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  <p><span class="english" style=
  "font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a name="VerbObject" id=
  "VerbObject">Binominal verbs and verb-object patterns
  (</a>8)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">A Chinese character has only one
  syllable, and every character has its own meaning or function in
  a sentence, but many words in spoken Chinese are multi-syllabic.
  There are many binominal verbs, some of which take an adverb-verb
  form, such as</span> <span class="hanzi">欢迎</span> <span class=
  "english">huānyíng</span> <span class="english">welcome (lit.
  joyfully greet). Some take a verb-verb form, as in</span>
  <span class="hanzi">学习</span> <span class="english">xuéxí</span>
  <span class="english">study (lit. learn practise), while others
  take a verb-object form of a verb and a noun, such as</span>
  <span class="hanzi">吃饭</span> <span class="english">(</span>
  <span class="english">chī fàn</span> <span class="english">lit.
  eat meal) to eat;</span> <span class="hanzi">教书</span>
  <span class="english">(</span> <span class="english">jiāo
  shū</span> <span class="english">lit. teach books) to teach
  and</span> <span class="hanzi">吸烟</span> <span class=
  "english">(</span> <span class="english">xī yān</span>
  <span class="english">lit. i nhale smoke) to smoke . Have you
  eaten in Chinese is</span> <span class="hanzi">你
  <span>吃饭</span>了吗</span> <span class="english">?</span>
  <span class="english">nĭ <span>chī fàn</span> le ma</span>
  <span class="english">(lit. you eat meal LE MA), while I teach
  at</span> <span class="english">Oxford</span> <span class=
  "english">will be</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">在</span>
  <span class="hanzi">牛津</span> <span> <span class="hanzi">教</span>
  <span class="hanzi">书</span></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ zài Niújīn <span>jiāo
  shū</span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20zai%20niujin%20jiao%20shu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">(lit. I am at</span> <span class=
  "english">Oxford teach books</span> <span class=
  "english">).</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Many textbooks don’t indicate the
  structure of Chinese words in their vocabulary lists. Verb-object
  words are often categorised as verbs. This may cause confusion
  when forming sentences at a more advanced stage in your learning,
  so it would be a good idea to mark verb-object pattern words when
  you are learning new vocabulary.</span> <span class="english">The
  following table consists of the most commonly used verb-object
  words.</span></p>
  <table width="852">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
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        "width: 188; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">V-O words</span></p>
        </td>
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          <p><span class="english">Meanings</span></p>
        </td>
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          <p><span class="english">Examples</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
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        <td valign="top" style=
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          <p><span class="hanzi">说话</span> <span class=
          "english">shuōhuà</span> <span class="english">say
          speech</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">speak</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">别说话</span> <span>!</span>
          <span class="english">bié shuō huà</span> <span class=
          "english"><a href="Sound/bie%20shuo%20hua.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">Don’t
          speak!</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">吃饭</span> <span class=
          "english">chīfàn</span> <span class="english">eat
          meal/rice</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">eat</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">不吃饭。</span> <span>bù chī
          fàn</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/bu%20chi%20fan.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">Not
          eating.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">睡觉</span> <span>shuìjiào</span>
          sleep a sleep</p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">sleep</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">没睡觉。</span> <span>méi shuì
          jiào</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/mei%20shui%20jiao.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:=
          "">Didn’t sleep.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">看书</span> <span class=
          "english">kànshū</span> <span class="english">read
          books</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">read</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">他在看书。</span> <span class=
          "english">tā zài kànshū</span> <span class=
          "english"><a href=
          "Sound/ta%20zai%20kan%20shu.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">He is
          reading.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">写字</span> <span>xiězì</span> write
          words</p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">write</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">我不会写字。</span> <span>wŏ búhuì xiě
          zì</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/wo%20bu%20hui%20xie%20zi.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">I
          can’t write.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">画画</span> <span>huàhuà</span> draw
          pictures</p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">paint/draw</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">你会画画吗？</span> <span class=
          "english">nĭ huì huà huà ma</span> <span class=
          "english"><a href=
          "Sound/ni%20hui%20hua%20hua%20ma.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english"><span style="color:#990000">Can you
          draw?</span></span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">唱歌</span> <span class=
          "english">chànggē</span> <span class="english">sing
          songs</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">sing</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">他会唱歌吗？</span> <span class=
          "english">tā huì chàng gē</span> <span class=
          "english"><a href=
          "Sound/ta%20hui%20chang%20ge%20ma.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">Can
          he sing?</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">吸烟</span> <span class=
          "english">xīyān</span> <span class="english">inhale
          smoke</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">smoke</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">我不吸烟。</span> <span>wŏ bú huì xī
          yān</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/wo%20bu%20xi%20yan.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">I
          don’t smoke?</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">教书</span> <span>jiāoshū</span>
          teach books</p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">teach</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">他在中国教书。</span> <span>tā zài
          zhōngguó jiāo shū</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/ta%20zai%20zhongguo%20jiao%20shu.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">He
          teaches in China.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">念书</span> <span>niànshū</span>
          read books</p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">study</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">你在哪儿念书？</span> <span>nĭ zài năr
          niàn shū</span> <span class="english"><a href=
          "Sound/ni%20zai%20nar%20nian%20shu.wav"><img src=
          "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class=
          "english" font-family:="" times="" new="" color:="">Where
          do you study?</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 188; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">洗澡</span> <span class=
          "english">xĭzăo</span> <span class="english">wash
          bathe</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 87; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">wash/bathe</span></p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style=
        "width: 531; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">我不洗澡。</span> <span class=
          "english">wŏ bùxĭ zăo</span> <span class=
          "english"><a href=
          "Sound/wo%20bu%20xi%20zao.wav"><img src="../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" />
          </a></span> <span class="english" font-family:="" times=
          "" new="" color:="">I don’t wash.</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
  explanation, please click here to ask.</span></p>
  <p><a title="These must be submitted before your lessons."
  target="_blank" href="Lessons%201-13.htm#verb-object" style=
  "text-decoration: none">Assignments <span class="english" style=
  "text-decoration: none;">.</span></a> <a title=
  "These must be submitted before your lessons." target="_blank"
  href="Lessons%201-13.htm#verb-object"></a></p>
  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (8,
  verb-object)</p>
  <p>Do you smoke?</p>
  <p>I don't smoke.</p>
  <p>Many Chinese people smoke.</p>
  <p>Please have some tea?</p>
  <p>What kind of tea tea do you have, Chinese or English?</p>
  <p>Chinese. Is it OK?</p>
  <p>I go to sleep at 12 everyday.</p>
  <p>I don't sleep. I don't eat.</p>
  <p>Everyone eats and sleeps.</p>
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