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Learning the Chinese Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Chinese prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Chinese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | jiè cí - 介词 |
| inside the house | wū nèi - 屋内 |
| outside the car | chē wài - 车外 |
| with me | hé wǒ yī qǐ - 和我一起 |
| without him | méi yǒu tā;tuó - 没有他 |
| under the table | zhuō zi de;dì;dí xià mian;xià miàn - 桌子的下面 |
| after tomorrow | míng tiān hòu - 明天后 |
| before sunset | rì luò zhī qián - 日落之前 |
| but I'm busy | dàn wǒ hěn máng - 但我很忙 |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Chinese.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Chinese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Chinese vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Chinese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | guān yú - 关于 |
| above | yǐ shàng - 以上 |
| across | héng guò， yuè guò - 横过，越过 |
| after | hòu - 后 |
| against | duì zhe， fǎn duì - 对着，反对 |
| among | qí zhōng - 其中 |
| around | zuǒ yòu - 左右 |
| as | rú - 如 |
| at | zài - 在 |
| before | qián - 前 |
| behind | bèi hòu - 背后 |
| below | xià mian;xià miàn - 下面 |
| beneath | xià mian;xià miàn - 下面 |
| beside | páng - 旁 |
| between | zhī jiān - 之间 |
| beyond | yǐ wài - 以外 |
| but | chú le - 除了 |
| by | yóu - 由 |
| despite | jǐn guǎn - 尽管 |
| down | xiàng xià - 向下 |
| during | zài… qī jiān - 在…期间 |
| except | chú le - 除了 |
| for | wèi le - 为了 |
| from | cóng;zòng;cōng…qǐ - 从…起 |
| in | zài…lǐ，zài…zhōng - 在…里，在…中 |
| inside | zài… lǐ miàn，zài… nèi bù - 在…里面，在…内部 |
| into | jìn/rù/dào… lǐ miàn - 进/入/到…里面 |
| near | zài… fù jìn - 在…附近 |
| next | zài... gé bì, kào jìn... - 在...隔壁, 靠近... |
| of | de;dì;dí - 的 |
| on | guān yú - 关于 |
| opposite | xiāng fǎn - 相反 |
| out | chū - 出 |
| outside | wài - 外 |
| over | yǐ shàng - 以上 |
| per | měi - 每 |
| plus | jiā - 加 |
| round | wéi rào， huán rào - 围绕，环绕 |
| since | zì - 自 |
| than | bǐ - 比 |
| through | tōng guò - 通过 |
| till | zhí dào - 直到 |
| to | zhì - 至 |
| toward | xiàng， cháo;zhāo - 向， 朝 |
| under | xià - 下 |
| unlike | bù xiàng - 不像 |
| until | zhí dào - 直到 |
| up | cháo;zhāo…shàng，xiàng…shàng - 朝…上，向…上 |
| via | tōng guò - 通过 |
| with | hé… zài yī qǐ - 和…在一起 |
| within | zài...nèi， zài... lǐ miàn - 在...内， 在...里面 |
| without | wú - 无 |
| two words | liǎng gè cí - 两个词 |
| according to | gēn jù - 根据 |
| because of | yóu yú - 由于 |
| close to | kào jìn， jiē jìn - 靠近，接近 |
| due to | yóu yú - 由于 |
| except for | chú le - 除了 |
| far from | yuǎn lí - 远离 |
| inside of | zài...zhī nèi - 在...之内 |
| instead of | ér bù shì - 而不是 |
| near to | kào jìn - 靠近 |
| next to | páng biān - 旁边 |
| outside of | zài... wài miàn - 在...外面 |
| prior to | zài… zhī qián - 在…之前 |
| three words | sān gè cí - 三个词 |
| as far as | yuǎn dào； zhí dào；dào... wéi zhǐ - 远到；直到；到...为止 |
| as well as | yǐ jí - 以及 |
| in addition to | chú le - 除了 |
| in front of | miàn qián - 面前 |
| in spite of | jǐn guǎn - 尽管 |
| on behalf of | dài biǎo - 代表 |
| on top of | shàng mian;shàng miàn - 上面 |
| demonstrative pronouns | zhǐ shì dài cí - 指示代词 |
| this | zhè - 这 |
| that | gāi - 该 |
| these | zhè xiē - 这些 |
| those | nà xiē - 那些 |
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