HSK 3 grammar · pattern
把
把 — the 把 disposal construction
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
把 moves a specific, known object in front of the verb to describe what is done to it and how it ends up. The verb can't stand bare — it needs an extra element (a result, location, 了, a complement), because the point is the effect on the object.
Examples
我把作业做完了。
Wǒ bǎ zuòyè zuò wán le.
I finished (doing) the homework.
请把门关上。
Qǐng bǎ mén guān shàng.
Please close the door.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 把 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.