Expressing "a full" with "zuzu"

Nível: HSK 6 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

Sometimes in English, we may want to emphasize how big, small, long, etc. something is perceived to be. We have all heard expressions like "he was a full 300 pounds," or "he was all of seven feet tall." The "a full" and "all of" in these sentences have an equivalent expression in Chinese: 足足 (zúzú). You can put 足足 either in front or after the verb. Remember that 足足 adds emphasis to what you are saying, so you should always use it with a number. Some more commonly used verbs are 有 and 等.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 怪不得他汉语说得那么好，他在中国住了足足十年的时间！ (guàibùdé tā hànyǔ shuō dé nàyāo hǎo，tā zài zhōngguó zhù le zúzú shí nián de shíjiān！): "No wonder he speaks Chinese so well, he lived in China for a full ten years!"

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