▎滿, mǎn, (Vs), as Verb Complement, crowded with (1)

 

Function The state verb 滿 ‘full’ serves as a result complement in this pattern. This pattern employs exaggeration to indicate a large number of items in a given location.

1 街道的兩邊蓋滿了新的大樓。

Jiēdào de liǎng biān gàimǎnle xīn de dàlóu.

Both sides of the road are bristling with new buildings.

2 101大樓前面擠滿了看跨年煙火的年輕人。

101 dàlóu qiánmiàn jǐmǎnle kàn kuànián yānhuǒ de niánqīng rén.

The area in front of Taipei 101 was packed with young people watching the New Year’s Eve fireworks.

3 客廳牆上掛滿了他去花蓮拍的照片。

Kètīng qiáng shàng guàmǎnle tā qù Huālián pāi de zhàopiàn.

The living room wall was packed with photographs he took while in Hualien.

4 不到八點，教室裡就坐滿了學生。

Búdào bādiǎn, jiàoshì lǐ jiù zuòmǎnle xuéshēng.

It’s not even eight o’clock yet and the classroom is filled with students.

5 這個袋子裡怎麼塞滿了垃圾？

Zhè ge dàizi lǐ zěnme sāimǎnle lèsè?

Why is this bag stuffed full of garbage?

 

Usage This type of existential sentence indicates the existence of a noun at a location.