How to Express “-ing” in Chinese

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In Chinese, both 在 (zài) and 著/着 (zhe) can express something ongoing, but what's the difference between them? In this video, you'll find out their different usage and practice using them correctly.
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Where to place 在 and 著/着 in a sentence
01:10 When to use 在 (zài)
02:10 When to use 著/着 (zhe)
06:54 Difference between 在 and 著/着
07:37 Practice Exercises
09:33 Thank you for watching to the end!
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@IKEMENOsakaman 5 ай бұрын

Several years ago when I found this channel, I wished Grace would be my Chinese tutor. But now, I know that I'm not special. I'm one of the hundreds, if not thousands of Chinese learners who have been deeply helped by Grace's videos. I'll support Grace in whatever ways I can so she can keep making these videos, so she can inspire a lot more Chinese learners around the world. Way to go Grace!!

@GraceMandarinChinese 5 ай бұрын

Aww what you said just warms my heart! Thank you for your kind words and your support 🥺🥰 I hope I’ll have the chance to teach you in the future! :)

@johnshelton1963 4 ай бұрын

@@GraceMandarinChineseI use 我正在。。。

@olentangyriver1191 4 ай бұрын

😂

@ozzdnmz1419 Ай бұрын

@@GraceMandarinChinese don't you have online classes yet? :(

@GraceMandarinChinese 5 ай бұрын

📝Here are the answers: . . 1. (A) 在煮 - Simply indicates something ongoing 2. (B) 戴著；穿著 / 戴着；穿着 - Describes a person 3. (A) 在上 - Simply indicates something ongoing 4. (B) 放著 / 放着 - Describes a scene 5. (B) 哭著 / 哭着 - Expresses the state of someone as background information - ✍ Practice writing today's Chinese characters here → app.skritter.com/link/zh/?link=skritter.com?deck=6616341728329728&apn=com.inkren.skritter.chinese&ibi=com.inkren.skritter.chinese&isi=1370892114 (If you don't have a Skritter account yet, feel free to use the code "GRACEMANDARINCHINESE" to get 10% off)

@sofia352 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for making content!

@tosathetouch958 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your making this video, because I have this very confused a long time don't know how to use correctly

@stevezodiacXL5 5 ай бұрын

在 is a problem for learners - at least it is a problem for me! But my teachers never explained it this way - it is much clearer now. Thank you.

@gpgp1275 2 ай бұрын

I always come here when I read something I didn't understand :) The skits are really helpful with giving context to what you're trying to explain.

@selohcin 5 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, this is so helpful! Thank you, Grace. I wish this video had existed 10 years ago when I was studying Chinese. You have a new subscriber.

@alekid 5 ай бұрын

Very useful! I needed this clarification. 多谢！

@giuwili 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, you are a great teacher

@renenavratil9796 5 ай бұрын

You are a very good teacher, I like your lessons!

@marcodignitysianipar641 5 ай бұрын

thank you grace, your content is very helpful!

@robertsmithers9059 5 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson.

@xerosolar307 5 ай бұрын

谢谢老师! Super helpful videos!!

@oredspider_lilyo 5 ай бұрын

your mini video examples are so entertaining and helps you ingrain the grammar points in your mind easily! :D You're the best!

@alexplatjadaro-yx2nn 4 ай бұрын

Its theory learning Better find practical real teaching!

@terrachan8225 4 ай бұрын

Hey Grace! Great video! I wanted to let you know about a clarity point for your English explanation. When you said "what she actually meant" I would suggest saying "what she actually said" instead because what she meant means the same thing as what was in her mind.

@lilukara2476 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It was very useful!

@mannaporanna2678 4 ай бұрын

Wow, incredibely useful video, thank you!

@xarondata2090 5 ай бұрын

谢谢！你做对的事情🎉

@soccereditshd7438 5 ай бұрын

謝謝你！老師🇭🇰🇨🇳🇹🇼❤️

@yazars 5 ай бұрын

This was a great lesson about a tricky topic!

@Verbalaesthet 5 ай бұрын

Very good tutorial. Thank you.

@goldtheone 5 ай бұрын

perfect! thanks a lot 😊

@obiageli4227 4 ай бұрын

謝謝老師! This was pretty easy for me to understand because my native language, Czech, has this too, even tho it's not similar to Chinese at all😂

@tronix4732 4 ай бұрын

我在看Grace的视频, 她穿着一件棕色的衣服 😄 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B

@tosathetouch958 4 ай бұрын

Very good explain complaining thing to easy. Thank you very much❤

@georgeherzog5929 5 ай бұрын

Yep, V+ing as a predicte has two alternative implications - on-going action or state at the moment. So Chinese is a bit more precise.

@Baka_Oppai 5 ай бұрын

Yes precise using ta for everything and shi for everything else.lol

@qq5369 5 ай бұрын

Yeah~ a new video and useful content.😄

@alfiangunawan5946 5 ай бұрын

thanks grace :)

@ThalonRamacorn 5 ай бұрын

Perfect timing with this video :) I was wondering about this all week Do you have a video about how to use 弄?

