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又 … 又 … (both … and …)
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A good buy
- You found a jacket that looks great and costs very little, and you want to say both at once.
- 这件clothes衣服both又cheap便宜both又good-looking好看。 — "This jacket is both cheap and good-looking."
both又 + A + both又 + B
- Subject + both又 + Adj/Verb + both又 + Adj/Verb: each both又 sits directly before its own description.
- The two qualities point the same way, both good or both bad: both又rapid快both又good好, both又tired累both又hungry饿.
I我both又tired累and又hungry饿。
Complete: “The noodles here are both tasty and cheap.” 这儿的面条____好吃____便宜。 (write the word that fills both blanks)
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又好吃又便宜 — 又 before each quality.
Actions as well as qualities
- Verb phrases fit too: child孩子(plural)们both又sing唱both又dance跳。 — "The children sang and danced."
- Use it to describe a person or place with two clear features: she / her她(modifier / structural particle)的room房间both又see 大夫大both又clean干净。
the children孩子们both又sing唱and又dance跳。
Build: “Her room is both big and clean.”
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Subject + 又 A + 又 B.
Keep the two halves matched
- Use two qualities with the same direction: both又cheap便宜both又good-looking好看 is natural; both又cheap便宜both又ugly难看 sounds odd unless you are joking.
- No very很 inside the pattern: both又high高both又see 大夫大, not both又very很high高both又very很see 大夫大.
Which sentence is natural?
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又 + Adj + 又 + Adj with no 很. 和 does not join two adjectives in the predicate.
both又…both又… versus also也 and and / with和
- and / with和 cannot join two adjectives in a predicate: say both又cheap便宜both又good-looking好看, not cheap便宜and / with和good-looking好看.
- both又…both又… stresses that both features are present at the same time; very很cheap便宜，also也very很good-looking好看 lists them one after another.
here这儿的food菜very很cheap便宜，also也very很tasty好吃。
这件衣服便宜和好看 is a correct way to say “This item of clothing is cheap and good-looking.”
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和 joins nouns, not two adjectives used as the predicate. Use 又便宜又好看.
Recap
- both又 A both又 B = both A and B, at the same time. Each both又 goes before its own adjective or verb.
- Pick two qualities that point the same way, and leave out very很.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — both又…both又….
You found a jacket that looks great and costs very little, and you want to say both at once. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.