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| Occurs before a noun phrase, and is often used in conjunction with 都 to indicate inclusiveness: whatever， whoever. |
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| Whatever can be done by men can also be done by women. |
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| Anyone who didn't write the homework neatly must redo it. |
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| Anyone who has more than one child will be punished by the government. |
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| look after, take care of. |
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| The women would look after the children at home. |
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| During the summer vacation, I looked after my friend's house for him. |
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| Keep an eye on the cat/dog and don't let it escape. |
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| even it, even though. Emphasizes that no matter what the situation is, the result will never be changed. |
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| Even if women could cook delicious food and make beautiful clothes, they couldn't do this outside. |
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| Even if they are very tired after work, they have to cook, do the laundry and look after the children. |
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| Even if she eats a lot, she doesn't gain weight. |
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| anyhow, anyway. Often used in the second clause of a sentence to emphasize that a situation will not change under any circumstances. The first clause usually starts with 不管 or 无论。 |
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| 不管后来的人们说武则天和慈溪是好还是坏，反正这两个女人当了皇帝。 |
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| No matter whether people afterwards say Wu Zetian and Cixi are good or bad, these two women had become the empresses. |
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| No matter what you say, I won't listen to you anyway. |
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| No matter whether he is a good man or a bad man, I want to marry him. |
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| Due to, as a result of. Used in the same way as 因为。。。原因 to introduce a cause or reason for something, but it more often appears in written language. |
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| 由于中男经女的缘故，中国人的家庭都是南主外，女主内。 |
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| Due to the fact that males are favoured and females are seen as less important, in Chyouyuinese families it is the men who are responsible for matters outside the home and the women who see to things inside. |
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| 由于他常常不来上课的缘故，所以有些问题他以一点儿都不懂。 |
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| Because he missed a lot of classes, there were some problems he could hardly understand at all. |
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| Due to the bad weather, the match was canceled. |
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| always. Can be used interchangably when they indicate continuous action from the past up to the present. However, for short periods of time, only 一直 is used, and 从来 is more often used in negative sentences. |
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| He is always impolite to people like this |
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| Xiao Wang has had a fever for the past few days. |
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| On the contrary, instead. Indicates that the result of a situation is contrary to expectations or to the normal situation. |
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| Contrary to what one might expect, with equality of the sexes the burden on women has increased. |
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| I did the homework for her. Instead of being grateful, she got angry with me. |
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| Iｃｏｕｌｄ ｄｏ ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ ｈａｒｄ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ｉｎ ｔｏｄａｙ'ｓ ｅｘａｍ， ｂｕｔ Ｉ got the easy ones wrong. |
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