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随着 (suízhe) means "along with," "in the wake of" or "following."

==Simple form==

===Structure===

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Subj. + 随着 + Noun + Verb Phrase
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===Examples===

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* 树枝 <em>随着</em> 风 不 停 地 摇动。<span class="trans">The branch swayed as the wind blew ceaselessly.</span> 
* 孩子们<em>随着</em> 音乐 跳 起 了 舞。<span class="trans">Children started dancing with the music.</span>
* 污染 物 <em>随着</em> 人 的 呼吸 进入了 人体 内部 。<span class="trans">The pollutants entered the body through normal breathing.</span>
* 这些 垃圾 <em>随着</em> 河水 流 到 了 大海。<span class="trans">These garbage flow into the sea along with the river.</span>
* 我们 <em>随着</em> 他 的 琴声 唱 起 了 歌。<span class="trans">We started singing as he played the piano.</span>

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==Common form==

===Structure===

随着 can also be used in the following structure to indicate that a change in A causes a respective change in B. In this case A is generally a trend, like development or rising prices.

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随着 + Noun， Subj. + Predicate
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===Examples===
 
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* <em>随着</em> 经济 的 发展，人们 的 生活 越 来 越 好 了。<span class="trans">Along with economic development, people's lifestyles get progressively better.</span>
* <em>随着</em> 石油 价格 的 升高，粮食 的 价格 涨 了 好 几 倍。 <span class="trans">With the rise in gas prices, the price of cereals has also gone up a bit.</span>
* <em>随着</em> 年龄 的 增加，他 变 得 更加 成熟 了。<span class="trans">As he got older, he became even more mature.</span>
* <em>随着</em> 中国 国际 地位 的 提高，中国人 也 变得 越来越 有自信了。<span class="trans">As the international status of China is rising,Chinese people are becoming more and more confident.</span>
* <em>随着</em>  人口 不断 增加，大城市 的 社会 问题 越来越 多 了。<span class="trans">With the increasing population, there are more and more social problems in big cities.</span>

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==See also==
*[[Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"]]
*[[Expressing simultaneous actions with "yimian"]]
*[[Expressing "more and more" with "yue… yue…"]]

== Sources and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[Common Chinese Patterns 330 (汉语常用格式330例) ]] (pp. 219)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7802006473/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7802006473 →buy]
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 6 (新实用汉语课本6) ]]  (pp. 29)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561925271/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7561925271 →buy] 
* [[Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇) ]] (pp. 121-2) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00112ZL5A/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00112ZL5A →buy] 
* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Intermediate (汉语口语速成中级篇)]] (pp. 27) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191962X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=756191962X →buy] 
*[[卓越汉语－公司实战篇]] (p. 18) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E5%8D%93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87-%E8%83%A1%E7%81%B5%E5%9D%87/dp/B003QZWQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347863170&sr=8-1 →buy]

[[Category: B2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|随着|B2|随着 A + 的 + Verb， Subj. + Predicate|<em>随着</em> 经济 的 发展，人们 的 生活 越 来 越 好。|grammar point|ASGHVFRA}}
{{Similar|Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"}}
{{Similar|Expressing Simultaneous Actions with "yimian"}}
{{Similar|Expressing "More and More" with "yue… yue…"}}
{{Similar|"On the basis of" with "ping"}}
{{Used for|Referring to simultaneous events}}
{{Used for|Indicating conditions}}
{{POS|Prepositions}}