@GraceMandarinChinese 5 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that the timing of this video was perfect for you! 😊 As for your question, I currently don't have a video specifically about how to use 弄, but that's a great idea. I'll definitely consider making one in the future. :)

@ThalonRamacorn 5 ай бұрын

@@GraceMandarinChinese Thank you for your quick response. That would be really helpful, I am trying to understand how and when to use it

@sofia352 5 ай бұрын

Yes

@TheSungMovies 4 ай бұрын

老师的·课非常·好·。现在·我·在·学习·很多·感兴趣·的·汉语·课

@junholee1651 5 ай бұрын

Hi Grace, what a great video as always! Still waiting for your written Mandarin video, though😊😊

@gonewriting 5 ай бұрын

Every time I watch one of your videos I learn so much! I also get the added bonus of impressing my Preply tutor with new vocabulary and grammar!

@TweenkPL 5 ай бұрын

我看著這個視頻終於學到了這個語法。😉

@MrQuay03 5 ай бұрын

Quality content

@letsgo4716 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! Can you make the video about the difference between 改进和改善?😅

@taohu6142 4 ай бұрын

（改进）Change the old situation and efficiency makes progress in certain aspects. (such as the company's production technology) （改善）To make a change for the better, to make a change for the better, to focus on a larger scope.

@theculturedkidlanguages 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Your explanations make it much clearer.

@alexb859 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video!!!

@m.j.golden4522 5 ай бұрын

I love how you use two different character styles for the same character. Often I use the same character and then I don't even recognize it in a different style. Wǒ juédé nǐ de diànshì jiémù/视频 hěn bàng.

@swbrim 4 ай бұрын

Could you please talk about when to use 地 and 著 ? For example 她高兴地笑了 vs 她高兴著笑了 ?

@taohu6142 4 ай бұрын

她高兴地笑起来了笑她高兴著笑嘻了笑一二三四五四三二一演讲--讲演整齐--齐整虚空--空虚妒忌--忌妒她高兴地笑了她笑了她高兴著笑了她笑天上龙卷风卷龙上天觉察--察觉煎熬--熬煎语言--言语胆大--大胆他高兴笑了她笑高兴她高兴著笑她笑著内湖养鱼池鱼养湖内代替--替代并吞--吞并登攀--攀登寂静--静寂她高兴笑她笑地高兴她高兴笑她笑著高蜜蜂采蜂蜜蜂采蜂蜜缓和--和缓问询--询问回收--收回少年--年少她高兴她笑地高兴了她高兴她笑著高兴情人欠钱借钱欠人情累积--积累质朴--朴质别离--离别开放--放开她笑她笑起来地高兴她笑她笑著高兴了船上女子叫子女上船互相--相互久远--远久情感--感情夜半--半夜笑她笑起来地高兴了笑她笑著老高兴了狂风暴雨夜雨暴风狂奋发--发奋和平--平和容颜--颜容焰火--火焰 There is no grammar in spoken Chinese. You don’t have to worry about grammar. In fact, no matter how you speak, you can understand an extremely simple language.（她高兴著笑了）not common as a native speaker（地）as an noun or particle.used after an adj.，noun，adverb or verb，etc.to form an adverbial adjunct。for exanple：noun 大地-土地，地区，地球,有物混成先天地生。particle:adjective+verb：高兴地跳，伤心地哭。（著）as an particle indicates that an action is ongoing or a state continues for example:我看著她。

@n8chz 5 ай бұрын

Interesting. If something in English ends in -ing, I'm thinking one of two things. It's either a participle or a gerund. The part of me that unfortunately thinks of language study as a search for master decoder rings is tempted to cut to the chase and ask, ok, between 在 (zài) and 著/着 (zhe), which is the participle and which is the gerund, or are "participle" and "gerund" inherently Indo-European grammatical concepts that simply don't map to other language groups?

@francesca7014 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for these useful videos!

@josephmak0865 5 ай бұрын

在can also be "at". 著can be optional. For example: 我在圖書館看Grace的影片.她有一雙大大的眼晴.

@VicAndRoll 5 ай бұрын

How about describing sports, a team/someone is winning or losing but the game/event isn't over yet. 這球隊贏著， like that? 如果妳觀眾有興趣的話，可以拍個關於運動的應片。Can even make it a badminton theme with sentences like 這位選手的backhand相當高手！！I remember watching a basketball game in Taiwan and 相當 was used so often. I always have to use a mix of English when talking about sports. Help me Grace, you're my only hope! Haha, but maybe I can figure it out if I watch sport content in Chinese...

@BeyondMediocreMandarin 5 ай бұрын

Wow. This kind of content has long-lasting usefulness.

