ba construction

A grammatical construction in Mandarin Chinese, SUBJ-把-OBJ-VERB, or any analogous constructions in other Chinese lects.

Noun

  1. A grammatical construction in Mandarin Chinese, SUBJ-把-OBJ-VERB, or any analogous constructions in other Chinese lects.

    Synonyms: disposal construction executive construction pre-transitive construction causative construction

Origin

From Mandarin 把 (bǎ) + construction.

Forms

ba-construction