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这样

zhè yàng

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 這樣

这样 (zhè yàng) means "like this; this way". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 这样 means

1. this way; like this; so
2. (before a noun) this kind of; such

How 这样 is used in grammar

这样 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Demonstrative Adverbs: 那么、这么、那样、这样 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, pronouns (指示代词).

The characters in 这样

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way

Example sentences

• 别这样！
  Don't do it!
• 是这样的。
  That's how it is.
• 请这样做。
  Please do that.
• 这样才对！
  It's done like this!
• 这样做吧。
  Let's do it this way.
• 不能这样！
  That can't be!

Words starting with 这样

• 这样一来zhè yàng yī láithus; if this happens then
• 这样子zhè yàng ziso; such; this way

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhè yàng correctly.
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