Lesson 2: Comparison sentences: 跟……一样 / 不一样

Compare two things as the same or different using 跟……一样 and 跟……不一样.

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小王跟小张一样大。

Xiǎo Wáng gēn Xiǎo Zhāng yíyàng dà.

Xiao Wang is the same age as Xiao Zhang.

Explanation

A 跟 B 一样 expresses that the result of the comparison is that they are the same; A 跟 B 不一样 expresses that they are different. 一样 can be followed by an adjective or a verb.

跟……一样 / 不一样 can also serve as an attributive (跟……一样的 + noun). The form 跟……不一样 can also be said as 不跟……一样.

Structure

1
A 跟 B 一样形容词 / 动词optional
Expresses sameness.
- 这件毛衣跟那件价钱一样。
  Zhè jiàn máoyī gēn nà jiàn jiàqian yíyàng.
  This sweater costs the same as that one.
- 小王跟小张一样大。
  Xiǎo Wáng gēn Xiǎo Zhāng yíyàng dà.
  Xiao Wang is the same age as Xiao Zhang.
- 她跟我一样喜欢听音乐。
  Tā gēn wǒ yíyàng xǐhuan tīng yīnyuè.
  She likes listening to music just like me.
2
A 跟 B 不一样 (+ 形容词) = A 不跟 B 一样
Expresses difference.
- 这双皮鞋跟那双不一样大。
  Zhè shuāng píxié gēn nà shuāng bù yíyàng dà.
  This pair of shoes is not the same size as that pair.
- 姐姐跟弟弟的爱好不一样。
  Jiějie gēn dìdi de àihào bù yíyàng.
  My sister's hobbies are different from my brother's.
- 我跟你不一样高。也可以说：我不跟你一样高。
  Wǒ gēn nǐ bù yíyàng gāo. Yě kěyǐ shuō: wǒ bù gēn nǐ yíyàng gāo.
  I'm not as tall as you. You can also say: I'm not as tall as you.
3
跟 …… 一样 / 不一样的名词
As an attributive.
- 他有一辆跟你这辆颜色一样的车。
  Tā yǒu yí liàng gēn nǐ zhè liàng yánsè yíyàng de chē.
  He has a car of the same color as this one of yours.
- 我买了一本跟你那本一样的词典。
  Wǒ mǎile yì běn gēn nǐ nà běn yíyàng de cídiǎn.
  I bought a dictionary just like that one of yours.
- 我的词典不跟你的一样。
  Wǒ de cídiǎn bù gēn nǐ de yíyàng.
  My dictionary is not the same as yours.

Common mistakes

~~今天跟昨天冷一样~~
今天跟昨天一样冷
一样 goes before the adjective
~~我们班的学生比他们班一样多~~
我们班的学生跟他们班一样多
use 跟, not 比

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