It can play the same decisive role in a Chinese sentence as the verb does, the research of which spurs on the study of exegesis of words, structures of phrases, types of sentences in ancient Chinese semantics and grammar.

• 它与动词一样对汉语句型起着决定性的作用,对古代汉语形容词的研究可以带动对古代汉语语词训诂、短语结构、句子类型等语义语法多方面的研究。