<p>the former sounds weird. it roughly translates to "I go four times to university every week". while the latter feels more natural, "I go to university four times a week".</p>

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2014-06-03T16:29:59.817Z
Agree. The latter one is more natural, though the former one is also acceptable in spoken language.
Stan
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2014-06-03T08:38:33.723Z
2014-06-03T08:38:33.723Z
Fabricator
<p>Both are correct.</p>

<p>You can say 我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次. </p>

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2014-06-03T00:42:17.590Z
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Soony
<p>All are right but means a little different.</p>

<p>If you want to stress going to college, you may use the 1st one.
If you want to stress 4 times, you should use the 2nd one.</p>

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2014-06-06T14:55:37.313Z
2014-06-06T14:55:37.313Z
Allen St.Clair
<p>Both of the sentences are correct and they have the same meaning.</p>

<p>Notice:</p>

<p>In "我每个星期去四次大学", "university" sounds less important to you, just like "我每天去六次厕所 (I go to toilet six times a day)".</p>

<p>"我每个星期去大学四次" emphasises on the number of times you go to university. "University" sounds more important in this case.</p>

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2014-06-08T13:24:08.230Z
2014-06-08T13:24:08.230Z
Kiddy
<p>In real life selfdom people would say <code>去大学</code>, this is very wired. you can say : <code>我去大学上班</code> or <code>我去上班</code> or <code>我去大学的办公室</code></p>
<p>so, in these 2 sentences, the content in bracks<code>[]</code> are 副词(adv), which order is flex.</p>
<ul>
<li>我[每个星期]去[四次]大学</li>
<li>我[每个星期]去大学[四次]</li>
</ul>
<p>so, both of them are grammar correct</p>

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2022-09-30T07:44:14.437Z
Siwei
<p>我每个星期去四次大学, you repeat the action（verb) 去 four times a week.</p>
<p>Such as: 你每个星期去几次大学？去四次。</p>
<p>我每个星期去大学四次, you repeat the whole event（verb+noun）去大学 four times a week。</p>
<p>Such as: 你每个星期都很忙吗？是啊。我要去大学四次,去医院看我妈妈五次，还有很多事情。</p>
<p><strong>Sometimes it is critical to have the correct order of words.</strong> For example:</p>
<p>我每个月领取四次三千五百元的工资。（OK） (14000)</p>
<p>我每个月领取四次工资, 三千五百元。(not good)</p>
<p>我每个月领取四次工资, 每次三千五百元。(OK) (14000)</p>
<p>我每个月领取四次工资, 一共三千五百元。(OK) (3500)</p>
<p>我每个月领取三千五百元工资四次。(not good)</p>
<p>我每个月领取三千五百元工资，要分成四次领取。(OK) (3500)</p>
<p>我的工资是每个月三千五百元, 分成四次领取。(OK) (3500)</p>
<p>我每次领三千五百元工资, 每个月领四次。(OK) (14000)</p>

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PdotWang
<p>我一周去四次大学还是我每个去大学四次？</p>
<p>我的回复: 一周 与每周 都是 正确的用法与语法，但是每周用的更多一点。 你应该把：  每周 写成了：  每个， 每个 用在这里是不正确的。</p>

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2022-10-03T17:14:40.377Z
Welcome to [chinese.se]! It might be worthwhile [edit]ing your answer to include an English version, since the author asked it in English as well.
Glorfindel
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2022-10-01T12:48:45.030Z
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stevengu4843
<p>我 每个星期 去 四次 大学 </p>

<p>or  </p>

<p>我 每个星期 去 大学 四次</p>

<p>Both sentences are OK in modern Chinese.
I myself prefer the latter.</p>

<p>In fact, the word order in Chinese is not that strict.
So,  the above example sentence can also be as follows:</p>

