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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 29

一个夜里的复习 A night of revision

Yí ge yè lǐ de fùxí

Xiao Hong reflects through a quiet night of revision. Teaches V + 起来 (begin / seem) and 看起来 / 听起来 (sensory judgement).

我一个人复习起来 — I start studying alone

  1. 小红 rénzàifángjiānlái. I started studying alone in the room.
  2. 小红 hěnānjìng, dēngliàngzhe. It's quiet at night, the lamp is on.
  3. 小红 rènzhēnbèiláishēng. I get into memorising new words.
  4. 同学 xiǎohóng, zàigànshénme? Xiao Hong, what are you doing?
  5. 小红 gānglái. láima? I just started studying. You coming too?
  6. 同学 yǒudiǎnkùn. xiān, xiūxixià. I'm sleepy. You keep going — I'll rest.

看起来很认真 — You look serious

  1. 同学 kànláihěnrènzhēn, dēngguānshàngdiǎnba, yǎnjīngshū. You look serious. Dim the lamp — easier on the eyes.
  2. 小红 tīngláixiǎngle. Sounds like you want to study too.
  3. 同学 xiànzàikànshūkànláihěnqīngchǔ, kùnle. Reading now feels clear — I'm not sleepy.
  4. 小红 tàihǎole. yònglǎoshījiàodefāng, menjiānchíxià. Great. Using the method the teacher taught, let's keep going together.
  5. 同学 kànláijīntiānmendōushuìhǎole. Looks like neither of us will sleep well tonight.
  6. 小红 méiguān. měitiānshìhǎoguàn, xuéwánjiùshuì. It's fine. Reviewing daily is a good habit — once I finish I'll sleep.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
夜里 yè lǐ n. late night (recall ch25)
一个人 yí ge rén adv. alone (recall Bk1)
房间 fángjiān n. room (recall ch05)
dēng n. lamp; light (recall Bk1)
guān v. close; turn off (recall Bk1)
kāi v. open; turn on (recall Bk1)
认真 rènzhēn adj. serious; conscientious
kùn adj. sleepy (recall ch25)
坚持 jiānchí v. persist (recall ch25)
休息 xiūxi v. rest (recall ch04)
舒服 shūfu adj. comfortable
清楚 qīngchu adj. clear; clearly
继续 jìxù v. continue (recall ch27)
mèng n. dream
想起来 xiǎng qǐlái v. recall; come to mind
小红 Xiǎo Hóng pn. Xiao Hong (persona — recall ch21)
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
mèng dream (in 梦想) 梦想 mèngxiǎng — dream; aspiration

rèn recognise (in 认真) (recall ch24) เขียน

4 strokes left-right

zhēn real; serious (in 认真) เขียน

10 strokes top-bottom

kùn sleepy; surrounded จดจำ

7 strokes enclosure

shū unfold; comfortable (in 舒服) จดจำ

12 strokes left-right

continue (in 继续) จดจำ

10 strokes left-right

V + 起来 — 动作开始 V + 起来 — starting up an action

动词 + 起来 表示"动作开始 (并继续)". 我复习起来 / 他笑起来 / 雨下起来了. 这里 起来 不是"站起来"的方向意义, 是"开始 + 进行"的体貌意义. 句末加 了 表示"开始的新情况": 笑起来了. 否定: 没 + V + 起来. 注意宾语放在 起 和 来 之间, 或 起来 之后, 视情况: 背起来生词 / 背起生词来 (前者更常). 区分: V + 起来 (动作开始) vs 看 / 听 + 起来 (感官判断, 下一课).

`V + 起来` marks "the action begins (and continues)". 复习起来 / 笑起来 / 雨下起来了. The 起来 here is aspectual (start + continue), not directional. Sentence-final 了 announces the change. Negate: 没 + V + 起来. Objects often split: 背起来生词 / 背起生词来. Reserve the sensory use of 看/听 + 起来 for grammar-02.

  • 我一个人复习起来. Wǒ yí ge rén fùxí qǐlái. I started studying alone.
  • 他笑起来了. Tā xiào qǐlái le. He started laughing.
  • 雨下起来了. Yǔ xià qǐlái le. It started raining.
  • 小红认真背起来生词. Xiǎo Hóng rènzhēn bèi qǐlái shēngcí. Xiao Hong gets serious about new words.

看 / 听 + 起来 — 感官判断 看 / 听 + 起来 — sensory judgement

上一课 (grammar-01) 的 V + 起来 是"动作开始". 本课的 看起来 / 听起来 + 形容词 / 句子 是固定结构: 表示"从外表 / 声音判断 X 是 …": 你看起来很认真 / 听起来很有意思. 跟说话人的眼睛 / 耳朵判断有关, 不是真实情况的肯定. 否定: 看起来不 + X / 听起来不像 + X. 也可以接句子: 看起来今天会下雨 (从天空判断). 类似还有 闻起来 / 吃起来 / 看上去 (近义).

Grammar-01: V + 起来 starts an action. `看起来 / 听起来 + adj / clause` is a fixed shape — "looks / sounds X" (judgement from senses, not a hard fact). 你看起来很认真. Negate as 看起来不 + X / 听起来不像 + X. Also takes full clauses: 看起来今天会下雨. Cousins: 闻起来 / 吃起来 / 看上去.

  • 你看起来很认真. Nǐ kàn qǐlái hěn rènzhēn. You look serious.
  • 听起来很有意思. Tīng qǐlái hěn yǒu yìsi. Sounds interesting.
  • 看起来今天会下雨. Kàn qǐlái jīntiān huì xià yǔ. Looks like it will rain today.
  • 这道题看起来不难. Zhè dào tí kàn qǐlái bù nán. This question doesn't look hard.

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