HSK 7–9 grammar · pattern
“把”字句5：表致使
“把”字句5 — 把 marking a caused reaction
Pattern
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How it works
In this 把 sentence the noun after 把 is not what gets handled — it is the one who reacts. The subject (often an event) causes that person to fall into a state: 这个消息把他高兴坏了. The verb therefore takes a complement or 了 showing the state reached, and the marked, adversative version reports a misfortune landing on the speaker.
Examples
这个消息把他高兴坏了。
Zhège xiāoxi bǎ tā gāoxìng huài le.
The news made him wild with joy.
那件事把她急哭了。
Nà jiàn shì bǎ tā jí kū le.
That business worried her to tears.
跑了一天，把我累坏了。
Pǎo le yì tiān, bǎ wǒ lèi huài le.
A whole day of running about wore me out.
See it in a story
In the app, “把”字句5：表致使 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.