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你哥哥多大 How old is your brother
多大 to ask age, numbers 6-10, more siblings (哥/弟/姐/妹), the measure-word version of 二 (= 两).
Dialogue
你哥哥多大 — How old is your brother?
- 大山 马小明, 你多大? Ma Xiaoming, how old are you?
- 马小明 我十九岁. 你呢? I'm 19. You?
- 大山 我二十岁. I'm 20.
- 马小明 你有哥哥吗? Do you have an older brother?
- 大山 有, 我有一个哥哥, 一个姐姐. Yes, one older brother and one older sister.
- 马小明 你哥哥多大? How old is your brother?
- 大山 我哥哥二十六岁. 我姐姐也是二十六岁. My brother is 26. My sister is also 26.
- 马小明 都是二十六? 是两个人吗? Both 26? Are they twins?
- 大山 是的! Yes!
Dialogue
妹妹几岁 — How old is your sister?
- 谢小文 马小明, 你妹妹几岁? Ma Xiaoming, how old is your sister?
- 马小明 我妹妹八岁. She's 8.
- 谢小文 她也是学生吗? Is she a student too?
- 马小明 是的, 她也是学生. Yes, she's also a student.
- 谢小文 你弟弟呢? What about your younger brother?
- 马小明 我没有弟弟. I don't have a younger brother.
Dialogue
六七八九十 — Six Seven Eight Nine Ten
- 高老师 同学们, 一起说: 六、七、八、九、十. Class, say together: 6 7 8 9 10.
- 大山 六、七、八、九、十. 6 7 8 9 10.
- 高老师 大山, 你家有几口人? Dashan, how many in your family?
- 大山 我家有四口人. Four.
- 高老师 马小明, 你弟弟妹妹多大? Ma Xiaoming, how old are your siblings?
- 马小明 我没有弟弟. 妹妹八岁. No younger brother. My sister is 8.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 多大 | duō dà | exp. | how old |
| 多少 | duōshao | pron. | how many (large) |
| 岁 | suì | m.w. | years (of age) |
| 哥哥 | gēge | n. | older brother |
| 弟弟 | dìdi | n. | younger brother |
| 姐姐 | jiějie | n. | older sister |
| 妹妹 | mèimei | n. | younger sister |
| 六 | liù | num. | six |
| 七 | qī | num. | seven |
| 八 | bā | num. | eight |
| 九 | jiǔ | num. | nine |
| 十 | shí | num. | ten |
| 两 | liǎng | num. | two (with measure word) |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 哥 | gē | (in 哥哥 = older brother) 哥哥 gēge — older brother | |
| 多 | duō | many; much 多大 duō dà — how old多少 duōshao — how many (large)多久 duō jiǔ — how long (asking duration) | |
| 十 | shí | ten 十分 shífēn — very (formal / written register) | |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine | |
| 岁 | suì | years (of age) | |
| 姐 | jiě | (in 姐姐 = older sister) 姐姐 jiějie — older sister | |
| 六 | liù | six | |
| 两 | liǎng | two (with measure word) | |
| 八 | bā | eight | |
| 弟 | dì | (in 弟弟 = younger brother) 弟弟 dìdi — younger brother | |
| 七 | qī | seven | |
| 少 | shǎo | (in 多少 = how many) 多少 duōshao — how many (large)不少 bù shǎo — quite a lot (lit. "not few")多少钱 duōshao qián — how much (money)? — transactional opener |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
liù six Writing
Number 6.
qī seven Writing
Number 7.
bā eight Writing
jiǔ nine Writing
shí ten Writing
suì years (of age) Recognition
gē (in 哥哥 = older brother) Recognition
dì (in 弟弟 = younger brother) Recognition
jiě (in 姐姐 = older sister) Recognition
mèi (in 妹妹 = younger sister) Recognition
liǎng two (with measure word) Recognition
duō many; much Recognition
Grammar
问年龄 — 多大 / 几岁 / 多少 Asking age — 多大 / 几岁 / 多少
问年龄三种方法: (1) 多大 = "how old" — 中性 / 一般用. 例: 你多大? (2) 几岁 = "how many years (old)?" — 问小孩 (年龄 < 10). 例: 妹妹几岁? (3) 多少 = "how many" — 问大数 (年龄 > 10 也可以用). 例: 你多大岁数? — 比较正式. 注意: "二"跟量词配的时候用"两". 例: 两个人 (NOT *二个人), 两岁 / 两口人. 数字 1-10 在量词前: 一个 / 两个 / 三个 ... 十个.
Three ways to ask age: (1) 多大 — "how old" — neutral / general. 你多大? (2) 几岁 — "how many years?" — for children (age <10). 妹妹几岁? (3) 多少 — for large numbers (also age >100, but 多大 is more common). KEY: with measure words, 二 becomes 两. 两个人 (NOT *二个人), 两岁, 两口人. Number-MW pattern: number + measure word + noun (一个朋友, 两个学生).
- 你多大? Nǐ duō dà? How old are you?
- 我十八岁. Wǒ shí bā suì. I am 18 years old.
- 你妹妹几岁? Nǐ mèimei jǐ suì? How old is your younger sister?
- 我有两个哥哥. Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge gēge. I have two older brothers.
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