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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 21

我喝水果茶I'll have fruit tea

Wǒ hē shuǐguǒ chá

Ordering drinks, the 杯 measure, 给 / 还要 / 不要.

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一杯水果茶— A cup of fruit tea

  1. 白月请qǐng来lái一yì杯bēi水shuǐ果guǒ茶chá.A cup of fruit tea, please.
  2. 大友好hǎo! 还hái要yào什shén么me?Sure! Anything else?
  3. 白月还hái要yào一yì杯bēi牛niú奶nǎi.Also a milk.
  4. 大友一yì杯bēi水shuǐ果guǒ茶chá, 一yì杯bēi牛niú奶nǎi. 都dōu要yào吗ma?One fruit tea, one milk. Both?
  5. 白月都dōu要yào. 谢xiè谢xiè!Both. Thanks!

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不要肉— No meat

  1. 大友文wén山shān, 你nǐ要yào肉ròu吗ma?Wen Shan, want meat?
  2. 文山不bú要yào肉ròu. 我wǒ要yào水shuǐ果guǒ.No meat. I want fruit.
  3. 大友好hǎo. 还hái要yào什shén么me?OK. Anything else?
  4. 文山还hái要yào一yì杯bēi水shuǐ. 谢xiè谢xiè!Also one water. Thanks!

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水shuǐ果guǒ茶chá

nounfruit tea

杯bēi

measure wordcup (measure)

一yì杯bēi

expressionone cup

还hái要yào

expressionalso want

不bú要yào

expressiondon't want

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请qǐng

please; invite (recall Bk1)

请假 qǐng jià — request leave

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杯

bēicupWriting

8 strokesleft-rightradical 木

茶

chátea (revisit)Recognition

9 strokestop-bottomradical 艹

还

háialso (revisit)Recognition

7 strokesenclosureradical 辶

要

yàowant (revisit)Recognition

9 strokestop-bottom

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Polite ordering — 请 / 还要 / 不要

Explanation

Ordering: 我要 X / 我想 X / 请来一杯 X. Adding more: 还要 X. Refusing: 不要 X.

Examples

  • 请qǐng来lái一yì杯bēi水shuǐ果guǒ茶chá.A cup of fruit tea, please.
  • 还hái要yào一yì杯bēi牛niú奶nǎi.And one milk.
  • 不要肉.No meat.
  • 我wǒ想xiǎng喝hē水shuǐ.I'd like water.

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轻声和 不/一 变调The Neutral Tone and 不/一 Sandhi

轻声 — The Neutral Tone

The neutral tone has no fixed pitch — it borrows its level from the preceding syllable. Neutral-tone syllables are short and light, with no tone mark in pinyin.

  • 谢谢 xièxie — Second 谢 is neutral.
  • 妈妈 māma — Second 妈 is neutral — as in the family words you know.
  • 什么 shénme — Second character 么 is neutral (known from ch3).
  • 你们 nǐmen — The 们 suffix is always neutral.

"不"的变调 — The 不 (bù) Sandhi

不 is normally a 4th-tone syllable (bù). But when followed by another 4th-tone syllable, it changes to 2nd tone (bú).

  • 不是 — Followed by 4th tone — sandhi applies.
  • 不对 — Followed by 4th tone — sandhi applies.
  • 不好 — Followed by 3rd tone — NO sandhi.

"一"的变调 — The 一 (yī) Sandhi

一 is normally 1st tone (yī). It STAYS 1st tone when counting or in dates. It becomes 2nd tone (yí) before a 4th-tone syllable. It becomes 4th tone (yì) before 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tone syllables.

  • 一
  • 一天
  • 一年
  • 一本
  • 一次

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