LEARN + CHINESE / 29 of 300 HSK 2
Who Else, Why, and How? 谁
Your friend asks how long the film is, what the new café is like, and who should order for the group. Words like 多久 and 怎么样 go right where the answer belongs. Once the people are already clear, 大家 or 自己 can gather them together without repeating every name.
你知道为什么他们安静下来了呢？
nǐ zhīdào wèishénme tāmen ānjìng xiàlai le ne？
Do you know why they became quiet?
你的工作进行得怎么样？
nǐ de gōngzuò jìnxíng de zěnmeyàng？
How is your work coming along?
走到火车站要多久？
zǒu dào huǒchēzhàn yào duōjiǔ？
How long does it take to walk to the train station?
如果没有电，我们的生活会怎样？
rúguǒ méiyǒu diàn， wǒmen de shēnghuó huì zěnyàng？
What would our lives be like without electricity?
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
duōjiǔ | how long (time) |
wèishénme | why |
zěnmeyàng | how about it; how is it |
zěnyàng | how |
biérén | other people |
dàjiā | everyone |
tā | it |
tāmen | they (things/animals) |
zán | we (inclusive, informal) |
zánmen | we (inclusive) |
zìjǐ | oneself |
nàme | so; such; like that |
nàyàng | of that kind; like that |
zhème | so; such; this way |
zhèyàng | like this; so |
xiàlái | to come down |
shénme | what |
tāmen | they (male/mixed) |
rúguǒ | if |
ānjìng | quiet |
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