The 把 construction in Chinese, explained
S + 把 + object + verb + result
subject does V to this object
把 pulls the object in front of the verb to say what was done to it. The verb cannot stand bare — it needs 了, 好, 完, a direction, or some other result attached.
我把门关了。
Wǒ bǎ mén guān le.
I shut the door.
Seen in these stories
Every sentence below comes from a free graded story you can read in full, with pinyin over each word.
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小鸟把石头一个一个放进瓶子里。
The bird dropped the stones into the bottle, one by one.
小鸟喝水 The Thirsty Bird · HSK 1
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有人把小抄写在衣服的夹层里,甚至写在毛笔杆上。
Some wrote crib notes into the lining of their clothes, even onto the shaft of a brush.
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他们也在等,等着把别人送回家。
They are waiting too — waiting to carry other people home.
都市夜归人 City Nightcomers · HSK 6
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我做过一个实验,把推荐关掉一个星期。
I once ran an experiment and turned the recommendations off for a week.
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孤独到极点的时候,他把孤独写成了热闹。
At the very extreme of loneliness, he wrote loneliness into company.
李白与月亮 Li Bai and the Moon · HSK 6
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他们把这叫做"摩托大军",风吹了几天几夜。
They call this the "motorcycle army", blown by the wind for days and nights.