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Action，好 + Purpose (so that)
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Leave a note
- You are going out and your flatmate will come home later.
- you你to walk走before以前留个(informal) note便条，so that好to let / make让he / him他to know知道you你to go去where哪儿(completed / change)了。 — "Leave a note before you go, so that he knows where you've gone."
Action，so that好 + purpose
- A，so that好 B = do A so that B can happen: so that好 here means "so that, in order to (make it easier)".
- so that好 starts the second clause, often with to let / make让 or can / be able to能: so that好to let / make让he / him他to know知道.
early早a bit点儿sleep睡，so that好tomorrow明天early早get up起。
Complete: “Write down the address so you don't forget.” 把地址写下来，____不会忘。
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Action，好 + purpose.
Practical preparations
- (把: marks the object)把phone电话number号码to write写to come down下来，so that好any time随时get in touch联系。 — "Write down the number so we can get in touch any time."
- I我to take along with one带上damask silk伞，so that好at / in在to rain下雨(modifier / structural particle)的time时候to use / with用。 — "I'll take an umbrella so I can use it if it rains."
把phone电话number号码write down写下来，so that好any time随时get in touch联系。
Build: “Leave a note so that he knows.”
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Action，好让 + person + verb.
Purpose follows action
- The action comes first and so that好 + purpose second; this so that好 is not "good".
- It is spoken and practical; in writing, so that以便 is the formal equivalent.
In 早点儿睡，好明天早起, what does 好 mean?
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Here 好 introduces the purpose.
so that好 versus in order to为了 and so that以便
- in order to为了 + purpose usually comes first: in order to为了tomorrow明天to get up early早起，I我early早a bit点儿sleep睡.
- so that好 / so that以便 come after the action: I我early早a bit点儿sleep睡，so that好tomorrow明天to get up early早起.
in order to为了tomorrow明天early早get up起，I我early早a bit点儿sleep睡。
以便 is a formal equivalent of this 好.
Độ khó 1/5 · 100 xu + một phần thưởng nhỏ cho lần hoàn thành đầu tiên trong ngày
Both introduce a purpose after the action.
Recap
- Action，so that好 (to let / make让 / can / be able to能) + purpose = do A so that B (spoken).
- Purpose after the action; in order to为了 puts it first; so that以便 is formal.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Sentence patterns.
You are going out and your flatmate will come home later. 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.