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Chinese grammar, an Uncommon card
The grammar of Standard Chinese shares many features with other varieties of Chinese.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Chinese grammar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chinese grammar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The basic word order is ______–verb–object, as in English.
Answer
subject. The basic word order is subject–verb–object, as in English. From the Chinese grammar article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chinese grammar. Chinese grammar 83 · Miracinonyx 80 · Bhagalpur 76 · Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The language almost entirely lacks inflection, words typically have only one grammatical form.
- Categories such as number and verb tense are often not expressed by grammatical means, but there are several particles that serve to express verbal aspect and, to some extent, mood.
- The basic word order is subject–verb–object, as in English.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chinese grammar article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Chinese grammar
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Chinese grammar in the power ranking, all domains together.
- MiracinonyxUncommon · Nature · ATK 80 DEF 66
- Benue StateUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 71
- Funke AkindeleUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 71
- HydrologyUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 72
- Nelson AlgrenUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 71
- Abies balsameaUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 77
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chinese grammar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kxx, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
