A2 · Grammar reference · ASGZ8OIF
Expressing "stop doing" with "bie… le"
You may know how to make negative commands with "bie," but what if someone is already doing it? The pattern 别⋯⋯了 (bié... le) is all you need to tell someone to STOP DOING THAT (which they're already doing).
- Keywords
- 别 · 了
- Used for
- Denying and refusing · Giving commands
- Classification
- HSK2
Examples (12)
别说了，我不想听。
别问了，我不想说。
别做了，明天做吧。
别看了，睡觉！
别哭了！
别笑了，别人都在看你。
别吃了，我们要迟到了。
别玩了，去写作业。
别喝了，你已经醉了。
别买了，太贵了！
别做饭了，出去吃吧。
下雨了，别出去了。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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