<p>All sentences are very good.</p>

<p>我比你来得早多了 is good. But it also can be, 我来得比你早多了. It is for adverbs.</p>

<p>But for adjectives, you cannot do that. 我比你高5厘米 (correct), but 我高比你5厘米 (not right). An alternative could be: 我的身高超过你5厘米. Here you do not use 比 explicitly.</p>

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PdotWang
<p>I'm trying to understand how a complex 比 structure would be like. Specially when it comes to comparing actions I get quite lost. Could anyone check if I got the patterns right?</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A 比 B + adjective</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我比你高。<br>
(I am taller than you)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A 比 B + adjective + quantity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我比你高5厘米<br>
(I am 5 centimeters taller than you)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A 比 B + adjective + intensity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我比你高多了 / 我比你高一点儿<br>
(I am a lot taller than you / I am a bit taller than you)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我比你来得早多了<br>
(I come a lot earlier than you)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A 比 B V 得 + adjective + quantity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我比你来得早5分钟<br>
(I come 5 minutes earlier than you)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A (V) O 比 B V 得 + adjective <strong>or</strong> A (V) O V 得 比 B + adjective</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我(学)中文比你学得多 / 我(学)中文学得比你多<br>
(I study Chinese more than you)  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A （V） O 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity <strong>or</strong> A （V） O V 得 比 B + adjective + intensity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我(学)中文比你学得多多了 / 我学中文比你学得多一点儿 / 我(学)中文学得比你多多了 / 我学中文学得比你多一点儿<br>
(I study Chinese a lot more than you / I study Chinese a bit more than you)  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A （V） O 比 B V 得 + adjective + quantity <strong>or</strong> A （V） O V 得 比 B + adjective + quantity</p>
</blockquote>

<p>我(学)中文比你学得多四个小时 / 我(学)中文学得比你多四个小时<br>
(I study Chinese 4 hours more than you)</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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Mostly right except for 1. when comparing actions, the word following 得 is adverb instead of adjective; 2. 我中文比你学得多四个小时 is correct but it is more natural to say 我比你多学了四个小时的中文.
NS.X.
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A 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity, here should be adverb following 得.
PdotWang
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You both mean "adjective with adverb characteristics", right?
@NS.X. I've heard someone using that structure too, but I was a bit confused about it. May I use 多 with any verb to make that structure? 我比你多来了中国一年 (I came to China 1 year more than you) 他比你多买了一个苹果 (He bought 1 apple more than you). Besides, that structure is surely a past event, right? Could I take the 了 off and have 我比你多学四个小时的中文 (I stud**y** Chinese 4 more hours than you)? Cheers
Enrico Brasil
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2015-03-10T22:54:18.960Z
You are asking a detailed question. It is a little bit hard to explain Chinese grammar because some terminologies are not exactly its original meaning as in English. Chinese words, either single character (Zi4) or combined words, are of the same form when used as different function, say adverbs or adjectives. It is its position and relation to others that determines its type or function. This is even difficult for a Chinese language teacher to teach it as the second language. Basically, you are correct as you asked.
PdotWang
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"用听的比用读的你可以学会更多单词。" 这个很够复杂了？ https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/51883/32298
bronze man
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How do I make complex comparison structures with 比?
# How do I make complex comparison structures with 比?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-08)

I'm trying to understand how a complex 比 structure would be like. Specially when it comes to comparing actions I get quite lost. Could anyone check if I got the patterns right?

> A 比 B + adjective

我比你高。  
(I am taller than you)

> A 比 B + adjective + quantity

我比你高5厘米  
(I am 5 centimeters taller than you)

> A 比 B + adjective + intensity

我比你高多了 / 我比你高一点儿  
(I am a lot taller than you / I am a bit taller than you)

> A 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity

我比你来得早多了  
(I come a lot earlier than you)

> A 比 B V 得 + adjective + quantity

我比你来得早5分钟  
(I come 5 minutes earlier than you)

> A (V) O 比 B V 得 + adjective **or** A (V) O V 得 比 B + adjective

我(学)中文比你学得多 / 我(学)中文学得比你多  
(I study Chinese more than you)

> A （V） O 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity **or** A （V） O V 得 比 B + adjective + intensity

我(学)中文比你学得多多了 / 我学中文比你学得多一点儿 / 我(学)中文学得比你多多了 / 我学中文学得比你多一点儿  
(I study Chinese a lot more than you / I study Chinese a bit more than you)

> A （V） O 比 B V 得 + adjective + quantity **or** A （V） O V 得 比 B + adjective + quantity

我(学)中文比你学得多四个小时 / 我(学)中文学得比你多四个小时  
(I study Chinese 4 hours more than you)

Thanks a lot!

**Tags:** grammar, comparison

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Mostly right except for 1. when comparing actions, the word following 得 is adverb instead of adjective; 2. 我中文比你学得多四个小时 is correct but it is more natural to say 我比你多学了四个小时的中文.  
> **username_2**: A 比 B V 得 + adjective + intensity, here should be adverb following 得.  
> **username_0**: You both mean "adjective with adverb characteristics", right? @NS.X. I've heard someone using that structure too, but I was a bit confused about it. May I use 多 with any verb to make that structure? 我比你多来了中国一年 (I came to China 1 year more than you) 他比你多买了一个苹果 (He bought 1 apple more than you). Besides, that structure is surely a past event, right? Could I take the 了 off and have 我比你多学四个小时的中文 (I stud**y** Chinese 4 more hours than you)? Cheers  
> **username_2**: You are asking a detailed question. It is a little bit hard to explain Chinese grammar because some terminologies are not exactly its original meaning as in English. Chinese words, either single character (Zi4) or combined words, are of the same form when used as different function, say adverbs or adjectives. It is its position and relation to others that determines its type or function. This is even difficult for a Chinese language teacher to teach it as the second language. Basically, you are correct as you asked.  
> **username_3**: "用听的比用读的你可以学会更多单词。" 这个很够复杂了？ https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/51883/32298  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-03-10. Score: 3

All sentences are very good.

我比你来得早多了 is good. But it also can be, 我来得比你早多了. It is for adverbs.

But for adjectives, you cannot do that. 我比你高5厘米 (correct), but 我高比你5厘米 (not right). An alternative could be: 我的身高超过你5厘米. Here you do not use 比 explicitly.


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