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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 38

一边看一边吃 Reading while eating

Yìbiān kàn yìbiān chī

Reading while eating chapter.

一边看一边吃 — Reading while eating

  1. 小白 yǒutiān, zàizuòshénme? What are you doing?
  2. 友天 biānkànshūbiānchīfàn. Reading and eating.
  3. 小白 tàihǎoba? Not great?
  4. 友天 méishì. biāntīng. No problem. Listening to music too.
  5. 小白 tàimángle! Too busy!
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
一边 yìbiān exp. on one side / while
adv. also (revisit Bk1)
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
song 唱歌 chàng gē — sing (a song) — separable verb

复合句 — 一边 X 一边 Y 复合句 — 一边 X 一边 Y

一边 + V₁ + 一边 + V₂ = doing X and Y at the same time. 例: 一边看书一边吃饭. 注意: 同主语. 不能用于不能同时的动作.

一边 + V₁ + 一边 + V₂ = doing X and Y at the same time. 例: 一边看书一边吃饭. 注意: 同主语. 不能用于不能同时的动作.

  • 友天, 你在做什么? Xiǎo Bái, yǒu Tiān, nǐ zài zuò shénme? What are you doing?

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