<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>这个 (zhège) can be used by the speaker to emphasize how one regards something or someone. Using 这个 has a stronger effect than if one were to label something without using 这个 e.g "中国， 这个国家" has a stronger impact than merely saying "中国是一个国家."</p> <h2 id="这个">这个</h2> <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Subj. + 这个 + [Category]</p> </div> <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>你 <em>这个</em> 坏蛋，就 没 做 过 一 件 好 事。<span class="trans">You bad person, you. You haven't done a single good thing.</span></li> <li>他 <em>这个</em> 马屁精，又 去 拍 老板 的 马屁 了。<span class="trans">That scum. He's flattering the boss again.</span></li> <li>上海 <em>这个</em> 城市，夏天 太 热，冬天 太 冷。<span class="trans">Shanghai, this city. Its summers are too hot, and its winters are too cold.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p>As 个 is a measure word it can be replaced by other measure words in this structure. Often it is replaced with 种 or 类. which actually shifts the meaning slightly from e.g. "this city" to "this type of city."</p> <h2 id="这种这类">这种/这类</h2> <h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Subj. + 这种 / 这类 + [Category]</p> </div> <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>猕猴桃 <em>这种</em> 水果，营养 价值 最 高。<span class="trans">Kiwis and that kind of fruit have a high nutritional value.</span></li> <li>钱 <em>这种</em> 东西，可以 有 可以 没有。<span class="trans">Money and that kind of thing, you can have, but you don't need.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "Exemplification_of_Common_Sentence_Patterns_in_Spoken_Chinese_%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E5%8F%A5%E5%BC%8F%E4%BE%8B%E8%A7%A3" title="wikilink">Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese 汉语口语常用句式例解</a> (p.200-201) <a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E5%8F%A5%E5%BC%8F%E4%BE%8B%E8%A7%A3/dp/B0011435Y2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347865939&sr=8-1"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>