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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 32

北京比家里冷 Beijing is colder than Shanghai

Běijīng bǐ jiā lǐ lěng

Beijing is colder than Shanghai chapter.

Dialogue

朋月北běi京jīng比bǐ家jiā里lǐ冷lěng吗ma? Is Beijing colder than Shanghai?
友天是shì的de. 北běi京jīng比bǐ家jiā里lǐ冷lěng. Yes. Beijing is colder.
朋月北běi方fāng都dōu比bǐ南nán方fāng冷lěng吗ma? Is the north always colder?
友天是shì. 不bú过guò天tiān气qì好hǎo的de时shí候hòu不bù冷lěng. Yes. But when the weather's nice, not cold.
朋月我wǒ没méi有yǒu你nǐ冷lěng. 你nǐ的de衣yī服fu多duō. I'm not as cold as you. You're bundled up.

Vocabulary

New characters

比bǐ: compare
比较 bǐjiào — relatively; compare比起来 bǐ qǐlái — comparing to比起 bǐ qǐ — compared with
方: square; direction; method (in 方向, 北方 ch4 revisit)
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 (Bk1 revisit)
更gèng: even more (intensifier in 比 sentences)
更加 gèngjiā — even more (stronger / more formal form of 更)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

比

bǐ compare Writing

4 strokes left-right

北

běi north (revisit Bk1) Recognition

5 strokes left-right

南

nán south Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

Grammar

Explanation

A 比 B + adj = A is more adj than B. 例: 北京比家里冷. 加数量: A 比 B + adj + 一点 / 多了. 否定: A 没有 B + adj.

Examples

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