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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 2 · Chapter 34

你说得对 You're right

Nǐ shuō de duì

Wei Dong (university lecturer) evaluates Fang Hong's work. Vocab: 对 / 错 / 看法 / 意见 / 同意 / 反对 / 想法 / 主意 / 分析 / 我看. Introduces Wei Dong (mentor figure). Phrase-type meta-lesson continuation.

卫东老师来了 — Teacher Wei Dong is here

  1. 黄安 wèidōng! zhēngāoxìngnénglái. zhèshìfānghóng, mengōngdexīntóngshì. Wei Dong! So glad you came. This is Fang Hong, our new colleague.
  2. 卫东 fānghónghǎo. huángānzhígēnshuōdeshì. Hi Fang Hong. Huang An always tells me about you.
  3. 方红 wèidōnglǎoshīhǎo. zuòlefēnbàogào, nínnéngkànxiàma? Teacher Wei, hi. I made an analysis report — can you take a look?
  4. 卫东 . ràngkànkàn. Of course. Let me see.
  5. 方红 defēnduìbuduì? Is my analysis right?
  6. 卫东 shuōduì. kàncuò. kàn, zhǔyàodexiǎngdōuduì. You're right. Good viewpoint. The way I see it, the main ideas are correct.

我有一个意见 — I have an opinion

  1. 卫东 fānghóng, yǒujiàn. zhèduànxiětàiduì. Fang Hong, one comment. This paragraph isn't quite right.
  2. 方红 duì? Where is it wrong?
  3. 卫东 zhè. shuō"shàngyuègōnghěnmáng". kàn, "shàngyuè"yīnggāixiě"zhègeyuè". Here. You wrote 'last month the company was busy.' The way I see it, it should be 'this month'.
  4. 方红 a, shìde, kàncuòle. Oh, yes — I misread it.
  5. 黄安 biénánguò. xiěbàogàodōuzhèyàng. Don't feel bad. Everyone makes mistakes their first time.
  6. 卫东 dexiǎngdōuduì, xiědegǎixiàjiùhǎo. Your ideas are all correct — just fix the writing.

谢谢您的意见 — Thank you for your comment

  1. 方红 xièxièníndejiàn. xuélehěnduō. Thanks for your comment. I learned a lot.
  2. 卫东 bié. kàn, hòuhuìzuòhěnhǎo. Don't mention it. I think you'll do well later.
  3. 黄安 shìzhèyàngxiǎngde. fānghóngyǒuhǎodexiǎng. I think so too. Fang Hong has good ideas.
  4. 方红 xiāngǎixià, ránhòuzàiláikànnín, hǎoma? I'll fix it first, then come back to see you?
  5. 卫东 hǎo. gǎiwánjiùgěi. Good. When done, send it to me.
  6. 方红 huìerjiàn. xièxiè! See you soon. Thanks!
汉字PinyinTừ loạiNghĩa
duì adj. right; correct (Level 1 revisit, opinion sense)
cuò adj. wrong (Bk2 revisit; opinion sense)
看法 kànfǎ n. viewpoint; opinion
意见 yìjiàn n. opinion (formal)
同意 tóngyì v. agree
反对 fǎnduì v. oppose; disagree
想法 xiǎngfǎ n. idea; thought
主意 zhǔyi n. idea; plan
分析 fēnxī v./n. analyze
我看 wǒ kàn exp. "the way I see it" — opinion opener
卫东 Wèi Dōng pn. Wei Dong (persona — 42, university lecturer)
汉字PinyinTừ loạiNghĩa
analyze (in 分析) 分析 fēnxī — analyze
method; law (in 看法 / 想法 / 方法) 看法 kànfǎ — viewpoint; opinion想法 xiǎngfǎ — idea; thought语法 yǔfǎ — grammar
duàn
gǎi change; revise
fǎn oppose; reverse (in 反对) 反对 fǎnduì — oppose; disagree

method; law (in 看法 / 想法 / 方法) Viết

8 strokes left-right radical 氵

Phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water radical) + 去 (qù, phonetic). Original sense: "the regular flow of water = standard / method." Modern: 方法 (method), 看法 (viewpoint, this chapter), 想法 (idea). The 氵 cluster expands.

jiàn see (Level 1 revisit; in 意见 / 见面) Viết

4 strokes standalone

fǎn oppose; reverse (in 反对) Viết

4 strokes standalone

Modern: "oppose / reverse / on the contrary." Anchors 反对 (oppose, this chapter), 反复 (repeated). Pairs with 对 to form contrast.

analyze (in 分析) Viết

8 strokes left-right radical 木

Compound: 木 (wood) + 斤 (axe). Original sense: "splitting wood with an axe." Extended: "to break apart, analyze." Anchors 分析 (analyze).

kàn see (Level 1 revisit; in 看法) Nhận biết

9 strokes top-bottom

xiǎng think (Level 1 revisit; in 想法) Nhận biết

13 strokes top-bottom radical 心

zhǔ main (in 主意 / 主要) Nhận biết

5 strokes standalone

meaning; intention (Bk1 / Bk2 revisit; in 意见 / 意思 / 主意) Nhận biết

13 strokes top-bottom radical 心

discuss (revisit ch3) Nhận biết

5 strokes left-right radical 讠

形容词性短语 + 其他短语类型 Adjective phrases and other phrase types

Ch2 学了名词 / 动词 / 形容词性短语. 本课加上几个常用类型: (1) "不一会儿" (二41) — 时间短语, 表示"过了一段时间, 不久". 例: 不一会儿, 他就来了. (2) "什么的" (二42) — 列举短语, 像英语 "and so on / etc.". 例: 我喜欢看书, 听音乐什么的. (3) 形容词性短语扩展: 不太 X / 非常 X / 真 X — "我看得不太对", "你说得真好". 这些短语虽然简单, 但是组合起来才是真正的中文.

Ch2 introduced noun, verb, and adjective phrases. This chapter adds: (1) "不一会儿" (一会儿 in negative form) — a time phrase meaning "before long / shortly." Example: 不一会儿他就来了 ("Before long, he arrived"). (2) "什么的" — listing phrase, like English "and so on / etc." Example: 我喜欢看书, 听音乐什么的 ("I like reading, listening to music, etc."). (3) Adjective-phrase expansions: 不太 X / 非常 X / 真 X — modifiers stacked. These small phrases are the building blocks of natural-sounding Chinese.

  • 你说得对. Nǐ shuō de duì. You're right.
  • 我有一个想法, 我看不对. Wǒ yǒu yí ge xiǎngfǎ, wǒ kàn bú duì. I have an idea — I think it's not right.
  • 我喜欢看书, 听音乐什么的. Wǒ xǐhuan kàn shū, tīng yīnyuè shénme de. I like reading, listening to music, and so on.
  • 不一会儿, 谢平就来了. Bù yíhuìr, Xiè Píng jiù lái le. Before long, Xie Ping arrived.

看法 / 想法 / 意见 — 意见类词的重音 Stress in opinion compounds

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