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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 44

我的爱好 My hobbies

Wǒ de àihào

林雪 and 小红 share hobbies. Teaches 比起 X 来说 (compared to X) and 对 X 来说 (as for X).

Dialogue

比起跑步, 我更爱看书 — Books over running

小红林lín雪xuě, 你nǐ周zhōu末mò的de爱ài好hào是shì什shén么me? Lin Xue, what's your weekend hobby?
林雪比bǐ起qǐ运yùn动dòng, 我wǒ更gèng爱ài看kàn书shū. 一yí个gè人rén安ān静jìng地dì看kàn小xiǎo说shuō. Compared to sport, I prefer reading — a novel, in quiet.
小红比bǐ起qǐ茶chá, 你nǐ更gèng爱ài咖kā啡fēi, 对duì吧ba? You prefer coffee over tea, right?
林雪是shì. 我wǒ比bǐ起qǐ茶chá更gèng爱ài喝hē咖kā啡fēi. Yes — I prefer coffee to tea.
小红比bǐ起qǐ小xiǎo说shuō, 我wǒ更gèng爱ài画huà画huà. I prefer drawing to novels.
林雪画huà画huà很hěn有yǒu意yì思sī. 未wèi来lái我wǒ也yě想xiǎng多duō画huà. 周zhōu末mò一yì起qǐ去qù公gōng园yuán画huà吧ba. Drawing is fun. In future I'd like to draw more too. Let's do the park this weekend.

Dialogue

对我来说, 音乐最重要 — For me, music is everything

林雪对duì我wǒ来lái说shuō, 安ān静jìng的de时shí间jiān最zuì重zhòng要yào. For me, quiet time matters most.
小红对duì我wǒ来lái说shuō, 听tīng音yīn乐yuè才cái让ràng我wǒ休xiū息xi. For me, only music lets me rest.
林雪对duì一yí个gè忙máng人rén来lái说shuō, 一yì杯bēi咖kā啡fēi可kě能néng就jiù是shì最zuì好hǎo的de休xiū息xi. For a busy person, a coffee can be the best rest.
小红对duì我wǒ来lái说shuō, 看kàn书shū也yě是shì这zhè样yàng. For me, reading works the same way.
林雪对duì我wǒ们men这zhè种zhǒng人rén来lái说shuō, 爱ài好hào就jiù是shì生shēng活huó. For people like us, hobbies are life.
小红说shuō得dé对duì! Well said!

Vocabulary

爱ài好hào: noun hobby
比bǐ起qǐ: preposition compared with
对duì...来lái说shuō: preposition as for X
看kàn书shū: verb read books (recall Bk1)
画huà画huà: verb draw; paint
听tīng音yīn乐yuè: verb listen to music (recall Bk1)
咖kā啡fēi: noun coffee (recall Bk1)
茶chá: noun tea (recall Bk1)
喝hē: verb drink (recall Bk1)
小xiǎo说shuō: noun novel
有yǒu意yì思sī: adjective interesting (recall Bk1)
安ān静jìng: adjective quiet (recall ch04)
周zhōu末mò: noun weekend (recall Bk2)
更gèng: adverb even more (recall ch07)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
小xiǎo红hóng: pn. Xiao Hong (persona — recall ch21)

New characters

画: paint; draw
画画 huà huà — draw; paint

Hanzi — writing & recognition

爱

ài love (recall Bk1) Writing

10 strokes top-bottom

好

hào fond of (in 爱好) (recall Bk1) Writing

6 strokes left-right

画

huà paint; draw Recognition

8 strokes enclosure

说

shuō speak; say (in 小说) (recall Bk1) Recognition

9 strokes left-right

乐

lè happy; music (in 音乐) (recall Bk1) Recognition

5 strokes single

Grammar

Degree adverbs: 比较 / 更加 / 相当 (三12, reuse)

Explanation

Revisits ch07's three degree adverbs, handy for hobbies: 比较 = fairly (画画比较安静). 更加 = even more (比起看电视, 我更加喜欢看书). 相当 = quite/very, written-leaning (这个爱好相当有意思). All before an adjective or psych-verb.

Examples

这个爱好相当有意思. This hobby is quite interesting.
比起看电视, 我更加喜欢看书. Compared to TV, I prefer reading even more.
画画比较安静. Drawing is fairly quiet.
听音乐让我更加舒服. Listening to music makes me feel even better.

Grammar

对 X 来说 — "as for X / from X's perspective"

Explanation

Grammar-01: 比起 X (contrast). `对 X 来说` reframes X as the perspective / topic: "from X's point of view, …". 对我来说, 安静的时间最重要. X is usually a person or group (我 / 学生们 / 大家), occasionally a context (对今天来说). Followed by an evaluative clause. Not a comparison.

Examples

对duì我wǒ来lái说shuō, 安ān静jìng的de时shí间jiān最zuì重zhòng要yào. For me, quiet time matters most.
对学生来说, 考试很重要. For students, exams matter.
对一个忙人来说, 一杯咖啡就是最好的休息. For a busy person, a coffee is the best rest.
对今天的我们来说, 健康最重要. For us today, health matters most.

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