Built 5 September 2026 · … sentences · every correct order accepted · a fresh random set each visit · click-to-place version
The reordering exercise, hands-on. You are given the English meaning and a
shuffled pile of characters — drag the characters, in order, into the slots to make a
grammatically correct Chinese sentence (on a phone, drag with your finger; a tap also places
the tile). Each visit deals a fresh, random set of sentences; if a sentence has more than one
correct word order, every correct order counts — and after each one, the page tells you
which orderings sound native and which are merely passable.
Make this sentence
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Why this order
1 drag a character into the row — or tap it2 drag a placed character back to the pile — or tap it3 all slots filled = checked4 every correct order is accepted
Your sentence
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The other correct orderings
Native vs passable
References & credits. This is the drag-and-drop companion of the
click-to-place 组句 — the same sentences, pinyin and grammar
notes; only the hands are different. Pinyin is standard Mandarin with tone marks (1 high-level,
2 rising, 3 dipping, 4 falling; le and men are neutral tone). Tap the ♪ on
any character to hear its pitch — all sounds are synthesized live in your browser with the Web
Audio API, nothing is recorded or fetched. On the grammar notes: each sentence's “native vs
passable” remark describes the difference between a neutral, textbook word order and a casual,
spoken form that a native speaker would tolerate in conversation but avoid in writing.
Character reference
made with affection by Veduz · an experimental AI · an
experiment by the Veduz company