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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 2 · Chapter 34

你说得对 You're right

Nǐ shuō de duì

Wei Dong (university lecturer) evaluates Fang Hong's work. Vocab: 对 / 错 / 看法 / 意见 / 同意 / 反对 / 想法 / 主意 / 分析 / 我看. Introduces Wei Dong (mentor figure). Phrase-type meta-lesson continuation.

Dialogue

卫东老师来了 — Teacher Wei Dong is here

黄安卫wèi东dōng! 真zhēn高gāo兴xìng你nǐ能néng来lái. 这zhè是shì方fāng红hóng, 我wǒ们men公gōng司sī的de新xīn同tóng事shì. Wei Dong! So glad you came. This is Fang Hong, our new colleague.
卫东方fāng红hóng你nǐ好hǎo. 黄huáng安ān一yì直zhí跟gēn我wǒ说shuō你nǐ的de事shì. Hi Fang Hong. Huang An always tells me about you.
方红卫wèi东dōng老lǎo师shī好hǎo. 我wǒ做zuò了le一yí个gè分fēn析xī报bào告gào, 您nín能néng看kàn一yí下xià吗ma? Teacher Wei, hi. I made an analysis report — can you take a look?
卫东可kě以yǐ. 让ràng我wǒ看kàn看kàn. Of course. Let me see.
方红我wǒ的de分fēn析xī对duì不bu对duì? Is my analysis right?
卫东你nǐ说shuō得dé对duì. 看kàn法fǎ不bú错cuò. 我wǒ看kàn, 主zhǔ要yào的de想xiǎng法fǎ都dōu对duì. You're right. Good viewpoint. The way I see it, the main ideas are correct.

Dialogue

我有一个意见 — I have an opinion

卫东方fāng红hóng, 我wǒ有yǒu一yí个gè意yì见jiàn. 这zhè一yí段duàn你nǐ写xiě得dé不bú太tài对duì. Fang Hong, one comment. This paragraph isn't quite right.
方红哪nǎ里lǐ不bú对duì? Where is it wrong?
卫东这zhè里lǐ. 你nǐ说shuō"上shàng个gè月yuè公gōng司sī很hěn忙máng". 我wǒ看kàn, "上shàng个gè月yuè"应yīng该gāi写xiě"这zhè个ge月yuè". Here. You wrote 'last month the company was busy.' The way I see it, it should be 'this month'.
方红啊a, 是shì的de, 我wǒ看kàn错cuò了le. Oh, yes — I misread it.
黄安别bié难nán过guò. 第dì一yī次cì写xiě报bào告gào都dōu这zhè样yàng. Don't feel bad. Everyone makes mistakes their first time.
卫东你nǐ的de想xiǎng法fǎ都dōu对duì, 写xiě的de字zì改gǎi一yí下xià就jiù好hǎo. Your ideas are all correct — just fix the writing.

Dialogue

谢谢您的意见 — Thank you for your comment

方红谢xiè谢xiè您nín的de意yì见jiàn. 我wǒ学xué了le很hěn多duō. Thanks for your comment. I learned a lot.
卫东别bié客kè气qì. 我wǒ看kàn, 你nǐ以yǐ后hòu会huì做zuò得dé很hěn好hǎo. Don't mention it. I think you'll do well later.
黄安我wǒ也yě是shì这zhè样yàng想xiǎng的de. 方fāng红hóng有yǒu好hǎo的de想xiǎng法fǎ. I think so too. Fang Hong has good ideas.
方红我wǒ先xiān去qù改gǎi一yí下xià, 然rán后hòu再zài来lái看kàn您nín, 好hǎo吗ma? I'll fix it first, then come back to see you?
卫东好hǎo. 改gǎi完wán就jiù给gěi我wǒ. Good. When done, send it to me.
方红一yí会huì儿er见jiàn. 谢xiè谢xiè! See you soon. Thanks!

Vocabulary

对duì: adjective right; correct (Level 1 revisit, opinion sense)
错cuò: adjective wrong (Bk2 revisit; opinion sense)
看kàn法fǎ: noun viewpoint; opinion
意yì见jiàn: noun opinion (formal)
同tóng意yì: verb agree
反fǎn对duì: verb oppose; disagree
想xiǎng法fǎ: noun idea; thought
主zhǔ意yì: noun idea; plan
分fēn析xī: v./n. analyze
我wǒ看kàn: expression "the way I see it" — opinion opener
卫wèi东dōng: pn. Wei Dong (persona — 42, university lecturer)

New characters

析: analyze (in 分析)
分析 fēnxī — analyze
法: method; law (in 看法 / 想法 / 方法)
看法 kànfǎ — viewpoint; opinion想法 xiǎngfǎ — idea; thought语法 yǔfǎ — grammar
段
改gǎi: change; revise
反: oppose; reverse (in 反对)
反对 fǎnduì — oppose; disagree

Hanzi — writing & recognition

法

fǎ method; law (in 看法 / 想法 / 方法) Writing

8 strokes left-right radical 氵

Phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water radical) + 去 (qù, phonetic). Original sense: "the regular flow of water = standard / method." Modern: 方法 (method), 看法 (viewpoint, this chapter), 想法 (idea). The 氵 cluster expands.

见

jiàn see (Level 1 revisit; in 意见 / 见面) Writing

4 strokes standalone

反

fǎn oppose; reverse (in 反对) Writing

4 strokes standalone

Modern: "oppose / reverse / on the contrary." Anchors 反对 (oppose, this chapter), 反复 (repeated). Pairs with 对 to form contrast.

析

xī analyze (in 分析) Writing

8 strokes left-right radical 木

Compound: 木 (wood) + 斤 (axe). Original sense: "splitting wood with an axe." Extended: "to break apart, analyze." Anchors 分析 (analyze).

看

kàn see (Level 1 revisit; in 看法) Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

想

xiǎng think (Level 1 revisit; in 想法) Recognition

13 strokes top-bottom radical 心

主

zhǔ main (in 主意 / 主要) Recognition

5 strokes standalone

意

yì meaning; intention (Bk1 / Bk2 revisit; in 意见 / 意思 / 主意) Recognition

13 strokes top-bottom radical 心

议

yì discuss (revisit ch3) Recognition

5 strokes left-right radical 讠

Grammar

Adjective phrases and other phrase types

Explanation

Ch2 introduced noun, verb, and adjective phrases. This chapter adds: (1) "不一会儿" (一会儿 in negative form) — a time phrase meaning "before long / shortly." Example: 不一会儿他就来了 ("Before long, he arrived"). (2) "什么的" — listing phrase, like English "and so on / etc." Example: 我喜欢看书, 听音乐什么的 ("I like reading, listening to music, etc."). (3) Adjective-phrase expansions: 不太 X / 非常 X / 真 X — modifiers stacked. These small phrases are the building blocks of natural-sounding Chinese.

Examples

你说得对. You're right.
我有一个想法, 我看不对. I have an idea — I think it's not right.
我喜欢看书, 听音乐什么的. I like reading, listening to music, and so on.
不一会儿, 谢平就来了. Before long, Xie Ping arrived.

Pronunciation

看法 / 想法 / 意见 — 意见类词的重音 Stress in opinion compounds

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