How to say “She dances well” in Chinese: 她跳舞跳得好ta1 tiao4 wu3 tiao4 de5 hao3

Posted on 09/29/2011 by Chinesetolearn

How to say “She dances well” in Chinese: 她跳舞跳得好ta1 tiao4 wu3 tiao4 de5 hao3. 她ta1 she, 跳舞tiao4 wu3 dance, 跳tiao4 originally means jump, however tiao4 is the verb to go with the object dance (a habitual combination), so tiao4 here  means dance, 得de5 is a particle to put between a verb and the adverb which describe the verb, 好hao3 well. Some phrases that contain tiao4: 跳高tiao4 gao1 high jump, 跳远 tiao4 yuan3 long jump, 跳水 tiao4 shui3 diving, and 跳绳 tiao4 sheng2 jumping rope.

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How to say “Chinese people use chopstick to eat food” in Chinese: 中国人用筷子吃食物 zhong1 guo2 ren2 yong4 kuai4 zi5 chi1 shi2 wu4

Posted on 09/28/2011 by Chinesetolearn

How to say “Chinese people use chopsticks to eat food” in Chinese: 中国人用筷子吃食物 zhong1 guo2 ren2 yong4 kuai4 zi5 chi1 shi2 wu4.  中国 Zhong1 guo2 means China,  人 ren2 means people, 用 yong4 means use, 筷子 kuai4 zi5 chopsticks, 吃 chi1 eat, 食物 shi1 wu4 food. Some other table utensils are 汤匙tang1 chi2 spoon, 叉子cha1 zi5 fork, 刀子dao1 zi5 knife.

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