小(xiǎo) - small, little, young in Mandarin

Mandarin Adjectives as Stative Verbs: Why 'I Am Cold' Is 我冷, Not 我是冷

Approximation and Rounding in Mandarin: 左右, 大概, 差不多, 几 and 来 for About, Around and Roughly

The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject

Mandarin 除了...以外: One Frame, Two Opposite Meanings

Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大

The Double 了 Sentence in Mandarin: 我学了三年中文了 and the Continuing-Action Pattern

Duration Complements in Mandarin (时量补语): How to Say How Long an Action Lasts

Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)

就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected

The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End

Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备

Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb

Mandarin Possession with 的 (de): My, Your, His, and When Mandarin Drops the Particle

Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)

Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不

Mandarin Verb-Object Verbs: Why 'To Eat' Is 吃饭 and How It Splits Apart

Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs

Yes-No Questions in Mandarin: 吗 (ma), Echo Answers, and the Bounce-Back 呢 (ne)

The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...

The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于