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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 44

我的爱好 My hobbies

Wǒ de àihào

林雪 and 小红 share hobbies. Teaches 比起 X 来说 (compared to X) and 对 X 来说 (as for X).

比起跑步, 我更爱看书 — Books over running

  1. 小红 línxuě, zhōudeàihàoshìshénme? Lin Xue, what's your weekend hobby?
  2. 林雪 yùndòng, gèngàikànshū. rénānjìngkànxiǎoshuō. Compared to sport, I prefer reading — a novel, in quiet.
  3. 小红 chá, gèngàifēi, duìba? You prefer coffee over tea, right?
  4. 林雪 shì. chágèngàifēi. Yes — I prefer coffee to tea.
  5. 小红 xiǎoshuō, gèngàihuàhuà. I prefer drawing to novels.
  6. 林雪 huàhuàhěnyǒu. wèiláixiǎngduōhuà. zhōugōngyuánhuàba. Drawing is fun. In future I'd like to draw more too. Let's do the park this weekend.

对我来说, 音乐最重要 — For me, music is everything

  1. 林雪 duìláishuō, ānjìngdeshíjiānzuìzhòngyào. For me, quiet time matters most.
  2. 小红 duìláishuō, tīngyīnyuècáiràngxiūxi. For me, only music lets me rest.
  3. 林雪 duìmángrénláishuō, bēifēinéngjiùshìzuìhǎodexiūxi. For a busy person, a coffee can be the best rest.
  4. 小红 duìláishuō, kànshūshìzhèyàng. For me, reading works the same way.
  5. 林雪 duìmenzhèzhǒngrénláishuō, àihàojiùshìshēnghuó. For people like us, hobbies are life.
  6. 小红 shuōduì! Well said!
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
爱好 àihào n. hobby
比起 bǐ qǐ prep. compared with
对...来说 duì ... lái shuō prep. as for X
看书 kàn shū v. read books (recall Bk1)
画画 huà huà v. draw; paint
听音乐 tīng yīnyuè v. listen to music (recall Bk1)
咖啡 kāfēi n. coffee (recall Bk1)
chá n. tea (recall Bk1)
v. drink (recall Bk1)
小说 xiǎoshuō n. novel
有意思 yǒu yìsi adj. interesting (recall Bk1)
安静 ānjìng adj. quiet (recall ch04)
周末 zhōumò n. weekend (recall Bk2)
gèng adv. even more (recall ch07)
林雪 Lín Xuě pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
小红 Xiǎo Hóng pn. Xiao Hong (persona — recall ch21)
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
huà paint; draw 画画 huà huà — draw; paint

ài love (recall Bk1) เขียน

10 strokes top-bottom

hào fond of (in 爱好) (recall Bk1) เขียน

6 strokes left-right

huà paint; draw จดจำ

8 strokes enclosure

shuō speak; say (in 小说) (recall Bk1) จดจำ

9 strokes left-right

happy; music (in 音乐) (recall Bk1) จดจำ

5 strokes single

程度副词: 比较 / 更加 / 相当 (三12, 复用) Degree adverbs: 比较 / 更加 / 相当 (三12, reuse)

复习 ch07 的三个程度副词, 谈爱好时很合用: 比较 = 还算 (画画比较安静). 更加 = 更 (比起看电视, 我更加喜欢看书). 相当 = 很 / 非常, 偏书面 (这个爱好相当有意思). 都放在形容词或心理动词前.

Revisits ch07's three degree adverbs, handy for hobbies: 比较 = fairly (画画比较安静). 更加 = even more (比起看电视, 我更加喜欢看书). 相当 = quite/very, written-leaning (这个爱好相当有意思). All before an adjective or psych-verb.

  • 这个爱好相当有意思. Zhè ge àihào xiāngdāng yǒu yìsi. This hobby is quite interesting.
  • 比起看电视, 我更加喜欢看书. Bǐ qǐ kàn diànshì, wǒ gèngjiā xǐhuān kàn shū. Compared to TV, I prefer reading even more.
  • 画画比较安静. Huà huà bǐjiào ānjìng. Drawing is fairly quiet.
  • 听音乐让我更加舒服. Tīng yīnyuè ràng wǒ gèngjiā shūfu. Listening to music makes me feel even better.

对 X 来说 — 从 X 的角度 对 X 来说 — "as for X / from X's perspective"

上一课 (grammar-01) 的 比起 X 来说 是把 X 当对比对象. 本课的 对 X 来说 是把 X 当"主体 / 视角" — 表示"从 X 的角度看, …": 对我来说, 安静的时间最重要 / 对一个忙人来说, 一杯咖啡可能就是最好的休息. X 通常是人 (我 / 大家 / 老师), 也可以是群体 (对学生来说) 或情景 (对今天来说). 后面跟一个评价句. 跟 跟 X 来说 不能混淆 — 这里没有比较.

Grammar-01: 比起 X (contrast). `对 X 来说` reframes X as the perspective / topic: "from X's point of view, …". 对我来说, 安静的时间最重要. X is usually a person or group (我 / 学生们 / 大家), occasionally a context (对今天来说). Followed by an evaluative clause. Not a comparison.

  • 对我来说, 安静的时间最重要. Duì wǒ lái shuō, ānjìng de shíjiān zuì zhòngyào. For me, quiet time matters most.
  • 对学生来说, 考试很重要. Duì xuésheng lái shuō, kǎoshì hěn zhòngyào. For students, exams matter.
  • 对一个忙人来说, 一杯咖啡就是最好的休息. Duì yí ge máng rén lái shuō, yì bēi kāfēi jiùshì zuì hǎo de xiūxi. For a busy person, a coffee is the best rest.
  • 对今天的我们来说, 健康最重要. Duì jīntiān de wǒmen lái shuō, jiànkāng zuì zhòngyào. For us today, health matters most.

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