﻿{"id":9005,"date":"2018-07-27T12:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T04:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=9005"},"modified":"2022-06-03T23:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:16:18","slug":"the-different-chinese-prepositions-and-how-to-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/the-different-chinese-prepositions-and-how-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The Different Chinese Prepositions and How to Use Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepositions are words that indicate the relationship between words, usually nouns, in a sentence and tell us where and when something is happening. There are 4 main types of prepositions: direction, time, location and space.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the different types of Chinese prepositions and how to use them in a sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Time, Direction and Place<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-11\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-11\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/cong\/828\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4ece<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">c\u00f3ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">from<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zi\/357\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u81ea<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">z\u00ec<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">from \/ since<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zicong\/1534\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u81ea\u4ece <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">z\u00ec c\u00f3ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">since<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yu\/282\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e8e<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u00fa<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">from \/ in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/da\/2124\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6253<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">d\u01ce<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">since \/ from<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dao\/182\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5230 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">d\u00e0o<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/wang\/3011\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5f80<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">w\u01ceng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to \/ towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zai\/46\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5728<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">z\u00e0i<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">at<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dang\/603\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5f53<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">d\u0101ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">at<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chao\/4016\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u671d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00e1o<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/xiang\/1302\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5411<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">xi\u00e0ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/shunzhe\/2953\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u987a\u7740<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">sh\u00f9n zhe<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to follow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yanzhe\/2419\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6cbf\u7740 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u00e1n zhe<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to follow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/suizhe\/531\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u968f\u7740 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">su\u00ed zhe<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">following<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dui\/307\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5bf9<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">du\u00ec<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-11 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%8E%E5%91%A8%E4%B8%80%E5%88%B0%E5%91%A8%E4%BA%94&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u4ece<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5468\u4e00\u5230\u5468\u4e94<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (c\u00f3ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u014du<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00e0o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u014du<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d4)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From Monday to Friday<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Time-Direction-and-Place.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%9C%A8%E5%81%A5%E8%BA%AB%E6%88%BF%E8%B7%91%E6%AD%A5&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u5728<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5065\u8eab\u623f\u8dd1\u6b65<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (z\u00e0i <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u00e0n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u0113n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f\u00e1ng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p\u01ceo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u00f9)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Running in the gym<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Method and Grounds<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-31\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-31\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/an\/4597\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6309<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u00e0n\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zhao\/3816\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7167 <\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">zh\u00e0o\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/anzhao\/625\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6309\u7167 <\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">\u00e0n zh\u00e0o\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yi\/4636\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4f9d <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u012b\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yizhao\/3242\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4f9d\u7167 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u012b zh\u00e0o<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/benzhe\/44259\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u672c\u7740 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">b\u011bn zhe\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to \/ based on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/jingguo\/374\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7ecf\u8fc7 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">j\u012bng gu\u00f2\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">through<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/tongguo\/113\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u901a\u8fc7 <\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">t\u014dng gu\u00f2\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">through<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/genju\/369\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6839\u636e <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">g\u0113n j\u00f9\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yi\/153\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4ee5 <\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u01d0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">according to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/ping\/11865\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u51ed<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">p\u00edng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">on the basis of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-31 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Method-and-Grounds.