How to Express “-ing” in Chinese

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
    @IKEMENOsakaman5 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

    @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

    @johnshelton1963

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@GraceMandarinChineseI use 我正在。。。

  • @olentangyriver1191

    @olentangyriver1191

    5 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @ozzdnmz1419

    @ozzdnmz1419

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @GraceMandarinChinese
    @GraceMandarinChinese5 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

    @sofia352

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for making content!

  • @tosathetouch958

    @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
    @stevezodiacXL55 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
    @gpgp12753 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
    @selohcin5 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.

  • @xerosolar307
    @xerosolar3075 ай бұрын

    谢谢老师! Super helpful videos!!

  • @alekid
    @alekid5 ай бұрын

    Very useful! I needed this clarification. 多谢!

  • @giuwili
    @giuwili5 ай бұрын

    Thank you, you are a great teacher

  • @robertsmithers9059
    @robertsmithers90595 ай бұрын

    Excellent lesson.

  • @Verbalaesthet
    @Verbalaesthet5 ай бұрын

    Very good tutorial. Thank you.

  • @marcodignitysianipar641
    @marcodignitysianipar6415 ай бұрын

    thank you grace, your content is very helpful!

  • @xarondata2090
    @xarondata20905 ай бұрын

    谢谢!你做对的事情🎉

  • @terrachan8225
    @terrachan82254 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
    @lilukara24765 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! It was very useful!

  • @renenavratil9796
    @renenavratil97965 ай бұрын

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

  • @soccereditshd7438
    @soccereditshd74385 ай бұрын

    謝謝你!老師🇭🇰🇨🇳🇹🇼❤️

  • @goldtheone
    @goldtheone5 ай бұрын

    perfect! thanks a lot 😊

  • @yazars
    @yazars5 ай бұрын

    This was a great lesson about a tricky topic!

  • @georgeherzog5929
    @georgeherzog59295 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

    @Baka_Oppai

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @mannaporanna2678
    @mannaporanna26785 ай бұрын

    Wow, incredibely useful video, thank you!

  • @tronix4732
    @tronix47325 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

  • @oredspider_lilyo
    @oredspider_lilyo5 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

    @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn

    5 ай бұрын

    Its theory learning Better find practical real teaching!

  • @obiageli4227
    @obiageli42274 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😂

  • @tosathetouch958
    @tosathetouch9584 ай бұрын

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

  • @qq5369
    @qq53695 ай бұрын

    Yeah~ a new video and useful content.😄

  • @ThalonRamacorn
    @ThalonRamacorn5 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

    @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

    @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

  • @alfiangunawan5946
    @alfiangunawan59465 ай бұрын

    thanks grace :)

  • @TheSungMovies
    @TheSungMovies4 ай бұрын

    老师的·课非常·好·。现在·我·在·学习·很多·感兴趣·的·汉语·课

  • @letsgo4716
    @letsgo47165 ай бұрын

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

  • @taohu6142

    @taohu6142

    5 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.

  • @swbrim
    @swbrim5 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

    @taohu6142

    5 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。

  • @sofia352
    @sofia3525 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @MrQuay03
    @MrQuay035 ай бұрын

    Quality content

  • @TweenkPL
    @TweenkPL5 ай бұрын

    我看著這個視頻終於學到了這個語法。😉

  • @junholee1651
    @junholee16515 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-cp5ir7pt4g
    @user-cp5ir7pt4g5 ай бұрын

    Grace最近早晚溫差很大.身體要照顧好

  • @GraceMandarinChinese

    @GraceMandarinChinese

    5 ай бұрын

    我剛剛出去跑步的時候感受到了😂 超級冷

  • @user-cp5ir7pt4g

    @user-cp5ir7pt4g

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @josephmak0865
    @josephmak08655 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
    @VicAndRoll5 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...

  • @n8chz
    @n8chz5 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?

  • @woodies2009
    @woodies20095 ай бұрын

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

  • @taohu6142

    @taohu6142

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @sutcenes
    @sutcenes5 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

    @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @vivathltnv-pv6uf
    @vivathltnv-pv6uf5 ай бұрын

    Very hard for me but i will try to pronounce

  • @m.j.golden4522
    @m.j.golden45225 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 :)

  • @DaveCantShave
    @DaveCantShave5 ай бұрын

    你自己編輯你的內容嗎?妳的內容是好棒喔。

  • @chinesegr79
    @chinesegr795 ай бұрын

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

  • @orfeoassiti6669
    @orfeoassiti66695 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

    @GraceMandarinChinese

    5 ай бұрын

    Hi they are "Zhuyin" (bopomofo). ☺If you're interested in learning more about them, check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c398l6uBmMW7haQ.htmlsi=XVcZpuxnefcLdoCg

  • @SaklomDvrma-ru6qf
    @SaklomDvrma-ru6qf5 ай бұрын

    I love you ❤😮

  • @alexb859
    @alexb8595 ай бұрын

    Awesome video!!!

  • @curtsheldon2655
    @curtsheldon26555 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

    @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.

  • @m.j.golden4522
    @m.j.golden45225 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.

  • @user-ib8ml6xz8e
    @user-ib8ml6xz8e5 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

  • @gonewriting
    @gonewriting5 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!

  • @theculturedkidlanguages
    @theculturedkidlanguages5 ай бұрын

    Great video! Your explanations make it much clearer.

  • @timwlake
    @timwlake5 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

    @taohu6142

    5 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!

  • @makanathanao01
    @makanathanao015 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.

  • @murilopeglow3068
    @murilopeglow30685 ай бұрын

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

  • @francesca7014
    @francesca70145 ай бұрын

    Thank you for these useful videos!

  • @rodolfojoseespino6729
    @rodolfojoseespino67295 ай бұрын

    👍🇧🇷🌎

  • @jensofn432
    @jensofn4325 ай бұрын

    very helpful 🎉

  • @hugosetiawan8928
    @hugosetiawan89285 ай бұрын

    1. 在煮饭 2. 戴着,穿着 3. 在上 4. 放着 5. 哭着

  • @WinkelmanSM-3
    @WinkelmanSM-35 ай бұрын

    1 a 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 b

  • @BeyondMediocreMandarin
    @BeyondMediocreMandarin5 ай бұрын

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

  • @OmeidaYangshuo
    @OmeidaYangshuo5 ай бұрын

    thanks for the great explanation, it's a big doubt for many people learning mandarin! ❤

  • @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn
    @alexplatjadaro-yx2nn5 ай бұрын

    Never mix different topics! That may have some similarities For a native speaker easy For a learner baaaaad teaching 👏☺️📝🤦🤷

  • @niyacer
    @niyacer2 ай бұрын

    just type ing

  • @zaihaiyang4156
    @zaihaiyang41565 ай бұрын

    他在跳舞ing

  • @tayonguyen
    @tayonguyen5 ай бұрын

    xie xie laoshi

  • @conho4898
    @conho48985 ай бұрын

    sometimes i see people using both at once. 他在笑着

  • @jessesoto6150
    @jessesoto61505 ай бұрын

    You’re too beautiful 😍 I can’t concentrate ☺️😊

  • @deontesampson1991
    @deontesampson19915 ай бұрын

    😃Grace!❤❤ your videos keep getting better & better but im telling you something we all know😄 #Graceispresident #NoDebate #whitehouse?🖕👈 #GuoHouse👍

  • @user-fn8pl1ru6w
    @user-fn8pl1ru6w5 ай бұрын

    你结婚了没有?

  • @Baka_Oppai
    @Baka_Oppai5 ай бұрын

    Why does she keep saying clothe when she means clothes? It's driving me nuts