Thursday, August 29, 2013

Mandarin Chinese-- Lesson 27 (Opposites in Chinese)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 27 – Opposites in Chinese 



Hello, everyone. It is so nice to see you again today. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time, we learned colors in mandarin Chinese. Today, we are going to learn opposites in mandarin Chinese.

Before we start to learn opposites in mandarin, we need to check the homework I gave to you last time.

dà   xiǎo  duō  shǎo
               

We use a lot of opposite words in our lives. Today we are going to learn some opposite words in mandarin Chinese. Let’s see the text.

dà,   xiǎo                                                  duō,  shǎo
        (big/large, small/little)                      (Many, little/few)

qiáng,   ruò                                              yìng,  ruán             
           (strong, weak)                              (hard, soft)      

gāo,  dī (ái)                                               zāng,  gān  jìng
     () (tall, short)                            ,           (dirty, clean)

nán,  róng yì                                            chōu,  méi
   难,    (difficult, easy)                 丑,   (ugly, beautiful)

guì,  pián yì                                               zhòng,  qīng
 贵, 便   (expensive, cheap)            重,      (heavy, light)

pàng,  shòu/miáo tiáo                             fù yōu, pín qióng
   胖,      /       (fat, thin/slim)       有,     (rich, poor)

jīn tiān tiān qì hén rè / lēng.
              (Today is hot/cold.)

zhè shì bēn xīn / jiù shū.
           /    书。(This is a new/old book.)

wǒ páo de hén kuài / màn.
              /    (I ran very fast/slow.)

qīng  (guān shàng) / (dā kái)  mén.
                 上   /             门。(Please close/ open the door.)

tài cháo / (ān jìng) le.
      /        了。(It is too loud/ quiet.)

zhè gè píng zì mān/kōng le.
             /     了。(The bottle is full/empty.)

Homework for today.

Just practice the opposite words and sentences we learned today.

Ok, that is all for today. We will have a quiz for our lesson 21-27 in our next class.

We will have the quiz in three days, so you have enough time for preparing for it. Good luck!

xiè  xiè 
    (Thanks!)

xià   cì   jiàn 
      ! (See you next time!)

2 comments:

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