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BE%9D%E6%88%91%E7%9C%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u4f9d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6211\u770b<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (y\u012b w\u01d2 k\u00e0n) In my opinion<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%A0%B9%E6%8D%AE%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u6839\u636e<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u65b0\u7684\u6807\u51c6<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (g\u0113n j\u00f9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">x\u012bn de bi\u0101o<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u01d4n)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> According to the new standards<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Aims<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-32\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-32\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/wei\/112\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e3a<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">w\u00e8i<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">for<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/weile\/115\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e3a\u4e86<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">w\u00e8i le\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">for; in order to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/weizhe\/55183\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e3a\u7740 <\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">w\u00e8i zhe<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">for; in order to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-32 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Aims.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%BD%E9%80%90%E6%A2%A6%E6%83%B3%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%96%E9%80%89%E6%8B%A9%E4%BA%86%E5%87%BA%E5%9B%BD&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u4e3a\u4e86<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8ffd\u9010\u68a6\u60f3\uff0c\u4ed6\u9009\u62e9\u4e86\u51fa\u56fd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e8i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zhu\u012b<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">m\u00e8ng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u01ceng, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xu\u01cen<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">z\u00e9 le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u016b<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gu\u00f3)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to pursue his dreams, he chose to go abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Reasons<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-33\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-33\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yin\/820\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u56e0<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u012bn<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">because<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/youyu\/240\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7531\u4e8e<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u00f3u y\u00fa<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">due to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yinwei\/36\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u56e0\u4e3a <\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u012bn w\u00e8i<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">because<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zhiyou\/108\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u53ea\u6709<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">zh\u01d0 y\u01d2u<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-33 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Reasons.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%8B%E9%9B%A8%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%80%E6%95%B4%E5%A4%A9%E9%83%BD%E5%BE%85%E5%9C%A8%E4%BA%86%E5%AE%B6%E9%87%8C&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u56e0\u4e3a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e0b\u96e8\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u6574\u5929\u90fd\u5f85\u5728\u4e86\u5bb6\u91cc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012bn<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e8i xi\u00e0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u01d4, w\u01d2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u011bng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ti\u0101n d\u014du <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">z\u00e0i le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u01d0)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of the rain, we stayed at home for a whole day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Objects and Range<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-34\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-34\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dui\/307\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5bf9<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">du\u00ec\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/duiyu\/223\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5bf9\u4e8e<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">du\u00ec y\u00fa\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">regarding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/ba\/1016\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u628a<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">b\u01ce\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">passive particle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/xiang\/1302\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5411<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">xi\u00e0ng\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/gen\/5187\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u8ddf<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">g\u0113n\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yu\/743\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e0e<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u01d4\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with \/ to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/tong\/569\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u540c<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">t\u00f3ng\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/gei\/1710\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7ed9<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">g\u011bi\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">for, to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/guanyu\/395\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5173\u4e8e<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">gu\u0101n y\u00fa<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">regarding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-34 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Objects-and-Range.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E6%8A%8A%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85%E4%B8%A2%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<\/span><b>\u628a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u94b1\u5305\u4e22\u4e86<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u01ce <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qi\u00e1n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u0101o di\u016b le) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He lost his wallet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Exclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-35\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-35\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chu\/3792\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u9664<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00fa\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">except; besides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chule\/458\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u9664\u4e86<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00fa le<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">except; besides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chuqu\/8057\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u9664\u53bb<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00fa q\u00f9\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">except for<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chufei\/3874\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u9664\u975e<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00fa f\u0113i<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">except<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-35 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Exclusions-2.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E9%99%A4%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%96%EF%BC%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E9%83%BD%E5%9B%9E%E5%AE%B6%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u9664\u4e86<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6\u90fd\u56de\u5bb6\u4e86<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00fa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00e0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101 d\u014du <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hu\u00ed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101 le) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from him, everyone has gone home.