diff --git a/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/ConstructionChi.gf b/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/ConstructionChi.gf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a959060c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/ConstructionChi.gf
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+--# -path=.:../abstract
+
+concrete ConstructionChi of Construction = CatChi ** 
+  open SyntaxChi, ParadigmsChi, (L = LexiconChi), (E = ExtraChi), (G = GrammarChi), (R = ResChi), Prelude in {
+flags coding=utf8 ;
+
+
+lin
+  hungry_VP = mkVP (mkV "è") ;
+  thirsty_VP = mkVP (mkA "kě") ;
+  has_age_VP card = mkVP (lin AdV card) (mkVP (mkV "suì")) ;
+
+  have_name_Cl x y = mkCl (lin NP x) (mkV2 (mkV "jiaò")) (lin NP y) ;
+  married_Cl x y = mkCl (lin NP x) L.married_A2 (lin NP y) ;
+
+  what_name_QCl x = mkQCl whatSg_IP (mkClSlash (lin NP x) (mkV2 (mkV "jiaò"))) ;
+  how_old_QCl x = {s = \\_,p,a => x.s ++ R.word "jīsuì"} | {s = \\_,p,a => x.s ++ R.word "duōdà"} ; ----
+----  how_far_QCl x = mkQCl (E.IAdvAdv (ss "far")) (lin NP x) ;
+
+-- some more things
+  weather_adjCl ap = mkCl (mkVP (lin AP ap)) ;
+   
+  is_right_VP = mkVP (ParadigmsChi.mkA "duì") ; 
+  is_wrong_VP = mkVP (ParadigmsChi.mkV "cuò") ; 
+
+  n_units_AP card cn a = mkAP (lin AdA (mkUtt (mkNP <lin Card card : Card> (lin CN cn)))) (lin A a) ; ----
+
+lincat
+  Weekday = N ;
+  Monthday = NP ;
+  Month = N ;
+  Year = NP ;
+lin
+  weekdayPunctualAdv w = lin Adv {s = w.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  weekdayHabitualAdv w = lin Adv {s = w.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  weekdayNextAdv w = lin Adv {s = "xià" ++ w.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  weekdayLastAdv w = lin Adv {s = "shàng" ++ w.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+
+  monthAdv m = lin Adv {s = m.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  yearAdv y = lin Adv {s = y.s ++ "nián" ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  dayMonthAdv d m = lin Adv {s = m.s ++ d.s ++ "rì" ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  monthYearAdv m y = lin Adv {s = y.s ++ "nián" ++ m.s ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+  dayMonthYearAdv d m y = lin Adv {s = y.s ++ "nián"  ++ m.s ++ d.s ++ "rì" ; advType = timeAdvType} ;
+
+  intYear i = lin NP i ;
+  intMonthday i = lin NP i ;
+
+lincat Language = N ;
+
+lin InLanguage l = SyntaxChi.mkAdv (mkPrep "zaì") (mkNP l) ;
+
+oper mkLanguage : Str -> N = \s -> mkN s ; ---- classifier?
+
+lin
+  weekdayN w = w ;
+  monthN m = m ;
+
+  weekdayPN w = ss w.s ;
+  monthPN m = ss m.s ;
+
+  languageNP l = mkNP l ;
+  languageCN l = mkCN l ;
+
+lin monday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīyī" ;
+lin tuesday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīèr" ;
+lin wednesday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīsān" ;
+lin thursday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīsì" ;
+lin friday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīwǔ" ;
+lin saturday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīliù" ;
+lin sunday_Weekday = mkN "xīngqīrì" ;
+
+lin january_Month = mkN "yīyuè" ; 
+lin february_Month = mkN "èryuè" ; 
+lin march_Month = mkN "sānyuè" ; 
+lin april_Month = mkN "sìyuè" ;
+lin may_Month = mkN "wǔyuè" ;
+lin june_Month = mkN "liùyuè" ;
+lin july_Month = mkN "qīyuè" ;
+lin august_Month = mkN "bāyuèt" ;
+lin september_Month = mkN "jiǔyuè" ;
+lin october_Month = mkN "shíyuè" ;
+lin november_Month = mkN "shíyīyuè" ;
+lin december_Month = mkN "shíèryuè" ;
+
+lin afrikaans_Language = mkLanguage "nánfeīyǔ" ;
+lin amharic_Language = mkLanguage "āmǔhālāyǔ" ;
+lin arabic_Language = mkLanguage "ālābóyǔ" ;
+lin bulgarian_Language = mkLanguage "baǒjiālìyàyǔ" ;
+--lin catalan_Language = mkLanguage "Catalan" ;
+lin chinese_Language = mkLanguage "zhōngwén" | mkLanguage "hànyǔ" ;
+--lin danish_Language = mkLanguage "Danish" ;
+lin dutch_Language = mkLanguage "hélányǔ" ;
+lin english_Language = mkLanguage "yīngyǔ" ;
+--lin estonian_Language = mkLanguage "Estonian" ;
+lin finnish_Language = mkLanguage "fēnlányǔ" ;
+lin french_Language = mkLanguage "fǎyǔ" ;
+lin german_Language = mkLanguage "déyǔ" ;
+--lin greek_Language = mkLanguage "Greek" ;
+--lin hebrew_Language = mkLanguage "Hebrew" ;
+lin hindi_Language = mkLanguage "yìndeyǔ" ;
+lin japanese_Language = mkLanguage "rìyǔ" ;
+lin italian_Language = mkLanguage "yìdàlìyǔ" ;
+--lin latin_Language = mkLanguage "Latin" ;
+--lin latvian_Language = mkLanguage "Latvian" ;
+--lin maltese_Language = mkLanguage "Maltese" ;
+--lin nepali_Language = mkLanguage "Nepali" ;
+--lin norwegian_Language = mkLanguage "Norwegian" ;
+--lin persian_Language = mkLanguage "Persian" ;
+--lin polish_Language = mkLanguage "Polish" ;
+--lin punjabi_Language = mkLanguage "Punjabi" ;
+--lin romanian_Language = mkLanguage "luōmǎníyà" ;
+lin russian_Language = mkLanguage "éyǔ" ;
+--lin sindhi_Language = mkLanguage "Sindhi" ;
+lin spanish_Language = mkLanguage "xībānyáyǔ" ;
+--lin swahili_Language = mkLanguage "Swahili" ;
+lin swedish_Language = mkLanguage "ruìdiǎnwén" ;
+--lin thai_Language = mkLanguage "Thai" ;
+--lin turkish_Language = mkLanguage "Turkish" ;
+--lin urdu_Language = mkLanguage "Urdu" ;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/MkPinyin.hs b/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/MkPinyin.hs
index 4d9b84e59..50e2e0e8a 100644
--- a/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/MkPinyin.hs
+++ b/lib/src/chinese/pinyin/MkPinyin.hs
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ main = do
   s <- readFile pinyinFile
   let m = c2pMap (mkList (words s))
   mapM_ (mkPinyin m) xx
+  putStrLn $ unwords xx
   return ()
 
 pinyinFile = "pinyin.txt"
 
 resModules = [mo | mo <- 
-                ["Extra","Lexicon", "Numeral", "Paradigms","Res", "Structural","Symbol"]
+                ["Extra","Lexicon", "Numeral", "Paradigms","Res", "Structural","Symbol", "Construction"]
              ]
 
 mkPinyin ma mo = do