{"id":220,"date":"2008-08-29T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2008-08-29T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T20:45:27","slug":"figuring-out-chinese-%e5%9c%a8-vs-%e7%9d%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/29\/figuring-out-chinese-%e5%9c%a8-vs-%e7%9d%80\/","title":{"rendered":"Figuring out Chinese: \u5728 vs \u7740"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can anyone explain to me the difference between \u5728 and \u7740? I looked online to no avail. Here are the differences that I came up with. However, I have no idea if they’re correct and I’m sure I’m missing a whole bunch of other usages.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u5728 can be used to indicate location, \u7740 can’t.
    Ex: \u6211\u4f4f\u5728\u7f8e\u56fd\u3002<\/li>\n
  2. \u5728 is used for a continuous action.
    Ex: \u4ed6\u5728\u6253\u7535\u8bdd\u3002<\/li>\n
  3. \u7740 is used for a one-time action that changes a state and remains in that state.
    Ex: \u5979\u624b\u91cc\u62ff\u7740\u4e00\u672c\u4e66\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The best I can figure out is that \u7740 is not actually an action but a description of a state resulting from the action, which explains why it comes after<\/em> the verb. For instance, \u4e0b\u7740\u96e8 describes the condition as being rainy. This explains why dict.cn translates it as “rainily”<\/a> which I don’t think is even a word. On the other hand, \u5728\u4e0b\u96e8 is the continuous action of rain falling. That’s why you can have what at first seems to be a crazy duplication such as \u96e8\u8fd8\u5728\u4e0b\u7740. It makes sense when you consider that it’s a continuous action of the “rainily” condition.<\/p>\n

    Yeah, no wonder I hate Chinese grammar. Next, I’ll try to figure out the difference between \u4e00\u70b9 and \u4e00\u4e9b. Ow, my poor head!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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