又 … 又 … (both … and …)
IntroducedA product has a benefit and a drawback
- A phone is expensive, but useful and attractive.
- this这部手机both又expensive贵both又good好to use / with用。 — The speaker combines two qualities of the same phone.
A phone is expensive, but useful and attractive. What does 这部手机又贵又好用。 communicate?
The speaker combines two qualities of the same phone. 又…又… often groups similarly valued qualities, but mixed evaluations such as 又贵又好用 are possible. It can also link actions, as in 又唱又跳; use 一边…一边… when ongoing simultaneity is the focus.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is both又 … both又 … (both … and …). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
this这个house房子both又big大and又bright亮。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: “This house is both big and bright.” 这个房子 ____ 大又亮。
The frame is 又 + Adj1 + 又 + Adj2: 又大又亮.
Read examples in context
here这里的coffee咖啡both又expensive贵and又bad-tasting难喝。
- In the opening example, this这部手机both又expensive贵both又good好to use / with用。: The speaker combines two qualities of the same phone.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which option describes something as cheap and good?
又便宜又好 gives those two specified qualities. 又贵又好 is also grammatical; mixed evaluations are not forbidden.
Arrange: “The coffee here is both pricey and nasty.”
Subject + 又 + Adj1 + 又 + Adj2: 这里的咖啡 + 又贵 + 又难喝.
Know the boundary
- both又…both又… often groups similarly valued qualities, but mixed evaluations such as both又expensive贵both又good好to use / with用 are possible.
- It can also link actions, as in both又to sing唱both又to jump跳; use one side一边…one side一边… when ongoing simultaneity is the focus.
又…又… can combine a benefit and a drawback, as in 又贵又好用.
The qualities are combined, even though the speaker values them differently.
又…又… is grammatically restricted to two positive qualities or two negative qualities.
又…又… often groups similarly valued qualities, but mixed evaluations such as 又贵又好用 are possible. It can also link actions, as in 又唱又跳; use 一边…一边… when ongoing simultaneity is the focus. The speaker combines two qualities of the same phone.
Use the distinction
- The speaker combines two qualities of the same phone.
- both又…both又… often groups similarly valued qualities, but mixed evaluations such as both又expensive贵both又good好to use / with用 are possible. It can also link actions, as in both又to sing唱both又to jump跳; use one side一边…one side一边… when ongoing simultaneity is the focus.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — both又…both又….
A phone is expensive, but useful and attractive. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.