agree and admit somebody or something such as承认错误. The objects can be the abstract things and the specific things. For instance, 承认自己的失败. However, 同意 means to agree with some certain proposals and the objects are mostly the abstract things like plan and opinion. For example, 我同意这个计划. 

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