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| type | title | date |
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| Classes | 08/28/2025 - Chinese Class | 2025-08-28 |
RANDOM WORDS
胳膊 -> gēbo -> Arm
胃 -> Wèi -> Stomach
痔疮 -> Zhìchuāng -> hemorrhoid
屁股 -> Pìgu -> butt
抓 -> Zhuā -> To Scratch
伤 -> shāng -> hurt
RANDOM SENTENCES
你的胳膊怎么样？还疼吗？ Nǐ de gēbo zěnme yàng? Hái téng ma? How's your arm? Does it still hurt?
我的胳膊被鸽子抓伤了 Wǒ de gēbó bèi gēzǐ zhuā shāngle My arm was scratched by a pigeon
shāng - Can be used as a Resultant Compliment to stick after a verb to show that action actually caused damage and hurt to the body. If its not there, it means the action was done to the body, but no damage was done
Wǒ de {{Body part}} bèi {{Thing that did the damage}} {{Actual Damaging Verb}} shāngle My {{Body part}} was {{Actual Damaging Verb}} by {{Thing that did the damage}}
How to talk to a (fake) Buddhist
信佛的人 Xìn fo de rén Buddhist | Lit: Believes in Buddha person
In spoken Chinese, this is structure is usually used to refer to people of a certain religion. Usually because they aren't really involved in the religion, and instead are fake versions of it.
A: 叔叔，请问您信佛吗? A: Shūshu, qǐngwèn nín xìn fo ma? A: Uncle, do you believe in Buddhism?
B: 对阿,信佛很好 B: Duì ā, xìn fo hěn hǎo B: Yes, it is good to believe in Buddhism.
A: 你很虔诚，我很想知道为什么世界上有战争？佛教怎么说的呢？ A: Nǐ hěn qiánchéng, wǒ hěn xiǎng zhīdào wèishéme shìjiè shàng yǒu zhànzhēng? Fójiào zěnme shuō de ne? A: You are very pious, I really want to know why the world has so much war. Buddhist teachings about this say what?
佛教 -> Fójiào -> Buddhism. If you stick 教 after something it means "the teachings of..", or in more modern language, a religion of whatever comes before it. Fójiào, jīdūjiào
Homework
Have a brief conversation about "Hows your body part, still hurts?"
Nǐ de Bèi zěnme yàng? Hái téng ma?
Hái téng, xia ge xingqi wo hui qu kàn yīshēng
2 sentences by using "hurt by something" structure. Use verbs "zhuā" and "you (to bite)"
Wǒ de liǎn bèi Sōngshǔ zhuā shāngle
Wǒ de tuǐ bèi gǒu yǎo shāngle
Recite conversation of Buddhist