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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 40

用手机的一天 A day with the phone

Yòng shǒujī de yì tiān

王明 reflects on a phone-heavy day. Teaches 一直 + V (keep V-ing) and 总是 + V (always / habitually).

一直在看手机 — Just keeps looking at the phone

  1. 王明 jīntiānzhízàiyòngshǒu. Used the phone all day today.
  2. 王明 zǎoshàngzhízàixiāo, zhōngshàngwǎngmǎidōng西, háikànshìpín. Morning: messaging. Midday: shopping online and watching videos.
  3. 林雪 yǎnjīngzhíkànlèima? Aren't your eyes tired from staring?
  4. 王明 lèi. yóuzhítóu, tóutòng. Tired. From looking down constantly, my head hurts too.
  5. 林雪 yīnggāifàngxiàshǒuxiūxihuì. You should put it down and rest.
  6. 王明 xiǎng, dànshìshǒuzhízhe. I want to, but my hand keeps holding it.

总是放不下 — Always can't put it down

  1. 林雪 zǒngshìzhèyàng, zǒngshìfàngxiàshǒu. You're always like this — can't put it down.
  2. 王明 zǒngshìxiǎngzàikànxià, zǒngshìkàndàohěnwǎn. I always want one more look — always end up late.
  3. 林雪 dōuliǎngdiǎnle, háizàiwányóuba? It's already one or two in the morning and you're still gaming, aren't you?
  4. 王明 shì. zǎoshàngyǎnjīngzǒngshìshū. Yes. Eyes always feel bad in the morning.
  5. 林雪 kànyīnggāizǎodiǎnfàngxiàshǒu, zǎodiǎnshuì. You should put it down and sleep earlier.
  6. 王明 hǎo. jīntiānwǎnshàngdìngfàngxià. OK. Tonight I'll put it down for sure.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
手机 shǒujī n. phone (recall Bk1)
一直 yìzhí adv. continuously; all along (recall ch06)
总是 zǒngshì adv. always
看视频 kàn shìpín v. watch videos
聊天 liáotiān v. chat (recall ch04)
消息 xiāoxi v. message; news
发消息 fā xiāoxi v. send a message
眼睛 yǎnjing n. eyes (recall Bk1)
lèi adj. tired (recall Bk1)
低头 dī tóu v. lower the head; look down
游戏 yóuxì n. game
wán v. play (recall Bk1)
放下 fàng xià v. put down
晚上 wǎnshang adv. evening (recall Bk1)
王明 Wáng Míng pn. Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01)
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
pín (in 看视频 = watch videos) 看视频 kàn shìpín — watch videos
(in 低头 = lower the head; look down) 低头 dī tóu — lower the head; look down

zhí straight (in 一直) (recall ch06) เขียน

8 strokes single

zǒng always; sum up (in 总是) (recall ch28) จดจำ

9 strokes top-bottom

play; show (in 游戏) จดจำ

6 strokes left-right

xiāo disappear; news (in 消息) จดจำ

10 strokes left-right

介词 由于 / 因为 — 引出原因 (三25) Preposition 由于 / 因为 — introducing a cause (三25)

由于 / 因为 + 原因 (名词或短语), 直接引出原因, 后面跟结果. 由于一直看手机, 眼睛不舒服. 因为这件事, 他不高兴. 这里"由于 / 因为"作介词, 后面可以只跟一个名词短语, 比"由于…所以…"的整句更简短.

由于 / 因为 + cause (noun or phrase) directly introduces a reason, with the result following. 由于一直看手机, 眼睛不舒服. 因为这件事, 他不高兴. Here 由于 / 因为 act as prepositions — they can take just a noun phrase, shorter than the full 由于…所以… sentence.

  • 由于一直看手机, 眼睛不舒服. Yóuyú yìzhí kàn shǒujī, yǎnjing bù shūfu. From looking at the phone non-stop, my eyes hurt.
  • 因为这件事, 他不太高兴. Yīnwèi zhè jiàn shì, tā bú tài gāoxìng. Because of this, he's not too happy.
  • 由于工作, 他每天很忙. Yóuyú gōngzuò, tā měi tiān hěn máng. Because of work, he's busy every day.
  • 因为天气, 我们没出去. Yīnwèi tiānqì, wǒmen méi chūqù. Because of the weather, we didn't go out.

都 … 了 — "已经这么晚了" (三79, 复用) 都 … 了 — "it's already this late" (三79, reuse)

上一课 (grammar-01) 引出原因. 本课复习 ch11 的"都 + 时间 + 了": 强调"已经到了该停 / 太晚的地步". 用手机用太久时常说: 都十二点了, 别看手机了 / 都这么晚了, 该睡了. 语气里带提醒和着急.

Grammar-01 introduced causes. This revisits ch11's "都 + time + 了": stressing "it's already got to the point where you should stop / it's too late". After too much phone time: 都十二点了, 别看手机了 / 都这么晚了, 该睡了. Carries reminder and urgency.

  • 都十二点了, 别看手机了. Dōu shí'èr diǎn le, bié kàn shǒujī le. It's midnight already — stop looking at your phone.
  • 都这么晚了, 该睡了. Dōu zhème wǎn le, gāi shuì le. It's so late already — time to sleep.
  • 都一个小时了, 还没玩完? Dōu yí ge xiǎoshí le, hái méi wán wán? It's been an hour — still not done playing?
  • 都早上了, 你还在看手机. Dōu zǎoshang le, nǐ hái zài kàn shǒujī. It's already morning and you're still on your phone.

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