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ba construction

ba construction noun: a grammatical construction in Mandarin Chinese, SUBJ-把-OBJ-VERB, or any analogous constructions in other Chinese lects.

Noun

ba construction

  1. A grammatical construction in Mandarin Chinese, SUBJ-把-OBJ-VERB, or any analogous constructions in other Chinese lects.
    Synonyms:
    disposal construction, executive construction, pre-transitive construction, causative construction

Synonyms of ba construction

  • disposal construction
  • executive construction
  • pre-transitive construction
  • causative construction

Forms of ba construction

alternative formba-construction

Origin of ba construction

From Mandarin 把 (bǎ) + construction.

Questions about ba construction

What does ba construction mean?
Ba construction means a grammatical construction in Mandarin Chinese, SUBJ-把-OBJ-VERB, or any analogous constructions in other Chinese lects.
What part of speech is ba construction?
Ba construction is a noun.

Words near ba construction in the dictionary

  1. b8ing
  2. b@
  3. b@s
  4. ba
  5. Ba Chúc
  6. ba construction
  7. ba da bing ba da boom
  8. Ba Duan Jin
  9. ba dum tish
  10. ba dum tss
  11. ba gua zhang

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