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What's the structure of these words? 搬进、走出、跑回......
I think both 搬 and 进 can be verbs but when used together, it means 'move in'.
What's the relationship between the two characters in phrases like those?
For example, only 搬 is the verb in the sentence ‘我们搬进了一幢楼房’，but not ‘进’，what is the role of ‘进’ in the sentence?
Thank you!
The “进” part is called directional complement.
Rather simply, as we do in English, you can add a directional word to the verb, to describe where the verb is going. The most common words to indicate a direction are:
- 上, up and 下, down <== notice how they kind of look like arrows?
- 进, in and 出, out
- 过, to cross over
- 起, up
- 回 to come back.
- 到 (to arrive) to
So, “搬进” is “move in/into”, “走出” is “walk out (of)”, “跑回” is “run back to”.
Quote:- "...only 搬 is the verb in the sentence ‘我们搬进了一幢楼房’，but not ‘进’，what is the role of ‘进’ in the sentence?
搬进, (move in), is a "compound verb" -- i.e. a verb that is made up of multiple words.
In English, you have "I believe in you"; "His car swerved and tumbled over", "You need to work on your Chinese", :)
So, without the 进, your sentence would read 我们搬了一幢楼房, meaning, "We moved the building"
You could also say:
我们搬到了一幢楼房里面。or 我们搬进一幢楼房里面。
Seems somehow more complete with 到 --- 里面
Wayne is completely correct, without 到 or 进 you'd be moving the building!
我们搬了一幢楼房！
Superwoman EmmaXL!
进 can be both verb or directional complement. It can be a verb if it's used alone. for example, if we say "我们进了一幢楼房", it means "we walked into the building".
But when it's used right after another verb, it's a directional complement, and it's used to clarify the direction of the verb in front of it. In the sentence "we move in the building", 搬 corresponds to "move", and "进" means "in".
Please let me know if you have further questions~
搬进 => 搬出 走出 => 走回 跑回 => 跑出
In this words,进,出 and 回 represent from where to where. 搬,走 and 跑 represent the action.