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Passivity<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-36\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-36\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/bei\/1328\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u88ab<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">b\u00e8i\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">by<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/jiao\/3301\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u53eb<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ji\u00e0o<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">by<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/rang\/3195\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u8ba9<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">r\u00e0ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">by<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/gei\/1710\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7ed9<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">g\u011bi<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">by<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-36 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Passivity.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E8%AE%A9%E4%BA%BA%E6%8F%8D%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E9%A1%BF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<\/span><b>\u8ba9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4eba\u63cd\u4e86\u4e00\u987f<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r\u00e0ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r\u00e9n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">z\u00f2u le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00f9n) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Someone beat him up.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Prepositions for Comparing<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-37\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-37\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/bi\/1791\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6bd4<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">b\u01d0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/he\/170\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u548c<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">h\u00e9\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yu\/743\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e0e<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">y\u01d4\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/tong\/569\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u540c<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">t\u00f3ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-37 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-for-Comparing.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E8%8B%B9%E6%9E%9C%E6%AF%94%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%A4%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8fd9\u4e2a\u82f9\u679c<strong>\u6bd4<\/strong>\u90a3\u4e2a\u5927<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p\u00edng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gu\u01d2 b\u01d0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n\u00e8i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">g\u00e8 d\u00e0) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This apple is bigger than that one.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparing Some Common Chinese Prepositions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5bf9(\u4e8e) \\ \u5173\u4e8e \\ \u81f3\u4e8e About<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/duiyu\/223\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5bf9(\u4e8e)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa))<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is used to describe the object of an action or relevant people or things<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5bf9\u4e8e.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9%E4%BB%96%E4%B8%80%E6%97%A0%E6%89%80%E7%9F%A5&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6211<\/span><b>\u5bf9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6\u4e00\u65e0\u6240\u77e5<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(w\u01d2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">su\u01d2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u012b) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know anything about him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E8%BF%98%E8%A6%81%E5%9C%A8%E8%AE%A8%E8%AE%BA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u5bf9\u4e8e<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8fd9\u4e2a\u95ee\u9898\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u8fd8\u8981\u5728\u8ba8\u8bba\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e8n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h\u00e1i <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00e0o z\u00e0i <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u01ceo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u00f9n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to discuss this problem further.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/guanyu\/395\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5173\u4e8e<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (gu\u0101n y\u00fa) is used to describe the range of action. Sometimes it can be an alternative to \u5bf9(\u4e8e). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%EF%BC%88%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%EF%BC%89%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E8%A7%81%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%BC%9A%E8%AE%A4%E7%9C%9F%E8%80%83%E8%99%91&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u5173\u4e8e<\/strong>(\u5bf9\u4e8e)\u4f60\u4eec\u7684\u610f\u89c1\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u4f1a\u8ba4\u771f\u8003\u8651<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gu\u0101n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n\u01d0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u00e0n, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men hu\u00ec <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r\u00e8n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u0113n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">k\u01ceo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u01dc) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will think carefully about your advice.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since \u5bf9(\u4e8e) focuses on the object, and \u5173\u4e8e focuses on the range, in the following sentence, \u5173\u4e8e cannot be an alternative to \u5bf9\u4e8e.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-About-\u5173\u4e8e.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E5%B0%8F%E5%B2%9B%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E6%9C%89%E4%B8%80%E6%AE%B5%E9%B2%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%BA%E7%9F%A5%E7%9A%84%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E8%AF%B4&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5173\u4e8e\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5c0f\u5c9b\uff0c\u8fd8\u6709\u4e00\u6bb5\u9c9c\u4e3a\u4eba\u77e5\u7684\u7684\u4f20\u8bf4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(gu\u0101n y\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u01ceo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u01ceo, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h\u00e1i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u01d2u <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00e0n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u01cen<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e9i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r\u00e9n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u012b de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chu\u00e1n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shu\u014d)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an obscure legend about the island.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zhiyu\/823\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u81f3\u4e8e<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (zh\u00ec y\u00fa), \u5173\u4e8e (gu\u0101n y\u00fa) and \u5bf9\u4e8e (du\u00ec y\u00fa) can all be used to lead into a topic. The difference is that \u81f3\u4e8e (zh\u00ec y\u00fa) leads to another topic when one already exists.