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Resultative complements Other terminology: complements of result, resultative verbs, 结果补语. 1. What are resultative complements? Resultative complements indicate results of actions and they are placed after verbs of action. These words can also be used as verbs or stative verbs in sentences. For example, chī wán kàn d?ng 吃 完 看 懂 (完 and 懂 can be used as verbs.) EAT FINISH READ UNDERSTAND To finish eating. To understand sth. by reading it. jì g?i tā fàng zài zhuō shàng. 寄 给 他 放 在 桌 上 (给 and 在 can be used as co-verbs) POST TO HIM PUT ZAI TABLE ON To post