补语 (補語) bǔyǔ
bǔyǔ
noun
complement
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Grammar
Notes: A complement is a word that completes the action of a verb (Crystal 2008, p. loc. 3631). For example, in the phrase or compound word 看见 'saw' the complement 见 completes the action 看 'to see'. In this example, 看见 'saw', 见 is specifically a 结果补语 'resultative complement' (Sun 2006, loc. 654).
Contained in
- 可能补语(可能補語) a complement of potentiality; a potential complement
- 动量补语(動量補語) a complement of frequency
- 时量补语(时量補語) a complement of duration
- 名量补语(名量補語) a complement of duration
- 程度补语(程度補語) a complement of degree; a degree complement
- 趋向补语(趨向補語) a complement of direction; a directional complement
- 数量补语(數量補語) a complement of quantity; a quantitative complement
- 结果补语(結果補語) a complement of result; a resultative complement