相似介词的比较

Use the examples with their context and limits. Recall a sentence before reading the model. Original teaching additions accompany examples adapted from Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning, CC BY-NC-SA); see the course reference provenance.

关于 vs 对于 (about vs regarding)

A book's topic differs from an attitude frame

• You describe a book about history.
• 这是一本关于历史的书。 — 关于历史 modifies the book's topic.

Build the form

• The pattern in this lesson is 关于 vs 对于 (about vs regarding). 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.

about关于guān yúthis这zhè(measure word)件jiànmatter事shì，I我wǒnot不bùclear清楚qīng chu。

Read examples in context

regarding对于duì yúthis这zhè(measure word)个geissue问题wèn tí，I我wǒhave有yǒuviews看法kàn fǎ。

• In the opening example, 这是一本关于历史的书。: 关于历史 modifies the book's topic.
• Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.

Know the boundary

• 对于历史，我很感兴趣 frames an attitude instead.
• 关于 and 对于 overlap in some sentence-level topic expressions, but 对于 does not simply replace 关于 in this noun modifier.

Use the distinction

• 关于历史 modifies the book's topic.
• 对于历史，我很感兴趣 frames an attitude instead. 关于 and 对于 overlap in some sentence-level topic expressions, but 对于 does not simply replace 关于 in this noun modifier.

Try it with help closed

You describe a book about history. 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.

One possible response: 这是一本关于历史的书。

• My response conveys a message that fits the opening situation.
• I can explain the meaning of the pattern, rather than only naming it.
• 对于历史，我很感兴趣 frames an attitude instead.
• 关于 and 对于 overlap in some sentence-level topic expressions, but 对于 does not simply replace 关于 in this noun modifier.
• I tried a second response with a name, time, place, or description changed.

Practise this pattern step by step.

离 vs 从 (gap from vs starting point)

A distance relation differs from a starting point

• A school is close to your home, and your journey begins at home.
• 学校离我家很近；我从家出发。 — 离 marks the separation, while 从 marks the journey's origin.

Build the form

• The pattern in this lesson is 离 vs 从 (gap from vs starting point). 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.

school学校xué xiàofrom离límy我wǒhome家jiāvery很hěnclose近jìn。

Read examples in context

I我wǒfrom从cóngBeijing北京Běi jīngcome来lái。

• In the opening example, 学校离我家很近；我从家出发。: 离 marks the separation, while 从 marks the journey's origin.
• Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.

Know the boundary

• 从 also introduces starting times such as 从早到晚.
• A phrase expressing closeness does not by itself report movement.

Use the distinction

• 离 marks the separation, while 从 marks the journey's origin.
• 从 also introduces starting times such as 从早到晚. A phrase expressing closeness does not by itself report movement.

Try it with help closed

A school is close to your home, and your journey begins at home. 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.

One possible response: 学校离我家很近；我从家出发。

• My response conveys a message that fits the opening situation.
• I can explain the meaning of the pattern, rather than only naming it.
• 从 also introduces starting times such as 从早到晚.
• A phrase expressing closeness does not by itself report movement.
• I tried a second response with a name, time, place, or description changed.

Practise this pattern step by step.