把…V+結果補語 — Front a definite object with 把, then a verb that must carry a result complement saying the new state the object ends in.

grammar → 把…V+結果補語

TSUMUGU · TBCL 3 (est.) · 語法

把…V+結果補語 grammar point · tier 1 · 把 + verb + resultative (act on the object until it lands in a new state)

· bǎ

Front a definite object with 把, then a verb that must carry a result complement saying the new state the object ends in.

Hook inherited from 把.

Front a definite object with 把, then a verb that must carry a result complement saying the new state the object ends in.

框 · Frame

[subj] 把 [definite obj] [verb] + [result complement] 了

觸 · Trigger

You have a definite thing in mind and want to say you handled it until it ended up in a new state.

序 · The move

1name the actorwho does the handling?

2把 + the definite objectis this a specific, known thing, not 'a' thing?

3verb, then a result word fused to itdoes the verb say WHERE the object ends up, not just that it happened?

4close with 了 on the landed statehas the object actually reached the new state?

例 · Examples

1他把take hold of (fronts the object)菜the vegetables (definite)洗wash好done right, the result the washing reaches了it has landed in that state。

He washed the vegetables clean.

界 · Boundary

結果補語

Bare 結果補語 reports an outcome with the object in normal place (我洗好了菜). 把 fronts the object first and the result must land on that object. Here the result complement is no longer optional; it is what licenses 把.

被

把 is active disposal: the actor lands the object in its new state. 被 is passive: the object gets put there by someone else. Same finished state, flipped spotlight.

把 with a bare verb: 他把菜洗了 → 他把菜洗好了

indefinite object: 他把一些菜洗好了 → 他把那些菜洗好了

result detached from the verb: 他把菜好洗了 → 他把菜洗好了

English packs result into one verb ('he washed the vegetables'); learners drop the separate result word and leave 把 with a bare verb.