ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 discusses the use of negation, which means to negate something from a negative perspective. The commonly-used negative words in modern Chinese, such as “无” (wú; not have) and “不” (bù; not), “没 有” (méi yǒu; not have) and “没” (méi; not have) are introduced. In addition, negative words are categorized according to different standards. Various other topics, such as the rhetorical question as negation and double negation, are also investigated in this chapter.
