Grammar Point - How To "Continue" Doing Something in Chinese

In English, we say things like, "I'm going to keep on doing something, or I'm going to continue eating, sleeping, etc... I found to common ways to say this is Chinese. The first way is "继续" (ji4 xu4) which means "to continue". The second way is "接着" (jie zhe) which means to "carry on" You want to put this words before the main verb of the sentence.

Ex. 继续 - To Continue
I want to sleep. 我想睡觉. (wo3 xiang3 shui4 jiao4)
I want to continue sleeping. 我想继续睡觉. (wo3 xiang3 ji4 xu4 shui4 jiao4)

Ex. 接着 - To Carry on
I want to work. 我要睡觉. (wo3 yao4 shui4 jiao4)
I want to continue working. 我要接着睡觉. (wo3 yao4 jie zhe shui4 jiao4)
I am going to continue eating in a moment. - 我一会儿接着吃. (wo3 yihuir4 jiezhe chi)

It's really really easy to remember and super useful!

*Words To Remember*

看电视 (kan4 dian4 shi4) - to watch television

I don't especially like to watch TV - 我不太喜欢看电视

开夜车 (kai  ye4 che) - to stay up working

Last night, I stayed up working 'til 2:00 A.M - 昨天晚上我开夜车到两点

写得完 (xie3 de wan2) - possible to finish

If I stay up all night, I will be able to finish writing the report. 

如果开夜车,我能写得完这份报告. (Ru2guo3 kaiye4che, wo3 neng2 xie3dewan2 zhe4 fen4 bao4gao4)

交 (jiao) - to deliver

I have to hand in the homework tomorrow. - 我明天要交作业. (Wo3 ming2tian yao4 jiao zuo4ye4)

字 (zi4) - word

He said 3 words: I am sorry - 他说了三个字: 对不起 (Ta shuole san ge4 zi4: dui4bu4qi3)

万 (wan4) - ten thousand

My report contains roughly 10,000 words. 

我的报告大概有一万字. (wo3 de bao4gao4 da4gai4 you3 yiwan4 zi4)

剩 (Sheng4) - to have something left over

After buying some things, I have fifty dollars left. - 我买东西剩了五十块钱. 

晚饭 (wan3fan4) - dinner

What are we eating for dinner tonight? - 今天晚饭我们吃什么？(jintian wan3fan4 wo3men chi shen2me)

写报告 - to write a report

After dinner, I want to write the report. - 晚饭以后我要写报告. (wan3fan4 yihou4 wo3 xie3bao4gao4)

一定 - definitely 

I will definitely be on time tomorrow. - 我明天一定不迟到. (wo3 ming2tian yiding4 bu4 chi2dao4)