LEARN + CHINESE / 259 of 300 HSK 7–9
A Brush, a Deposit, a Goal 宾语
In “brush your teeth,” teeth receive the action. But a verb-object phrase can also name an activity or the means used to do it. Read the verb and object together; their pairing can tell you more than “who did what to what.”
为了方便取出来，她把钱存了个活期。
wèile fāngbiàn qǔ chūlai, tā bǎ qián cún le ge huóqī.
She put the money in a demand deposit so she can withdraw it easily.
爷爷每天早上写毛笔，练了一辈子书法。
yéye měitiān zǎoshang xiě máobǐ, liàn le yíbèizi shūfǎ.
Grandpa practices calligraphy with a brush every morning; he’s done it all his life.
天太干了，记得给花园浇水。
tiān tài gān le, jìde gěi huāyuán jiāo shuǐ.
It’s so dry; remember to water the garden.
公司正在招人才，还在为新项目拉赞助。
gōngsī zhèngzài zhāo réncái, hái zài wèi xīn xiàngmù lā zànzhù.
The company is recruiting talent and seeking sponsors for its new project.
Hint · 힌트
存活期 names a way of depositing, 写毛笔 names the tool, 浇水 names the material used, and 招人才 names the goal. Don’t automatically translate every noun after a verb as the thing receiving the action.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
fāngbiàn | convenient; easy |
qǔ chūlai | to withdraw; take out |
qián | money |
cún huóqī | to deposit into a demand account |
yéye | grandfather |
měitiān | every day |
zǎoshang | morning |
xiě máobǐ | to write with a calligraphy brush |
liàn | to practice |
yíbèizi | a whole lifetime |
shūfǎ | calligraphy |
gān | dry |
huāyuán | garden |
jiāo shuǐ | to water plants |
gōngsī | company |
zhèngzài | currently; in the middle of |
zhāo réncái | to recruit talent |
xiàngmù | project |
lā zànzhù | to seek sponsorship |
gōngjù | tool; instrument |
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