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From :   Kevin Chaput

Date : 2009-07-14 / 02:06AM

Benny,
Please provide examples of using 而且.

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Jenny

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 Jane hotmail.com 
2009-07-14 / 09:40AM

Hey Kevin,

“而且” means furthermore or moreover or and.You may use it in the middle of the sentence to combine two meaning together.

E.g. ta hen piao liang er qie hen cong ming她很漂亮而且很聪明 = She is beautiful, moreover, very smart.

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-14 / 12:31PM

Hi Kevin,

The answer from Jenny is very good. 而且 is used as “furthermore”. But when Chinese translate, we tend to translate it as “and” in English.

Benny



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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-14 / 01:12PM

而且 (ér qiě) useful expressions
not only….but also 不但bù dàn…而且ér qiě

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