As I mention as the last post about mandarin prepositions, this prepositions topic will continue, today I will finish it. But it doesn’t mean, that already contain all the prepositions word in chinese, but this is the resources I got.

在 ‘zai(4)’ means ‘at’
因为 ‘yin(1) wei(4)’ means ‘because’
在…之前 ‘zai(4)…yi(3) qian(3)’ means ‘before…’
在…后面 ‘zai(4)…hou(4) mian(4)’ means ‘behind…’
在…的旁边 ‘zai(4)…de pang(2) bian(1)’ means ‘beside…(along side of…)’
而且 ‘er(2) qie(3)’ means ‘besides,…’
比…更好 ‘bi(3)…gen(4) hao(3)’ means ‘better than…’
在…之间 ‘zai(4)…zhi(1) jian(1)’ means ‘between…among…’
但是 ‘dan(4) shi(4)’ means ‘but’
依赖 ‘yi(1) lai(4)’ means ‘depending on’
当…的时候 ‘dang(1)…de shi(2) hou(4)’ means ‘during…’
最后 ‘zui(4) hou(4)’ means ‘finally’
实际上 ‘shi(2) ji(4) shang(4)’ means ‘actually’
在…以后 ‘zai(4)…yi(3) hou(4)’ means ‘after…’
已经 ‘yi(3) jing(1)’ means ‘already’
也 ‘ye(3)’ means ‘also’
虽然 ‘sui(1) ran(2)’ means ‘although’
和 ‘he(2)’ means ‘and’
结果 ‘jie(2) guo(3)’ means ‘as a result’
尽快 ‘jin(4) kuai(4)’ means ‘as soon as possible’

That’s all about this prepositions topics I have, hope this simple article could help you who want to learn mandarin…Again, sorry for my bad English.


4 Responses to “Prepositions in Mandarin Part II”

  1. 1 伯虎

    hoho,第一篇中文留言!
    很不错,继续加油!
    您是中国人吗?

  2. 2 oskar_khow

    hehe, 谢谢您的留言,我也是还在学习华文的印尼华人

  3. 3 Gia

    whats the numbers stands for like this one
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    尽快 ‘jin(4) kuai(4)’ means ‘as soon as possible’

    see theres 4 what is that mean?

  4. 4 kar

    Hello, the number 4 at the character means that use the 4th intonation. You can see the sample at Four Intonation page for the detail…

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