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How to Express Participle Phrase in Chinese?


Sunwoo

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这个很帅的男人在喝水。or

很帅的这个男人在喝水。

 

Likewise,

 

这个在跑步的女人喜欢吃汉堡包。or

在跑步的这个女人喜欢吃汉堡包。

 

I'd say the latter of each pair better suit your sentences because having the adjectival phrases up at the very front emphasizes the "(who is) handsome" and "(who is) running" a bit more than having the demonstrative pronouns at the very beginning.

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These sentences may not be translated word by word in actual conversations.

For example, in a casual conversation, these go as:

这帅哥在喝水。

这跑步的女的喜欢吃汉堡。

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