HSK 4 · VERSION 2.0#71

Direction Complement

趋向补语 / 方向补语

qūxiàng bǔyǔ / fāngxiàng bǔyǔ

How it works

Direction complements show the direction of an action after the verb.

Common forms include:

上来 (shànglái)

下去 (xiàqù)

进去 (jìnqù)

出来 (chūlái)

回去 (huíqù)

请你走进来。

Qǐng nǐ zǒu jìnlái.

Please walk in.

他把书拿出去。

Tā bǎ shū ná chūqù.

He took the book out.

我明天搬回去。

Wǒ míngtiān bān huíqù.

I will move back tomorrow.

At HSK4, students should not only understand these direction complements but also use them fluently in longer sentences.