Complements

The state complement (状态补语) answers the question “how?” and describes an achieved state of an action.

The directional complements (趋向补语) are words or phrases that specify the direction of the verb.

The result complement (结果补语) indicates the result of an action.

The directional complements (趋向补语) are words or phrases that specify the direction of the verb.

The potential complement (可能补语) indicates whether or not an action is possible.

The quantity complement (数量补语) indicates specific differences between two things or persons. It can be used to make up sentences like: "I am two years older than you", "You are two centimeters taller than me".

The time-measure complement (时量补语) shows the duration of an action.

够 means "enough". It can be either a verb or a complement. It can also be used as part of a structure.

There are some cases when 在 is stated after a verb and acts as a complement of the location.

Let's learn the most popular way how to construct the complement of possibility using 得 and 不得 after a verb.

The state complement (状态补语) answers the question “how?” and describes an achieved state of an action. You can use the state complement to say phrases like: "to run (how?) fast", "to jump (how?) high".

We use these constructions to express our opinion about someone or something by looking at it.

Except with the meaning “to give”, we can use 给 as the preposition “for” and as the complement of the result.

"On the basis of..."

The action-measure complement (动量补语) indicates how many times an action has happened or will happen. It can be used to construct sentences like: “I went to China once”, “I’ve watched this movie twice”.

We use the adjective 不得了 to express astonishment or to indicate the highest degree of an adjective.

Some directional complements have additional meanings unrelated to movement or direction. These meanings focus on the result of an action.

The degree complement (程度补语) indicates the degree of an action, the nature of something, or the reached degree of a state.

We use 往 and 向 as prepositions of direction and state them before a verb. However, we can also use them as result complements when we state them after the verb.