HSK 1
名词、代词或名词性短语作宾语
míng cí 、 dài cí huò míng cí xìng duǎn yǔ zuò bīn yǔ
Nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases as the object
Explanation
The object (宾语 - bīnyǔ) is the element that comes after the verb to indicate the target of the action. The object can be a noun, a pronoun, or a noun phrase.
Subject (the person or thing performing the action, at the start of the sentence) + verb + object → 他吃面包 (tā chī miànbāo - he eats bread). The object can be a noun (面包 - bread), a pronoun (我 - me in 来看我) or a noun phrase with a measure word (一个手机 - a phone).
whenever the verb needs to spell out 'do what / visit whom / buy what'. A noun phrase as object usually follows the pattern number + measure word (a counting unit, like "cái, con, quyển" in Vietnamese) + noun (一个手机).
placing the object in the wrong spot - Chinese follows Subject-Verb-Object order just like English, do NOT say 他面包吃. When the object has a quantity, remember to insert the measure word: 一个手机, not 一手机.
Examples
He eats bread.
Mom came to visit me.
She bought a phone.
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