Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 13
你的书包真好看Your backpack looks really nice
Say something looks or sounds nice, and say really, too and most with 真, 太 and 最.
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真好看— Really nice
- 谢小文马小明, 你的书包真好看!Ma Xiaoming, your backpack is really nice!
- 马小明谢谢. 是新的.Thanks. It's new.
- 谢小文我的太老了. 不太好看.Mine's too old. Not very nice.
- 马小明哪儿老? 我看, 你的也好看.It's not old! I think yours looks nice too.
- 谢小文真的吗?Really?
- 马小明真的! 老的也好看.Really! Old can be nice too.
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太好听— So nice to listen to
- 大山马小明, 中国话太好听了!Ma Xiaoming, Chinese sounds so beautiful!
- 马小明是吗? 我觉得也好听.Yeah? I think so too.
- 大山高老师说话最好听!Teacher Gao speaks the most beautifully!
- 马小明你的汉语也很好听.Your Chinese sounds nice too.
- 大山我? 我说不太好.Me? I don't speak so well.
- 马小明真的! 你的汉语很好.Really! Your Chinese is good.
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- 真
adverbreally
- 太
adverbtoo (excessively)
- 最
adverbmost
- 高
adjectivetall; high
- 老
adjectiveold (people, things)
- 新
adjectivenew
- 多
adjectivemany; much
- 少
adjectivefew; little
- 好看
adjectivegood-looking
- 好听
adjectivenice to listen to
- 好玩儿
adjectivefun to play with
- 书包
nounbackpack; school bag
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- 新
new
新年 xīnnián — new year新闻 xīnwén — news重新 chóngxīn — anew- 话
(in 电话 = phone)
电话 diànhuà — phone打电话 dǎ diànhuà — make a call的话 de huà — "if X were the case…"- 最
most
最后 zuìhòu — finally; last最好 zuìhǎo — best to; preferably- 玩
(in 好玩儿)
好玩儿 hǎowánr — fun to play with
Hanzi — writing & recognition
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tàitoo (excessively)Writing
hěnvery (required degree adverb)Writing
Required degree-adverb filler before adjectives. 我很好 ≠ "I am VERY good"; just "I am good." Without 很, sounds incomplete.
gāotallWriting
lǎooldWriting
zhēnreallyRecognition
zuìmostRecognition
xīnnewRecognition
shǎofew; littleRecognition
tīnglistenRecognition
Grammar
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Adjective predicate — no 是, but 很
Explanation
Adjectives directly serve as predicates — NO 是 needed. BUT: a bare adjective requires a degree adverb (typically 很, even when "very" isn't meant). 我很好 (I am well — 很 is REQUIRED, doesn't literally mean "very"!). Without 很, the sentence sounds incomplete or contrastive. DEGREE adverbs: 真 (really), 太 (too / excessively), 最 (most). 真好 (really good), 太好 (too good / wonderful), 最好 (the best). NEGATION: 不 + adj. 不好 / 不太好 (not too good). KEY: NEVER say *是好 or *是高 — adjectives don't take 是.
Examples
- 你的书包真好看.Your backpack looks really nice.
- 中国菜太好吃了!Chinese food is so good!
- 我妹妹最高.My sister is the tallest.
- 我很好, 谢谢.I'm fine, thanks.
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的 with no noun after it
Explanation
When everyone knows what you're talking about, you can drop the noun after 的: 你的书包 becomes 你的 (yours). It works after an adjective too: 新的 (the new one), 老的 (the old one).
Examples
- 这是新的.This is a new one.
- 老的也好看.The old one looks nice too.
- 这个书包是我的.This backpack is mine.
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