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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 2 · Chapter 43

你为什么这样说 Why do you say that?

Nǐ wèi shénme zhèyàng shuō

Fang Hong and Huang An at a café, discussing a tricky topic. Vocab: 为什么 / 一就 / 关系 / 没关系 / 影响 / 表示 / 表达 / 解释 / 理解 / 知道 / 听说 / 讨论. Introduces the contraction compound 一X就Y (二69) + emphatic 就 (二74).

为什么这样说 — Why say that?

  1. 方红 huángān, shōudàoxièpíngdexìn, shuōzuòduì. wèishénmezhèyàngshuō? Huang An, I got Xie Ping's message saying I did it wrong. Why would he say that?
  2. 黄安 shíshìzhèyàngxiǎngde. gēnjiěshìxià. Actually, he doesn't think that way. Let me explain.
  3. 方红 hǎo. xiǎngjiě. Good. I want to understand.
  4. 黄安 xièpíngshuōhuàzhíjiē. dāngshínéngtàimáng. yàoxiǎngtàiduō. Xie Ping speaks directly. He was probably busy at the time. Don't read too much into it.
  5. 方红 tīngdàojiùyǒudiǎnnánguò. When I heard, I felt bad.
  6. 黄安 méiguān. xiǎngzhèjiùshìgōngzuòdeguān. yǐngxiǎngdejìn. No big deal. This is just work. It doesn't affect your progress.

我想表达 — I want to express

  1. 方红 tàihuìbiǎodekàn. I'm not great at expressing my views.
  2. 黄安 yòngzháo. kāishǐjiùshuō"yǒuxiǎng", ránhòumànmànshuō. Don't rush. Start with "I have an idea", then take it slow.
  3. 方红 tīngshuōwèidōnglǎoshītǎolùnhuìdeshíhòuhěnhuìbiǎo. I've heard Teacher Wei is great at expressing himself in discussions.
  4. 黄安 shì. shuōhuàjiùràngrénxiǎngtīng. Yes. As soon as he speaks, you want to listen.
  5. 方红 xiǎngzuòzhèyàng. I want to be like that too.
  6. 黄安 zhǐyào, dìng. As long as you try, you definitely can.

一回家就 — As soon as I get home

  1. 方红 huángān, huíjiājiùxiǎngshuìjiào. Huang An, as soon as I get home, I want to sleep.
  2. 黄安 shì. zuòxiàjiùlèi. zhèjiùshìgōngzuòdeyǐngxiǎng. Me too. Sit down and tired. That's work's effect.
  3. 方红 xiǎngyīnggāiduōxiūxi. I think I should rest more.
  4. 黄安 dìngyào. xiūxidìngxíng. Definitely. No rest is no good.
  5. 方红 zhīdàole. zhōuhǎohǎoxiūxi. I understand. I'll rest well this weekend.
  6. 黄安 tàihǎole. Great.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
为什么 wèi shénme exp. why (Level 1 revisit, formal lesson here)
一…就… yī…jiù… exp. as soon as (二69)
关系 guānxi n. relationship
没关系 méi guānxi exp. no problem (Level 1 revisit)
影响 yǐngxiǎng v./n. influence; affect
表示 biǎoshì v. express; indicate
表达 biǎodá v. express (verbally)
解释 jiěshì v. explain
理解 lǐjiě v. understand (deeply)
知道 zhīdào v. know (Level 1 revisit, formal)
听说 tīngshuō v. have heard that
讨论 tǎolùn v. discuss
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
jiě solve; understand (in 解释 / 理解) 解释 jiěshì — explain理解 lǐjiě — understand (deeply)
shì explain (in 解释) 解释 jiěshì — explain
biǎo express; surface (in 表示 / 表达) 表示 biǎoshì — express; indicate表达 biǎodá — express (verbally)表扬 biǎoyáng — praise; commend
jíN
tǎo discuss; demand (in 讨论) 讨论 tǎolùn — discuss
lùn discuss (in 讨论) 讨论 tǎolùn — discuss
shì altar / ritual (also written 礻 in left form) 表示 biǎoshì — express; indicate

guān close; barrier (in 关系 / 没关系) เขียน

6 strokes top-bottom

Modern: "close / barrier / relate." Anchors 关系 (relationship), 没关系 (no problem), 关心 (care, ch15), 关门 (close door).

tie; system (in 关系) เขียน

7 strokes top-bottom

yǐng shadow; influence (Bk2 ch14 revisit; in 影响 / 电影) เขียน

15 strokes left-right radical 彡

xiǎng sound; respond (in 影响) เขียน

9 strokes left-right radical 口

biǎo express; surface (in 表示 / 表达) จดจำ

8 strokes standalone

jiě solve; understand (in 解释 / 理解) จดจำ

13 strokes left-right radical 角

shì explain (in 解释) จดจำ

12 strokes left-right

lùn discuss (in 讨论) จดจำ

6 strokes left-right radical 讠

tǎo discuss; demand (in 讨论) จดจำ

5 strokes left-right radical 讠

紧缩复句 — 一…就… / 用 就 表示强调 Contraction compound 一/就 + emphatic 就

本课两项. (1) 一 X 就 Y (二69): "一旦 X, 立刻 Y". 表示前后两个动作几乎同时. 句式: 主语 + 一 + V₁ + 就 + V₂. 例: 我一回家就吃饭 = "as soon as I get home, I eat". 关键: 一 / 就 同主语. 多主语用 "X 一来, Y 就 V" — 但常见用法是同主语. (2) 就 表示强调 (二74): 在动词前加"就", 表示"事实就这样 / 不是别的". 例: 这就是答案 = "this IS the answer". 跟 ch9 的"如果...就"是不一样的.

Two items: (1) 一 X 就 Y (二69): "Once X, immediately Y." Pattern: Subject + 一 + V₁ + 就 + V₂. 我一回家就吃饭 ("as soon as I get home, I eat"). KEY: 一 and 就 share the same subject. Multi-subject is allowed but the same-subject form is most common. (2) Emphatic 就 (二74): 就 + V emphasizes "this is the case, not something else." 这就是答案 ("THIS is the answer"). Different from ch9's 如果…就… (conditional).

  • 你为什么这样说? Nǐ wèi shénme zhèyàng shuō? Why do you say that?
  • 我一回家就吃饭. Wǒ yì huí jiā jiù chī fàn. As soon as I get home, I eat.
  • 我一收到信息就给你打电话. Wǒ yì shōu dào xìnxī jiù gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. As soon as I get the message, I'll call you.
  • 这就是我的看法. Zhè jiù shì wǒ de kànfǎ. THIS is my view.

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