Learn Chinese: How to say “She is a vegetarian” in Chinese: 她是一位素食者 ta1 shi4 yi2 wei4 su4 shi2 zhe5

Posted on 10/05/2011 by Chinesetolearn

How to say “She is a vegetarian” in Chinese: 她是一位素食者 ta1 shi4 yi2 wei4 su4 shi2 zhe5. 她是一位素食者 ta1 (she她) shi4 (is是) yi2 (one 一) wei4 (a measure word for person 位) su4 (originally means plain, here means non meat eating 素) shi2 (a classic word means eat 食) zhe5 (person 者). You can also say 她吃素不吃肉 (She eats vegetables; not eats meat) ta1 chi1 su4 bu4 chi1 rou4. Chi is a verb which means eat, bu4 is an adverb to negate the verb, and rou4 is the noun which means meat.

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Learn Chinese: How to say ” He broke up with his girlfriend” in Chinese: 他和他的女朋友分手了ta1 he2 ta1 de5 nu3 peng2 you3 fen1 shou3 le5

Posted on 10/04/2011 by Chinesetolearn

How to say ” He broke up with his girlfriend” in Chinese: 他和他的女朋友分手了ta1 he2 ta1 de5 nu3 peng2 you3 fen1 shou3 le5. ta1 (he 他) he2 (and 和) ta1 (he 他) de5 (的 a particle to put between pronoun and the object to show possession) nu3 (female 女) peng2 you3 (friend 朋友) fen1 shou3 (分手 originally means parting hands, here means break up) le5 (了 a particle to show the change of status). Phrases about breaking up you might want to know: got dumped －－ bei4 shuai3 le5(被甩了）, bei4 pao1 qi4 le （被抛弃了）。

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