<p>每个星期 我 去 大学 四次</p>

<p>每个星期 我 去 四次 大学</p>

<p>大学 每个星期 我 去 四次</p>

<p>我 去 大学 每个星期 四次</p>

<p>我 去 大学 四次 每个星期 </p>

<p>每个星期 四次 我 去 大学 </p>

<p>Perhaps there are more possible combinations.</p>

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2022-09-30T07:40:18.473Z
呃。。。如果这样说话的话，现实里会被打吧？
Siwei
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2014-06-06T18:16:52.927Z
2014-06-06T18:16:52.927Z
RenyuanLyu
<p>Wondering where to put a time frequency word in a Chinese sentence?</p>
<p>Which one of the following sentences is correct?</p>
<p>我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次?</p>

<grammar><usage><difference><word-order>
Which sentence is correct: 我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次?
# Which sentence is correct: 我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-02)

Wondering where to put a time frequency word in a Chinese sentence?

Which one of the following sentences is correct?

我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次?

**Tags:** grammar, usage, difference, word-order


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## 8 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-06-03. Score: 2

the former sounds weird. it roughly translates to "I go four times to university every week". while the latter feels more natural, "I go to university four times a week".

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Agree. The latter one is more natural, though the former one is also acceptable in spoken language.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-06-03. Score: 2

Both are correct.

You can say 我每个星期去四次大学 or 我每个星期去大学四次.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-06-06. Score: 2

All are right but means a little different.

If you want to stress going to college, you may use the 1st one.
If you want to stress 4 times, you should use the 2nd one.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-06-08. Score: 2

Both of the sentences are correct and they have the same meaning.

Notice:

In "我每个星期去四次大学", "university" sounds less important to you, just like "我每天去六次厕所 (I go to toilet six times a day)".

"我每个星期去大学四次" emphasises on the number of times you go to university. "University" sounds more important in this case.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2022-09-30. Score: 0

In real life selfdom people would say `去大学`, this is very wired. you can say : `我去大学上班` or `我去上班` or `我去大学的办公室`

so, in these 2 sentences, the content in bracks`[]` are 副词(adv), which order is flex.

* 我[每个星期]去[四次]大学
* 我[每个星期]去大学[四次]

so, both of them are grammar correct


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### Answer by username_7 on 2022-10-03. Score: 0

我每个星期去四次大学, you repeat the action（verb) 去 four times a week.

Such as: 你每个星期去几次大学？去四次。

我每个星期去大学四次, you repeat the whole event（verb+noun）去大学 four times a week。

Such as: 你每个星期都很忙吗？是啊。我要去大学四次,去医院看我妈妈五次，还有很多事情。

**Sometimes it is critical to have the correct order of words.** For example:

我每个月领取四次三千五百元的工资。（OK） (14000)

我每个月领取四次工资, 三千五百元。(not good)

我每个月领取四次工资, 每次三千五百元。(OK) (14000)

我每个月领取四次工资, 一共三千五百元。(OK) (3500)

我每个月领取三千五百元工资四次。(not good)

我每个月领取三千五百元工资，要分成四次领取。(OK) (3500)

我的工资是每个月三千五百元, 分成四次领取。(OK) (3500)

我每次领三千五百元工资, 每个月领四次。(OK) (14000)


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### Answer by username_10 on 2014-06-06. Score: 0

我 每个星期 去 四次 大学

or

我 每个星期 去 大学 四次

Both sentences are OK in modern Chinese.
I myself prefer the latter.

In fact, the word order in Chinese is not that strict.
So, the above example sentence can also be as follows:

每个星期 我 去 大学 四次

每个星期 我 去 四次 大学

大学 每个星期 我 去 四次

我 去 大学 每个星期 四次

我 去 大学 四次 每个星期

每个星期 四次 我 去 大学

Perhaps there are more possible combinations.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: 呃。。。如果这样说话的话，现实里会被打吧？  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2022-10-01. Score: -1

我一周去四次大学还是我每个去大学四次？

我的回复: 一周 与每周 都是 正确的用法与语法，但是每周用的更多一点。 你应该把： 每周 写成了： 每个， 每个 用在这里是不正确的。

> **Comments:**
> **username_9**: Welcome to [chinese.se]! It might be worthwhile [edit]ing your answer to include an English version, since the author asked it in English as well.  

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