会【huì】

can, know how to, be able to, learned skill, will, hui

HSK 1

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Structure

[subject] + 会 + [verb] + [object] [subject] + 不会 + [verb]

Description

会 before a verb is the "can" of a skill you learned: driving, swimming, cooking, speaking a language. Its negative is 不会.

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I can speak Chinese.

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He can drive.

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I can't cook.

× 我没会游泳 → 我不会游泳

会 or 能

会游泳 means you know how to swim. Whether you can swim right now, with a broken arm or no pool nearby, is a question for 能.

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I can swim, but I can't today.

A language can be the direct object of 会, with no verb in between. 很会 means "good at".

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I speak a little Chinese.

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He's a really good cook.

会 for what will happen

会 also predicts, with no sense of skill. The negative is again 不会.

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It will rain tomorrow.

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He won't come.

Examples

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I can speak a little Chinese.

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He can drive.

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Can you cook?

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I can't swim.

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She can play the piano.

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Mark can cook a lot of dishes.

？

Do you know how to use this software?

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I can write this character.

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It will rain tomorrow.

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He isn't going to come.

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I speak English and French.

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He'll be able to answer this question.

References

Expressing a learned skill with "hui"resources.allsetlearning.com

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