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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 27

看成绩 Looking at the result

Kàn chéngjì

Xiao Hong gets her exam grade back and talks to 何老师. Teaches 终于 V 了 (finally) and 没想到 + clause (unexpectedly).

终于知道成绩了 — Finally got my grade

  1. 小红 lǎoshī, zhōngzhīdàodekǎoshìchéngle! Teacher, I finally got my exam result!
  2. 何老师 zěnmeyàng? gāoxìngma? How is it? Are you happy?
  3. 小红 shífēnzuǒyòu! hěnmǎn. Around 80! I’m very satisfied.
  4. 何老师 cuò! chénghǎo, xīnqínghǎo. Not bad! Your grades are good, and so is your mood.
  5. 小红 kǎoshìqiánměitiāndōu, kǎochǎngshànghěnlěngjìng. I studied hard every day before the exam, and I stayed calm in the test room too.
  6. 何老师 zhōngkàndàodele. I finally see your effort too.

没想到这么好 — Didn't expect it to be this good

  1. 小红 lǎoshī, méixiǎngdàonéngkǎozhèmehǎo. Teacher, I didn't expect to do so well.
  2. 何老师 méixiǎngdàojiéguǒzhèmehǎo. dejìnzuìduō. I didn't expect this result either. Your grammar improved the most.
  3. 小红 kǎoshìqiánhěnjǐnzhāng, méixiǎngdàokǎocuò. I was nervous before the exam, didn't expect to do well.
  4. 何老师 lǎoshīguānxīn, xiǎngbiǎoyáng. I care about you and want to praise you.
  5. 小红 xièxièlǎoshī! méixiǎngdàonínhuìzhèyàngshuō. Thank you, teacher! I didn’t expect you to say that.
  6. 何老师 , xiàhuìgènghǎo. Keep at it — next time will be even better.
汉字PinyinTừ loạiNghĩa
成绩 chéngjì n. grade; result
终于 zhōngyú adv. finally (recall ch05)
没想到 méi xiǎngdào v. didn't expect; turned out unexpectedly
高兴 gāoxìng adj. happy (recall Bk1)
满意 mǎnyì adj. satisfied
不错 bú cuò adj. not bad; pretty good (recall Bk1)
chà adj. poor; bad (in quality)
进步 jìnbù v. improve; progress
fēn n. point; score (recall Bk1)
努力 nǔlì v. work hard; make an effort
表扬 biǎoyáng v. praise; commend
结果 jiéguǒ n. result; outcome
关心 guānxīn v. care about
继续 jìxù adv. continue
小红 Xiǎo Hóng pn. Xiao Hong (persona — recall ch21)
何老师 Hé lǎoshī pn. Teacher He (persona — recall ch13)
汉字PinyinTừ loạiNghĩa
achievement (in 成绩) 成绩 chéngjì — grade; result
yáng (in 表扬 = praise; commend) 表扬 biǎoyáng — praise; commend
continue (in 继续) 继续 jìxù — continue
(in 继续 = continue) 继续 jìxù — continue

chéng become; result (in 成绩) Viết

6 strokes single

achievement (in 成绩) Viết

11 strokes left-right

exert; strive (in 努力) Nhận biết

7 strokes top-bottom

mǎn full (in 满意) Nhận biết

13 strokes left-right

jìn enter; advance (in 进步) Nhận biết

7 strokes left-right

step (in 进步) Nhận biết

7 strokes top-bottom

概数: 大概 / 左右 / 相邻数词 (三74) Approximate numbers: 大概 / 左右 / adjacent numerals (三74)

表示"大约多少"的三种方法: (1) 大概 + 数 (大概两千块 / 大概三十岁). (2) 数 + 左右 (三十岁左右 / 八点左右). (3) 相邻数词连用 (五六个 / 八九十). 看成绩时常说: 大概八十分 / 八九十分.

Three ways to say "about how many": (1) 大概 + number (大概两千块 / 大概三十岁). (2) number + 左右 (三十岁左右 / 八点左右). (3) adjacent numerals together (五六个 / 八九十). For exam scores: 大概八十分 / 八九十分.

  • 这个手机大概两千块. Zhè ge shǒujī dàgài liǎng qiān kuài. This phone is about 2000 yuan.
  • 我的成绩八十分左右. Wǒ de chéngjì bāshí fēn zuǒyòu. My score is around 80.
  • 教室里有五六个人. Jiàoshì li yǒu wǔ liù ge rén. There are five or six people in the room.
  • 八点左右我就到. Bā diǎn zuǒyòu wǒ jiù dào. I'll arrive around eight.

(也) … , 也 … — 并列复句 (三60) (也)…, 也… — coordinate clauses (三60)

上一课 (grammar-01) 说概数. 本课用"也…也…"把两个并列的情况放在一起, 表示"两方面都是这样". 成绩也好, 心情也好. 篮球他喜欢, 排球他也喜欢. 两个分句结构相同, 语气平列.

Grammar-01 was approximate numbers. Here "也…也…" places two parallel facts together: "both are so". 成绩也好, 心情也好 (grades good, mood good too). 篮球他喜欢, 排球他也喜欢. The two clauses are parallel in structure.

  • 成绩也好, 心情也好. Chéngjì yě hǎo, xīnqíng yě hǎo. Grades are good, and so is the mood.
  • 篮球他喜欢, 排球他也喜欢. Lánqiú tā xǐhuān, páiqiú tā yě xǐhuān. He likes basketball, and volleyball too.
  • 我也累, 也饿. Wǒ yě lèi, yě è. I'm both tired and hungry.
  • 这个菜也好吃, 也便宜. Zhè ge cài yě hǎochī, yě piányi. This dish is both tasty and cheap.

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