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%BF%99%E9%83%A8%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E5%B0%86%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%8A%E7%BA%BF%EF%BC%8C%E8%87%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8fd9\u90e8\u7535\u5f71\u5c06\u4e8e\u4e0b\u534a\u5e74\u4e0a\u7ebf\uff0c<strong>\u81f3\u4e8e<\/strong>\u5177\u4f53\u65f6\u95f4\uff0c\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u516c\u5e03<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(zh\u00e8 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u00f9 di\u00e0n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u01d0ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u00e0n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ni\u00e1n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00e0ng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0n, zh\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u00f9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u01d0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101n, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h\u00e1i m\u00e9i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u01d2u <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">g\u014dng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u00f9)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie will be online in the 2nd half of the year, but the exact time has yet to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5bf9 \\ \u671d \\ \u5411 \\ \u5f80 To<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dui\/307\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5bf9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (du\u00ec) \\ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chao\/4016\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u671d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \\ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/xiang\/1302\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5411<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used alternately, to mean the object of the action.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5bf9.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A5%B9%E5%AF%B9(%E6%9C%9D%20%5C%20%E5%90%91)%E6%88%91%E7%AC%91%E4%BA%86%E7%AC%91&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5979<\/span><b>\u5bf9(\u671d \\ \u5411)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6211\u7b11\u4e86\u7b11<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0o le xi\u00e0o)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She grinned at me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chao\/4016\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u671d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \\ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/xiang\/1302\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5411<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \\ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/wang\/3011\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5f80<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (w\u01ceng) can be used to describe the direction of the actions, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dui\/307\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5bf9<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (du\u00ec) can not.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A5%B9%E6%9C%9D%EF%BC%88%E5%90%91%20%5C%20%E5%BE%80%EF%BC%89%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91%E8%B7%91%E4%BA%86%E5%8E%BB&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5979<strong>\u671d\uff08\u5411 \\ \u5f80\uff09<\/strong>\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u65b9\u5411\u8dd1\u4e86\u53bb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01ceng) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xu\u00e9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0o de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f\u0101ng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">p\u01ceo le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">q\u00f9)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She ran in the direction of the school.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5411 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \\ \u5f80 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01ceng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used after a verb to make up a preposition phrase, but \u671d (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can not.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-To-\u5f80.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%BC%80%E5%BE%80%E6%B7%B1%E5%9C%B3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5f00<strong>\u5f80<\/strong>\u6df1\u5733<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">k\u0101i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01ceng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u0113n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e8n)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Heading for Shenzhen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A5%94%E5%90%91%E6%A2%A6%E6%83%B3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5954<strong>\u5411<\/strong>\u68a6\u60f3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (b\u0113n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng m\u00e8ng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u01ceng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Run towards a dream<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u671d (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \\ \u5411 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not only used to describe the direction of the action, but also the object of the action. They can work with a noun, including people and places. However, \u5f80&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01ceng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is only for the direction of the action, so in the following two examples, we can not use \u5f80 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01ceng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E6%9C%9D%E6%88%91%E6%8C%A5%E4%BA%86%E6%8C%A5%E6%89%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<strong>\u671d<\/strong>\u6211\u6325\u4e86\u6325\u624b<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e1o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hu\u012b le hu\u012b<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u01d2u) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He waved to me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E5%90%91%E6%88%91%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E4%BB%8B%E7%BB%8D%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<strong>\u5411<\/strong>\u6211\u7b80\u5355\u4ecb\u7ecd\u4e86\u8fd9\u4e2a\u56fd\u5bb6\u7684\u5386\u53f2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2 ji\u01cen<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u0101n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u00e8<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00e0o le zh\u00e8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gu\u00f3<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u0101 de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u01d0) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He simply briefed me the history of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different from the \u5bf9 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the above section, here \u5bf9 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means \u201cto\u201d so it can not be changed to \u5bf9\u4e8e (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00fa)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> .<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%AF%9D%E8%A6%81%E5%AF%B9%E6%88%91%E8%AF%B4%E5%90%97&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4f60\u8fd8\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u8bdd\u8981<strong>\u5bf9<\/strong>\u6211\u8bf4\u5417<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\uff1f(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n\u01d0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h\u00e1i<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u01d2u sh\u00e9n me <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hu\u00e0 y\u00e0o du\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shu\u014d ma?) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there anything else you want to say to me?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6309 \\ \u6309\u7167 \\ \u6839\u636e \\ \u636e According to<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/an\/4597\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6309<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u00e0n) \\ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/anzhao\/625\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6309\u7167<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e0n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e0o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work as prepositions, which means to follow a standard, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%8C%89%E6%97%B6%E5%AE%8C%E6%88%90&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u6309<\/strong>\u65f6\u5b8c\u6210<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u00e0n sh\u00ed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e1n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ch\u00e9ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;Finish on time<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%8C%89%E7%85%A7%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E8%A1%8C%E4%BA%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u6309\u7167<\/strong>\u8ba1\u5212\u884c\u4e8b<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e0n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e0o<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u00echu\u00e0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">x\u00edng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ec)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> According to the plan<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/ju\/2575\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u636e<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u00f9)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means \u2018according to some basis\u2019, whereas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/genju\/369\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6839\u636e<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (g\u0113n j\u00f9) means \u2018to take something or actions as preconditioned or a foundation\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%8D%AE%E7%90%86%E5%8A%9B%E4%BA%89&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u636e<\/strong>\u7406\u529b\u4e89<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u00f9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u01d0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u0113ng)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Make one&#8217;s utmost efforts to fight for one&#8217;s point of view<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?resize=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?resize=100%2C67&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writtenchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chinese-Prepositions-According-to-\u6839\u636e.