▎把, bǎ, (Ptc), with Resultative Complements (5)

 

Function In the 把-construction, the complement after the verb may indicate a result of the action. The complements come in 2 forms, V＋C or V＋得＋C.

1 媽媽不小心把餃子煮破了。

Māma bù xiǎoxīn bǎ jiǎozi zhǔpò le.

Mom accidentally split the dumplings while cooking them. (i.e., The dumplings accidently split when Mom was cooking them.)

2 請你把白菜洗乾淨，等一下就要用了。

Qǐng nǐ bǎ báicài xǐgānjìng, děng yíxià jiù yào yòng le.

Please wash the cabbage clean, it’s going to be used soon.

3 他把水餃都包得好難看。

Tā bǎ shuǐjiǎo dōu bāo de hǎo nánkàn.

He did a very bad job wrapping up dumplings.

 

Structures The complement indicating the result of action in this construction can be a state verb, a process verb or a phrase/clause following 得de.

1 你這麼洗，會把鍋子洗壞。

Nǐ zhème xǐ, huì bǎ guōzi xǐhuài.

You’ll ruin your pot washing it like that.

2 他第一次做泡菜，把泡菜做得很難吃。

Tā dìyī cì zuò pàocài, bǎ pàocài zuò de hěn nánchī.

The first time he made kimchi it tasted awful.

3 你趕快把窗戶關好，我們要出去了。

Nǐ gǎnkuài bǎ chuānghù guānhǎo, wǒmen yào chūqù le.

Hurry up and close the window, it’s time we get going.

Negation：

1 別把菜吃光了，要留一點給別人。

Bié bǎ cài chīguāng le, yào liú yìdiǎn gěi biérén.

Don’t eat up all the food. Leave some for others.

2 如果我沒把碗洗乾淨，老闆會叫我再洗一次。

Rúguǒ wǒ méi bǎ wǎn xǐ gānjìng, lǎobǎn huì jiào wǒ zài xǐ yí cì.

If I don’t wash the bowls really clean, the boss will ask me to rewash them.

3 你不把話說完，他不知道你想做什麼。

Nǐ bù bǎ huà shuōwán, tā bù zhīdào nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme.

If you don’t finish what you are saying, he won’t know what it is you want to do.

Questions：

1 你把湯喝完了沒有？

Nǐ bǎ tāng hēwán le méi yǒu?

Have you finished (drinking) the soup?

2 他是不是把餃子煮破了？

Tā shibúshì bǎ jiǎozi zhǔpò le?

The dumplings burst when he cooked them, right?

3 你是不是把小籠包都吃光了？

Nǐ shìbúshì bǎ xiǎolóngbāo dōu chīguāng le?

Did you eat all of the steamed dumplings?

 

Usage As can be seen in the examples above,了le is often added at the end of a 把 bǎ sentence to express change of state, which is highly compatible with the meaning of resultative complements.