HSK 3 grammar · new HSK syllabus
又…又…: both… and…
又 A 又 B links two qualities or actions: 又便宜又好吃.
Structure
- 又 + A + 又 + B
How it works
又…又… joins two adjectives or verbs that describe the same thing: 这个苹果又大又甜.
Both qualities are usually positive or both negative: 又累又饿, not 又好吃又贵.
Examples
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这家饭馆的菜又便宜又好吃。
Zhè jiā fànguǎn de cài yòu piányi yòu hǎochī.
The food here is cheap and tasty.
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我今天又累又饿。
Wǒ jīntiān yòu lèi yòu è.
I’m tired and hungry today.
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她又会唱歌又会跳舞。
Tā yòu huì chàng gē yòu huì tiàowǔ.
She can both sing and dance.
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这个房间又大又干净。
Zhège fángjiān yòu dà yòu gānjìng.
This room is big and clean.
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外面又刮风又下雨。
Wàimiàn yòu guā fēng yòu xiàyǔ.
It’s windy and raining outside.
Words in these examples (25)
| 这 | zhè | this | HSK 1 |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; (measure word for shops and companies) | HSK 1 |
| 饭馆 | fànguǎn | restaurant | HSK 2 |
| 的 | de | (particle linking a describer to a noun, like "'s") | HSK 1 |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food); vegetable | HSK 1 |
| 又 | yòu | again; and also | HSK 3 |
| 便宜 | piányi | cheap | HSK 1 |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious | HSK 1 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me | HSK 1 |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today | HSK 1 |
| 累 | lèi | tired | HSK 2 |
| 饿 | è | hungry | HSK 3 |
| 她 | tā | she; her | HSK 1 |
| 会 | huì | can; to know how to | HSK 1 |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing | HSK 1 |
| 歌 | gē | song | HSK 1 |
| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ | to dance | HSK 2 |
| 这个 | zhège | this one | HSK 1 |
| 房间 | fángjiān | room | HSK 1 |
| 大 | dà | big; large; old (age) | HSK 1 |
| 干净 | gānjìng | clean | HSK 3 |
| 外面 | wàimiàn | outside | HSK 2 |
| 刮 | guā | to blow (of wind); to scrape | HSK 3 |
| 风 | fēng | wind | HSK 3 |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ | to rain | HSK 1 |
Common mistakes
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✗又很便宜又很好吃。
✓又便宜又好吃。
No 很 after 又.
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✗又好吃又贵。
✓好吃，但是有点儿贵。
A good and a bad point are contrasted, not joined with 又…又….
Check yourself
Choose the word that fills the gap.
1. 他的女朋友 聪明又漂亮。
2. 今天又冷 累。
3. 我又累又 。