Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 173 -- polyphonic characters from conversation 2

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 173 – polyphonic characters from conversation 2

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we learn conversation2 from the Chinese movie—不见不散 ( bú jiàn bú sàn). Today, we will learn several polyphonic characters from conversation 2.

duō yīn zì

  多  音  字 (Polyphone; polyphonic characters)

hái

 还 (adverb. Still, yet, even more, still more)

nǐ wèi shé me hái zài zhè lǐ a?

你  为    什  么   还  在   这 里啊？

(Why are you still here?)

hái chà 10 tiān, wǒ jiù 28 suì le.

 还   差  10  天，  我  就 28 岁 了。

(I will be 28 years old in 10 days.)

wǒ hái méi bǎ yī fú xǐ wán ne.

 我  还   没   把 衣服洗   完   呢。

(I did not finish washing clothes yet.)

tā hái shì nà yàng, yī diǎn dōu méi biàn.

他 还   是  那   样， 一   点    都    没    变。

(He is still like he was, did not change at all.)

huán

  还 (go back, give back,  return, pay back)

fǎn lǎo huán tóng

 返  老     还     童 (rejuvenate in old age)

guān fāng shuō zhè cì fēi jī shī shì wú yī rén shēng huán.

   官     方      说     这 次飞 机  失  事  无  一  人     生       还。

(Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.)

néng jiè gěi wǒ shí yuán qián ma? wǒ xià gè yuè hái nǐ.

   能   借   给  我   十    元      钱   吗?   我  下   个  月   还  你。

(Can you please lend me 10 yuan? I will pay you back

next month.)

yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn.

以其  人   之   道,     还    治 其  人   之    身。

(deal with a man as he deals with you)

yǐ yǎn huán yǎn, yǐ yá huán yá.

以  眼     还    眼,  以 牙    还   牙。

(An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.)

wǒ qù le tú shū guǎn, bāng nǐ bǎ shū huán le.

 我  去了 图   书     馆，   帮   你 把    书     还   了。

(I went to the library and returned your books.)

hún

 混 (muddy; turbid)

zhè ge hú lǐ de shuǐ hún zhuó.

  这  个 湖 里 的   水    混      浊. (浑浊)

(The lake's water is turbid.)

hùn

  混 (mix; confuse；pass for；pass off as; muddle along; drift along; get along with sb.)

1.    mix; confuse; mingle

bǎ shuǐ huò miàn fěn hùn zài yī qǐ.

把    水    和     面     粉   混    在 一 起。

(Mix water and flour together.)

bù yào bǎ zì yóu yǔ fang zòng hùn wéi yī tán.

 不  要   把自   由  与    放     纵     混    为  一 谈。

(Don't confuse liberty with overindulge.)

tā hùn jìn rén qún lǐ jiù bù jiàn le.

他  混   进  人    群 里 就  不  见  了。

(He mingled with the crowd, and was lost to sight.)

2.    muddle along; drift along

wǒ bù xiǎng hùn rì zi, wǒ xiǎng zuò diǎn gèng

 我  不    想      混 日子,  我    想       做   点      更

yǒu yì yì de shì qíng.

  有 意义 的  事   情。

(Instead of rushing at life, I wanted something more meaningful.)

tā xiàn zài hùn dé bǐ wǒ hǎo.

他  现    在   混   得 比 我   好。

(He's doing better than I am.)

 rì zi yī tiān tiān guò qù, tā zài yě hùn bù xià qù le.

日子一  天    天     过  去,  他 再 也    混  不   下  去了.

(As time went by, he could live no longer.)

tā kào dāng yì shù jiā lái miǎn qiáng hùn kǒu fàn chī.

他  靠     当  艺   术  家 来     勉      强      混    口   饭    吃。

(He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.)

gōng zuò suǒ fù yǔ wǒ men de bù zhǐ shì hùn kǒu fàn chī.

   工     作    所 赋 予  我    们   的  不  止   是    混    口   饭   吃。

(Work does much more for us than just giving us a living.)

3.    pass for; pass off as

yú mù hùn zhū

鱼   目   混    珠(pass off fish eyes as [for] pearls)

zhè lǐ mài de zhū bǎo shǒu shì zhēn wěi chōng chì, yú

 这  里 卖   的   珠   宝     首     饰    真     伪      充      斥,  鱼

mù hùn zhū de liè zhì pǐn bù shǎo.

 目    混   珠   的 劣  质   品   不    少。

(Some Jewelry selling here are true, and some are false, and there are a lot of bad quality jewelry.)

4.    get along with sb.

wǒ tóng tā men hùn de tǐng shú de.

 我   同    他   们    混   得   挺    熟   的。

(I am quite familiar with them.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè xiè!

谢 谢 ! (Thanks!)

xià cì jiàn

下 次 见!  (See you next time!)