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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 38

一边看一边吃 Reading while eating

Yìbiān kàn yìbiān chī

Reading while eating chapter.

Dialogue

一边看一边吃 — Reading while eating

小白友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ在zài做zuò什shén么me? What are you doing?
友天我wǒ一yì边biān看kàn书shū一yì边biān吃chī饭fàn. Reading and eating.
小白不bú太tài好hǎo吧ba? Not great?
友天没méi事shì. 我wǒ也yě一yì边biān听tīng歌gē. No problem. Listening to music too.
小白太tài忙máng了le! Too busy!

Vocabulary

一yì边biān: expression on one side / while
也yě: adverb also (revisit Bk1)

New characters

歌gē: song
唱歌 chàng gē — sing (a song) — separable verb

Hanzi — writing & recognition

Grammar

复合句 — 一边 X 一边 Y

Explanation

一边 + V₁ + 一边 + V₂ = doing X and Y at the same time. 例: 一边看书一边吃饭. 注意: 同主语. 不能用于不能同时的动作.

Examples

友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ在zài做zuò什shén么me? What are you doing?

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