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%A0%B9%E6%8D%AE%E4%BB%96%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AF%B9%E9%94%80%E5%94%AE%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E8%BF%9B%E8%A1%8C%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%9B%E8%B0%83%E6%95%B4&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6839\u636e\u4ed6\u7684\u62a5\u544a\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5bf9\u9500\u552e\u8ba1\u5212\u8fdb\u884c\u4e86\u4e00\u4e9b\u8c03\u6574<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">g\u0113n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u00f9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u00e0o<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">g\u00e0o, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> men <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">du\u00ec <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u0101o<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00f2u j\u00ec<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hu\u00e0 j\u00ecn<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">x\u00edng le <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b xi\u0113 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ti\u00e1o<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u011bng)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to his reports, we need to make some adjustments to the marketing plan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words That Can Be Both a Verb and Preposition<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-38\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-38\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Preposition<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Pinyin<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Meaning (preposition)<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\">Meaning (verb)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zai\/46\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5728<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">z\u00e0i\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">in\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">exist \/ be living \/ stay \/ remain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/wei\/112\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u4e3a<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">w\u00e8i\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">for \/ by \/ to\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">do \/ act\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/bi\/1791\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u6bd4<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">b\u01d0\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">than; to\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">compare\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/dao\/182\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5230<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">d\u00e0o\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">arrive \/ reach\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/gei\/1710\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7ed9<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">g\u011bi\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">to\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">give\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/chao\/4016\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u671d<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">ch\u00e1o\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">towards\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">face \/ look\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/jingguo\/374\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u7ecf\u8fc7<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">j\u012bng gu\u00f2\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">through\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">pass by\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/tongguo\/113\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u901a\u8fc7<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">t\u014dng gu\u00f2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">through<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">pass through<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-38 from cache --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verb: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E5%9C%A8%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<strong>\u5728<\/strong>\u5b66\u6821<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 z<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e0i <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xu\u00e9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0o)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He is in the school. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preposition: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BB%96%E5%9C%A8%E5%A2%99%E4%B8%8A%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ed6<strong>\u5728<\/strong>\u5899\u4e0a\u753b\u753b<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">z\u00e0i <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qi\u00e1ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00e0ng hu\u00e0 hu\u00e0) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is drawing on the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verb: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%BF%99%E8%B6%9F%E7%81%AB%E8%BD%A6%E7%BB%8F%E8%BF%87%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8fd9\u8d9f\u706b\u8f66<strong>\u7ecf\u8fc7<\/strong>\u6b66\u6c49<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(zh\u00e8 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u00e0ng hu\u01d2 ch\u0113 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">j\u012bng<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gu\u00f2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d4<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h\u00e0n) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This train passes Wuhan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preposition: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%BB%8F%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%80%E7%95%AA%E8%AE%A4%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%80%83%E8%99%91%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%96%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E8%BE%9E%E8%81%8C&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u7ecf\u8fc7<\/strong>\u4e00\u756a\u8ba4\u771f\u7684\u8003\u8651\uff0c\u4ed6\u51b3\u5b9a\u8f9e\u804c<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3002(j\u012bng gu\u00f2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b f\u0101n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r\u00e8n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u0113n de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">k\u01ceo<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u01dc, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u0101 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ju\u00e9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00ecng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c\u00ed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00ed) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After careful consideration, he decided to quit.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercises<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSctzElTjodqOqheKyNdKO__2Pp9yh7XlCqhJxuc4Lpb21DpBw\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"700\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\">Loading&#8230;<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepositions are words that indicate the relationship between words, usually nouns, in a sentence and tell us where and when something is happening. 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