Basic Rules of Hanyu Pinyin – Function Words (xūcí) are separated from other words
- Adverbs:
- hěn hǎo (be good/fine), 很好
- zuì dà (be the biggest), 最大
- fēicháng kuài (be extremely fast) 非常快
- Prepositions:
- zài qiánmiàn (in the front), 在前面
- shēng yú 1940 nian (was born in 1940) 生于一九四零年
- Conjunctions:
- nǐ hé wǒ (you and I); 你和我
- Nǐ lái háishi bù lái? (Are you coming [or not]?) 你来还是不来？
- The Constructive Auxiliaries (jiégòu zhùcí) de/d (的 ), de/di (地 ), de (得), zhi (之).
- mài cài d(e) (vegetable seller[s]), 卖菜的
- mànmàn de/di zou (walk slowly), 慢慢的
- hóng de hěn (be really hot) 红得很
- The Model Auxiliary is written separately at the end of a sentence:
- Nǐ zhīdào ma? (Do/Did you know)? 你知道吗？
- Kuài qù ba! (Hurry and go!) 快去吧
- Exclamation:
- A, zhēn měi! (Ah, It’s really beautiful!) 啊，真美！
- Onomatopoeia:
- Pā! (Bang!”); 啪
- Hōnglōng yi sheng (a rumbling sound) 轰隆一声
