LEARN + CHINESE / 136 of 300 HSK 4
Read It Through, Hand It Over 把
Your colleague hands you a long report to review. You read it through, tidy your notes, and pass the finished copy to the manager. 把 puts the object before the verb so the sentence can focus on what happened to it, how far the action went, or who received it.
我把那封信读了一遍，才看懂意思。
wǒ bǎ nà fēng xìn dú le yí biàn, cái kàndǒng yìsi.
I read the letter through once before I understood it.
她把房间收拾干净了，准备请朋友来吃饭。
tā bǎ fángjiān shōushi gānjìng le, zhǔnbèi qǐng péngyou lái chīfàn.
She cleaned up the room and got ready to invite friends over for a meal.
请把这份文件交给经理，别放在桌上。
qǐng bǎ zhè fèn wénjiàn jiāo gěi jīnglǐ, bié fàng zài zhuōshàng.
Please hand this document to the manager; don’t leave it on the table.
他把门关着，外面的声音小多了。
tā bǎ mén guānzhe, wàimiàn de shēngyīn xiǎo duō le.
He kept the door closed, and the noise from outside got much quieter.
Hint · 힌트
After 把, the verb phrase needs to show what happened to the object. 一遍 marks how far the reading went, 干净 gives the result, 交给 names the recipient, and 关着 describes the resulting state.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
xìn | letter |
dú yí biàn | to read through once |
kàndǒng | to understand by reading |
yìsi | meaning |
fángjiān | room |
shōushi | to tidy up |
gānjìng | clean; tidy |
zhǔnbèi | to get ready |
qǐng péngyou | to invite a friend |
chīfàn | to have a meal |
wénjiàn | document |
jiāo gěi | to hand over to |
jīnglǐ | manager |
zhuōshàng | on the table |
guānzhe | to keep closed |
wàimiàn | outside |
shēngyīn | sound; noise |
bǎ | object marker |
yí biàn | one full time through |
zhe | marks a continuing state |
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