作(zuò) - to do, to make, to act as, to compose in Mandarin

Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense

The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It

Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 坐, 给 - the Prepositions That Look Like Verbs

Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)

Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses

How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管

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

Mandarin Four-Character Idioms (四字格): The Shape, Not the List

Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System

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

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

Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)

Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction

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

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

The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It

Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的