Lesson 23.1
Making compliments
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Complimenting someone on how he has done something and to what degree
- 让 let/ make/ ask subject + object + Verb + 得 + adverb/ adjective: to describe ‘ someone does something to what degree’
- 又…..又…..
- subject + adjective + 得 + degree e.g. 我高兴得睡不着
哪nă 里lǐ to modestly deny a compliment
尤yóu 其qí especially
发fā 音yīn pronunciation
清qīng 楚chŭ clear
夸kuā to compliment
脸liăn 红hóng to blush
说shuō 真zhēn 的de mean it
字zì word/ character
汉hàn 字zì Chinese character
写xiě to write
又yòu …..又yòu …..both….. and
没méi （有yǒu ）人rén nobody
让ràng let
睡shuì 不bù 着zháo cannot sleep
睡shuì 得de 着zháo can fall asleep
Lesson 23.2
“Your husband is a real China hand”
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
A friend invites you over to have dinner and you find out that her husband is a China hand.
- 请客 to treat/ to pay/ to have guests
- the use of 倒是：but/ however; a good unexpected result
- the use of 好像 to seem
- the use of 尤其 especially and 特别specially
- the use of 听说 it’s said
请qǐng to invite
请qǐng 客kè to treat/ to have guests
请qǐng 你nǐ 来lái 吃chī 饭fàn
请qǐng 你nǐ 去qù 吃chī 饭fàn
认rèn 真zhēn diligent/ serious
好hăo 像xiàng to seem
事shì 情qíng things
倒dăo 是shì but/ however
听tīng 说shuō it is said/ I heard
还hái in addition
好hăo 几jǐ 国guó several countries
语yŭ 言yán language
尤yóu 其qí especially
字zì 正zhèng 腔qiāng 圆yuán Perfect pronunciation
懂dǒng to understand
中zhōng 华huá ethnic Chinese
文wén 化huà culture
中zhōng 国guó 通tōng a China hand
Lesson 23.3
Wearing the wrong clothes for the weather
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Meeting up with a friend and finding that he’s wearing too many clothes. This was because he got out early and it was cold early in the morning.
- review the use of 得 to indicate the degree of an action
- review the use of 得 as the resultative effect, e.g. 起得来
- the use of 习惯
- the use of 不管 no matter how/ who/ what…..
穿chuān to wear
热rè hot
起qǐ 床chuáng to get up
一yì 早zăo early in the morning
冷lěng cold
出chū exit
出chū 门mén to get out of the house
晚wăn late
起qǐ 得de 来lái can get up (early)
起qǐ 不bù 来lái cannot get up (early)
不bù 管guăn…..都dōu no matter what/ when/ who
第dì prefix for ordinal number
习xí 惯guàn to be used to
习xí 惯guàn habit
好hăo 看kàn good looking , good for books and movies
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in this unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.