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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 36

健康生活 Healthy living

Jiànkāng shēnghuó

林雪 and 王明 talk about getting healthier. Teaches 越来越 X (more and more) and 一天比一天 X (day by day, more X).

我越来越胖了 — I'm getting fatter

  1. 林雪 wángmíng, zuìjìnyuèláiyuèpàngle. Wang Ming, I've been getting fatter lately.
  2. 王明 yīnggāiduànliàn. yuèláiyuèxiǎngyùndòng. You should work out. I want to exercise more too.
  3. 林雪 pǎoma? tiānhuìerlěnghuìer, chángchángxiǎngyùndòng. Run together? The weather's cold one moment, hot the next — I often don't feel like exercising.
  4. 王明 hǎo. měitiānpǎosānshífēnzhōngzuǒyòu, duìshēnhěnhǎo. Sure. Run about thirty minutes a day — it's good for you.
  5. 林雪 xiǎngjiǎnféi, háiyàozhùchīde. I want to lose weight and watch what I eat.
  6. 王明 shǎochīròu, duōchīshūcàishuǐguǒ. Less meat, more veg and fruit.

一天比一天好 — Day by day getting better

  1. 林雪 pǎoxīngle, shēntiāntiānhǎo. I've been running a week — body feels better each day.
  2. 王明 tiāntiānyǒuqi. I have more energy each day too.
  3. 林雪 xiànzàiměitiānzǎoshuì, duànliànhěnjiǎndān, tiāntiānshū. I sleep early now, and exercising is simple — I feel better day by day.
  4. 王明 zàibàngōngshìzuòjiǔlehǎo, jiànkāngzhēndeyuèláiyuèzhòngyào. Sitting in the office too long isn't good — health really matters more and more.
  5. 林雪 kànyuèhòu, menhuìtiāntiānshòu. I think in a month we'll be slimmer day by day.
  6. 王明 jiānchíxiàjiùxíng. Just keep at it.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
健康 jiànkāng adj. healthy; health
生活 shēnghuó n. life; living (recall Bk1)
越来越 yuè lái yuè adv. more and more
运动 yùndòng n. exercise; sport (recall Bk1)
锻炼 duànliàn v. train; work out
跑步 pǎobù v. run; jog
身体 shēntǐ n. body (recall Bk1)
pàng adj. fat (recall Bk1)
shòu adj. thin
减肥 jiǎnféi v. lose weight
早睡 zǎo shuì adj. sleep early
注意 zhùyì adj. pay attention to
蔬菜 shūcài n. vegetables
水果 shuǐguǒ n. fruit (recall Bk1)
林雪 Lín Xuě pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
王明 Wáng Míng pn. Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01)
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
pàng fat (recall Bk1)
jiǎn (in 减肥 = lose weight) 减肥 jiǎnféi — lose weight
féi (in 减肥 = lose weight) 减肥 jiǎnféi — lose weight
shū (in 蔬菜 = vegetables) 蔬菜 shūcài — vegetables
jiàn healthy (in 健康) 健康 jiànkāng — healthy; health
kāng well-being (in 健康) 健康 jiànkāng — healthy; health
shòu thin

jiàn healthy (in 健康) เขียน

10 strokes left-right

kāng well-being (in 健康) เขียน

11 strokes enclosure

pǎo run (in 跑步) จดจำ

12 strokes left-right

step (in 跑步) (recall ch27) จดจำ

7 strokes top-bottom

kāng well-being (in 健康) จดจำ

11 strokes enclosure

一会儿 … 一会儿 … — 交替变化 (三61) 一会儿 … 一会儿 … — alternating states (三61)

"一会儿 X, 一会儿 Y"表示两种动作或状态交替出现, 变来变去. 天气一会儿冷一会儿热 / 他一会儿想运动一会儿想休息. 多用来描述不稳定、来回变化的情况. X 和 Y 常是相反或相关的.

"一会儿 X, 一会儿 Y" marks two actions/states alternating back and forth. 天气一会儿冷一会儿热 (the weather is now cold, now hot) / 他一会儿想运动一会儿想休息. Used for unstable, changing situations; X and Y are often opposite or related.

  • 天气一会儿冷一会儿热. Tiānqì yíhuìr lěng yíhuìr rè. The weather is now cold, now hot.
  • 他一会儿想运动, 一会儿想休息. Tā yíhuìr xiǎng yùndòng, yíhuìr xiǎng xiūxi. He wants to exercise one moment, rest the next.
  • 孩子一会儿哭一会儿笑. Háizi yíhuìr kū yíhuìr xiào. The child cries one moment and laughs the next.
  • 我一会儿热一会儿冷, 不太舒服. Wǒ yíhuìr rè yíhuìr lěng, bú tài shūfu. I feel hot then cold — not too well.

概数: 左右 / 大概 (三74, 复用) Approximate numbers: 左右 / 大概 (三74, reuse)

上一课 (grammar-01) 讲变化. 本课复习 ch27 的概数: 数 + 左右 (三十分钟左右) / 大概 + 数 (大概一个小时) / 相邻数词 (三四次). 谈运动量时很常用: 每天跑三十分钟左右 / 一周运动三四次. 表示不必精确的大约数.

Grammar-01 was alternation. This revisits ch27's approximate numbers: number + 左右 (三十分钟左右) / 大概 + number / adjacent numerals (三四次). Handy for exercise amounts: 每天跑三十分钟左右 / 一周运动三四次.

  • 我每天跑步三十分钟左右. Wǒ měi tiān pǎobù sānshí fēnzhōng zuǒyòu. I run about thirty minutes a day.
  • 他大概锻炼一个小时. Tā dàgài duànliàn yí ge xiǎoshí. He exercises for about an hour.
  • 我一周运动三四次. Wǒ yì zhōu yùndòng sān sì cì. I exercise three or four times a week.
  • 走路大概二十分钟. Zǒu lù dàgài èrshí fēnzhōng. It's about twenty minutes on foot.

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