Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 32
北京比这儿冷Beijing is colder than here
Compare two things with 比 and 没有, and talk about the weather in the north and the south.
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北京比这儿冷— Beijing is colder than here
- 朋月北京比这儿冷吗?Is Beijing colder than here?
- 友天是的. 北京比这儿冷.Yes. Beijing is colder than here.
- 朋月北方都比南方冷吗?Is the north always colder?
- 友天是. 不过天气好的时候不冷.Yes. But when the weather's nice, not cold.
- 朋月你没有我冷. 你的衣服多.You're not as cold as me. You've got more clothes on.
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我家在南边— My home is in the south
- 小白朋月, 你家在北边吗?Peng Yue, is your home in the north?
- 朋月不是, 我家在南边. 那个地方比这儿热.No, it's in the south. That place is hotter than here.
- 小白我家在东边, 友天家在西边.My home is in the east, and You Tian's is in the west.
- 小白那儿的水果比这儿多吗?Is there more fruit there than here?
- 朋月多! 也比这儿的好.Yes! And it's better than the fruit here.
- 小白我喜欢吃水果. 我想去那儿!I like fruit. I want to go there!
- 朋月好! 南方没有北方冷, 你来吧!Great! The south isn't as cold as the north, so come!
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- 比
prepositionthan (in comparisons)
- 一样
adjectivesame
- 更
adverbeven more
- 北方
nounnorth
- 南方
nounsouth
- 朋月
pn.Peng Yue
- 北边
nounnorth side
- 南边
nounsouth side
- 地方
nounplace
- 东边
nounthe east
- 西边
nounthe west
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- 比
compare
比较 bǐjiào — relatively; compare比起来 bǐ qǐlái — comparing to比起 bǐ qǐ — compared with- 方
square; direction; method
北方 běifāng — north南方 nánfāng — south方向 fāngxiàng — direction- 南
south
南方 nánfāng — south- 样
(in 一样 = same)
一样 yíyàng — same不一样 bù yíyàng — different这样 zhèyàng — like this- 更
even more (intensifier in 比 sentences)
更加 gèngjiā — even more (stronger / more formal form of 更)
Hanzi — writing & recognition
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bǐcompareWriting
běinorthRecognition
nánsouthRecognition
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Comparing: A 比 B + adjective
Explanation
To say A is more something than B, put 比 between them and the adjective after: 北京比这儿冷 (Beijing is colder than here). The adjective stays bare: no 很. To say A is not as something as B, use 没有: 你没有我冷 (you're not as cold as me).
Examples
- 北京比这儿冷.Beijing is colder than here.
- 今天比昨天热.Today is hotter than yesterday.
- 我比你高.I'm taller than you.
- 这儿没有北京冷.It's not as cold here as in Beijing.
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East, south, west, north + 边
Explanation
The four directions are 东, 南, 西 and 北. Add 边 and each one becomes a place: 东边, 南边, 西边, 北边. To say where something is, use 在: 我家在南边 (my home is in the south). To say what's there, use 有: 北边有山 (there are mountains in the north).
Examples
- 我家在南边.My home is in the south.
- 学校在东边.The school is in the east.
- 北边有山.There are mountains in the north.
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