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- <p>Instead of saying "do not" with <a href="Negative_commands_with_"bu_yao"" title="wikilink">不要 (bùyào)</a>, we can say "don't" a little more quickly and forcefully by using 别 (bié).</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <p>As well as <a href="Negative_commands_with_"bu_yao"" title="wikilink">不要 (bùyào)</a>, negative commands can also be formed with 别 (bié). You could think of 别 (bié) as a contraction of 不要 (bùyào), as the structure is the same for both:</p>
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- <p>别 + Verb (+ Obj.)</p>
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- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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- <li><em>别</em> 走。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> zǒu.</span><span class="trans">Don't leave.</span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 说话！<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> shuōhuà! </span><span class="trans">Don't speak! </span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 笑！<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> xiào! </span><span class="trans">Don't laugh! </span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 动！<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> dòng!</span><span class="trans">Don't move!</span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 过来！<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> guòlái! </span><span class="trans">Don't come over here! </span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 打 孩子！<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> dǎ háizi!</span><span class="trans">Don't hit the child!</span></li>
- <li><em>别</em> 喝 太 多。<span class="pinyin"><em>Bié</em> hē tài duō.</span><span class="trans">Don't drink too much.</span></li>
- <li>喝酒 以后 <em>别</em> 开车。<span class="pinyin">Hējiǔ yǐhòu <em>bié</em> kāichē.</span><span class="trans">After drinking alcohol, don't drive.</span></li>
- <li>吃饭 的 时候 <em>别</em> 玩 手机。<span class="pinyin">Chīfàn de shíhou <em>bié</em> wán shǒujī.</span><span class="trans">When eating, don't play with your cell phone.</span></li>
- <li>上课 的 时候 <em>别</em> 说 英文。<span class="pinyin">Shàngkè de shíhou <em>bié</em> shuō Yīngwén.</span><span class="trans">Don't speak English in class.</span></li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Negative_commands_with_"bu_yao"" title="wikilink">Negative commands with "bu yao"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Expressing_"don't_need_to"_with_"buyong"" title="wikilink">Expressing "don't need to" with "buyong"</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>
- <h3 id="videos">Videos</h3>
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- <li>Yoyo Chinese: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAAz-X6_iZ4&list=PL94A5E422FB99CDDD&index=18">Negative commands</a></li>
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- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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- <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd_ed)" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed)</a> (p. 155) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276385">→buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="Modern_Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar:_A_Practical_Guide" title="wikilink">Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide</a> (pp. 325) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108">→buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="A_Practical_Chinese_Grammar_For_Foreigners_(外国人实用汉语语法)" title="wikilink">A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (外国人实用汉语语法)</a> (pp. 46-47) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001J0ADWA&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001J0ADWA">→buy</a></li>
- </ul>
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- <p><a href="Category:A2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:A2 grammar points</a></p>
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