@sutcenes 4 ай бұрын

For question 3 is it possible to consider both answers as potentially correct? The 在上 meaning they are currently studying (as in "I'm in the library with a book and studying right now") whereas the 上着 meaning they are currently in the more general state of studying as part of a general activity in their life (as in "I am currently being a student at Grace University")?

@alexplatjadaro-yx2nn 4 ай бұрын

Your question is perfect. It just wouldnt rise. It rises because the video mixes things up, bad teaching 🤷

@jensofn432 5 ай бұрын

very helpful 🎉

@user-cp5ir7pt4g 5 ай бұрын

Grace最近早晚溫差很大.身體要照顧好

@GraceMandarinChinese 5 ай бұрын

我剛剛出去跑步的時候感受到了😂 超級冷

@user-cp5ir7pt4g 5 ай бұрын

@@GraceMandarinChinese Grace妳記得注意保暖.多喝熱飲

@curtsheldon2655 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your videos. I am studying Mandarin. I work in Chinatown Houston Texas. I have a question please. The word for "happy". This will be hard to explain. When I say for example: Happy New Year. For "happy" I will say (Qu-eye) (lu)....but sometimes I hear people say it back to me it sounds like (Qu-ah) (lu) or sometimes the (lu) sounds like (la). Is (Qu-eye) vs (Qu-ah) just a matter of different regions in China?

@susantherestorer 5 ай бұрын

I have been trying to learn Mandarin for a number of years now (but am not fluent yet; mostly self taught, with help). The way you spell happy in Pinyin is "快乐 kuai-le" (pronounced "kwai-le). The way to say Happy New Year (referring to the universal new year is "新年快乐 Xin nian, kuai-le!" (pronounced "shin-nian, kwai-le) However, if you want to say Happy New Year in reference to the Chinese New Year, you say "春节快乐 Chun-jie, kuai-le!" Hope this helps.

@woodies2009 5 ай бұрын

I'm wondering whether 在 and 著 can be used in one sentence at the same time?🤔

@taohu6142 4 ай бұрын

当她睡觉的时候我还在看著书。I was reading a book while she was sleeping.

@vivathltnv-pv6uf 5 ай бұрын

Very hard for me but i will try to pronounce

@murilopeglow3068 5 ай бұрын

1 - A 2- B 3 - B 4 - B 5 - B

@m.j.golden4522 5 ай бұрын

Normally in English, if painting is on the wall, I would not use the ING form. I would just say a painting hangs on the wall. But if it's an action, and the focus is that painting, then I would make it more active and use the ING form. But here it doesn't seem like it's active and yet we're using ING form. Sorry to pick it apart but I always get confused by details that are not logical to my understanding. If you would like to clarify, that would be feichang hao :)

@chinesegr79 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes both 在and 着are in the same sentence like 他在听着音乐 , is this correct?

@SaklomDvrma-ru6qf 4 ай бұрын

I love you ❤😮

@orfeoassiti6669 5 ай бұрын

I just started learning Chinese and I was wondering, what are the characters on top of the Chinese characters at 1:10?

@GraceMandarinChinese 5 ай бұрын

Hi they are "Zhuyin" (bopomofo). ☺If you're interested in learning more about them, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3yrZnx-nceIi6Msi=XVcZpuxnefcLdoCg

@makanathanao01 4 ай бұрын

Hi! can you help me? I don't understand this. I found a video called Pronunciation of North Chinese People, Taiwanese People, and South China People. I always hear ''bao'' for example 不要 and 不好.

@DaveCantShave 4 ай бұрын

你自己編輯你的內容嗎？妳的內容是好棒喔。

@timwlake 5 ай бұрын

1. 我妈妈现在在煮。 2. 那天，他戴着眼镜，穿着一件深蓝色的衬衫 3. 我在上大学 4. 我一进门就看到桌上放着一把钥匙 5. 他哭着走回家谢谢帮助我们都！

@taohu6142 4 ай бұрын

1. 我妈妈在煮饭。 2. 那天，他戴着眼镜，穿着一件深蓝色的衬衫 3. 你在哪里上的大学？ 4. 我一进门就看到桌上放着一把钥匙 5. 他哭着走回家我们都很感谢你的帮助！

@user-ib8ml6xz8e 5 ай бұрын

漏了个字哦：正大部分时候“正”可以和“在”互换，甚至经常连用作“正在” “在/正”必须有明确的行为执行体（口语表达中有时会省略，但不代表没有），或者说必须有个东西去执行那个动作，而不能单纯表示状态至于书面和口语，两者不会在此处有所区分，毕竟表达的内容不同，只取决于具体语境如果你觉得“在”字在书面语中少见，恐怕还是因为被“正”字分掉了不少份额后面的习题也值得商榷第一题，两者皆有可能成立，取决于上下文比如：问曰：“你妈妈在干嘛？” 答曰：“我妈妈现在煮着饭呢” 这种表达是成立的