Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT 10 12 Ch uy n Smoking Ji Zh nggu n nr n d du sh p ngch ng d u ch uy n T men zh dao ch uy n du sh nt b h o k sh y nw i p ngyou d u ch u su y t men ju de b ch u b x ng p ngyou g i n y n n z nme n ng b ch u F nzh ng d ji d u x gu n ch uy n su y h n sh o y u r n f ndu Y u p ngyou g osu w y ude n nde y ti n ch u li ng b o n ji shi y ge x ngq sh s b o y ge yu li sh b o y ni n q b i du b o Xi nz i y b o h o y n zu pi nyi ch budu b ku i qi n R nm nb n ji shi y ku i M ij n su y y ni n l ngf i 26 Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT zh me du qi n t i k x le Zh nggu zu y um ng de y nc o g ngs z i Y nn nsh ng zu y um ng de p izi y x shi Y ny n H ngt sh n h sh m Ji sh ng q ch sh ng n hu k nji n h n du xi ngy n de gu ngg o B ij ng h t ngr de y nt n cigarette stand Y ur n ch u Zh nggu y n y y ur n ch u w igu y n xi ng W nb ol L tou Lu tuo W igu y n d u b ji o g i y b o ch budu sh du ku i qi n Su r n h n g i k sh ch u w igu y n de y b sh o T ngshu shi y nw i w igu y n j nr jy r b ji o d Xi nz i h n du Zh nggu r n y zh dao ch u t i du y n b h o k sh ch uy n de r n h ishi h n du N n shu M igu z nmey ng uzh u ne Y W xi n shu M igu de q ngxing Y qi n z i M igu ch uy n de r n b ng b sh o W sh ni nd i li sh ni nd i de di ny ng y nyu n b shi l o ch uy n ma K sh zu j n rsh du ni n l i ch uy n de h oxi ng yu l i yu sh o W ish nme ne N sh y nw i d ji d u zh dao ch uy n du sh nt b h o ch uy n de b ji o r ngy d izh ng Su y xi nz i M igu h n du d fang xi ng j ch ng hu ch zh n f ngu nr f ndi n d ngd ng b r ng n ch uy n m i ge d fang d u shu B zh n x y n X y n ji shi ch uy n de y si x y n n i ge c k n ng b ji o zh ngshi ch uy n b ji o k uy N k n M igu z ngt ng ch uy n ma L g n L ig n K l nd n B sh f z zh sh o z i bi r n mi nqi n b ch u 27 Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT Z i M igu ch uy n de b ji o sh o y shi y nw i y n h n g i Y b o s w ku i qi n M ij n n ji shi s n s sh du ku i R nm nb uzh u ne z i uzh u y n g ng gu ch uy n de m iyou y qi n de n me du k sh k n ng h ishi b M igu de du y di nr W ne w z j b ch uy n rqi c ngl i m i ch u guo d nshi bi r n y o ch u n w ji b hu gu n t men W de k nf sh bi gu n xi n sh xi ng ch u ji ch u ba Notes d du sh N the majority big many number x gu n N habit custom cf x huan x w ng hope f ndu V oppose object l ngf i V waste time money etc k x V pitiable unfortunate cf T i k x le That s too bad y nc o tobacco smoke grass cf ch uy n x y n to smoke p izi brand name ji sh ng street on xi ngy n cigarets fragrant tobacco gu ngg o N advertisement g osu de g o W nb ol Marlboro L tou Lu tuo Camel b ng Adv really not before negatives b ng b pi nyi not at all cheap y nyu n N actors perform people zu j n rsh du ni n l i over the past 20 years d izh ng VO get cancer zh n V permit usually negative common on signs b zh n forbidden to zh ngsh SV formal k uy N spoken language SV be colloquial h n k uy zh sh o Adv at least mi nqi n Loc n Noun in front of someone before face front rqi N moreover in addition gu n V take care of deal with run s t bi gu n xi n sh mind one s own business don t concern sparetime things j nr jyer colloquial strength vigor y u l qi have strength vigor N i zh ng y ny r h n y u j nr W j nti n b sh fu m i j nr N k n n i ge r n zh n y u j nr Zh nggu de b iji h n y u j nr That kind of tobacco leaf is very strong I don t feel well today no strength Look that guy s really strong Chinese white liquor is really strong 28 Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT Exercise 6 Explain that American beer is more expensive than Chinese beer but that Chinese still buy it Budweiser called B iw i in China is getting more and more popular p bi n Explain that you don t think it has as much flavor as Chinese brands like Q ngd o Sh ngh …