{"id":1884,"date":"2019-01-14T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2019-01-14T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:19:02","slug":"basic-spoken-chinese-lesson-3-%e8%af%b7-qing-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/basic-spoken-chinese-lesson-3-%e8%af%b7-qing-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Spoken Chinese \u2013 Lesson 3: \u8bf7 q\u01d0ng, \u201cplease\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen and download Lesson 3 of Basic Spoken Chinese<\/h2>\n

Basic Spoken Chinese – Lesson 3: \u8bf7 q\u01d0ng, \u201cplease\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Literally:\n<\/strong>\u201cplease\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usage:\n<\/strong>Similar to English \u201cplease\u201d. Usually goes at the\nbeginning of a sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) \u8bf7\u8fdb\uff0c\u8bf7\u5750\uff0c\u8bf7\u559d\u8336\u3002
Q\u01d0ng j\u00ecn, q\u01d0ng zu\u00f2, q\u01d0ng h\u0113 ch\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please come in. Please take a seat. Please\nhave some tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) \u8bf7\u60a8\u6392\u961f\u597d\u5417\uff1f
Q\u01d0ng n\u00edn p\u00e1idu\u00ec h\u01ceo ma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please line up, OK?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) \u8bf7\u6ce8\u610f\u5b89\u5168\u3002
Q\u01d0ng zh\u00f9y\u00ec \u0101nqu\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please be safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New\nwords:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8bf7 q\u01d0ng\n(interj.): <\/strong>please e.g. \u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49 q\u01d0ng\nsh\u0101o d\u011bng (\u201cplease wait a moment\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8fdb j\u00ecn\n(v.): <\/strong>to enter; to go in e.g. \u4ed6\u8fdb\u4e86\u623f\u95f4 t\u0101 j\u00ecn le f\u00e1ngji\u0101n (\u201che entered the room\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5750 zu\u00f2\n(v.):<\/strong> to sit e.g. \u4ed6\u5750\u5728\u6c99\u53d1\u4e0a t\u0101\nzu\u00f2 z\u00e0i sh\u0101f\u0101 sh\u00e0ng (\u201che is sitting on the sofa\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u559d h\u0113\n(v.): <\/strong>to drink e.g. \u559d\u5496\u5561 h\u0113\nk\u0101f\u0113i (\u201cto drink coffee\u201d), \u559d\u6c64 h\u0113t\u0101ng (lit. \u201cto drink soup\u201d, e.g. \u201cto have soup\u201d), \u559d\u9189 h\u0113zu\u00ec (\u201cto be drunk\u201d), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8336 ch\u00e1\n(n.):<\/strong> tea e.g. \u7eff\u8336 l\u01dcch\u00e1\n(\u201cgreen tea\u201d), \u7ea2\u8336 h\u00f3ngch\u00e1 (lit. \u201cred tea\u201d, i.e. \u201cblack\ntea\u201d), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u60a8 n\u00edn\n(pron.):<\/strong> you (polite) \u60a8\u597d n\u00edn\nh\u01ceo (\u201chello\u201d), \u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u60a8\u65e9 l\u01ceosh\u012b, n\u00edn z\u01ceo (\u201cgood morning\nteacher\u201d), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6392\u961f p\u00e1idu\u00ec\n(v.): <\/strong>to line up; to queue e.g. \u6392\u961f\u4e70\u7968 p\u00e1idu\u00ec m\u01ceipi\u00e0o (\u201cto queue to buy tickets\u201d), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6ce8\u610f zh\u00f9y\u00ec\n(v.):<\/strong> to pay attention (to) e.g. \u6ce8\u610f\u8eab\u4f53 zh\u00f9y\u00ec sh\u0113nt\u01d0 (lit. \u201cto pay attention to one\u2019s body\u201d, e.g. \u201cto look\nafter one\u2019s health\u201d), \u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u6ce8\u610f\u5979 w\u01d2 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u zh\u00f9y\u00ec t\u0101 (\u201cI\ndidn’t notice her\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5b89\u5168 \u0101nqu\u00e1n:<\/strong> 1. (adj.) safe \u4f4f\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\u5f88\u5b89\u5168 zh\u00f9 z\u00e0i zh\u00e8l\u01d0 h\u011bn \u0101nqu\u00e1n (\u201cliving here is very safe\u201d) 2. (n.) safety\n\u5b89\u5168\u7b2c\u4e00 \u0101nqu\u00e1n d\u00ec y\u012b (lit.\n\u201csafety number-one\u201d, i.e. \u201csafety comes first\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8bf7 q\u01d0ng can also be\nused as a verb meaning \u201cto treat someone\u201d, e.g. \u4eca\u5929\u665a\u4e0a\u6211\u8bf7\u4f60\u5403\u996d j\u012bnti\u0101n w\u01censhang w\u01d2 q\u01d0ng n\u01d0 ch\u012bf\u00e0n (\u201clet me treat you to dinner\ntonight\u201d). You can also use the verb \u8bf7\u95ee q\u01d0ngw\u00e8n when\npolitely asking a question, e.g. \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u53bb\u4eba\u6c11\u5e7f\u573a\u600e\u4e48\u8d70\uff1f q\u01d0ngw\u00e8n,\nq\u00f9 r\u00e9nm\u00edn gu\u01cengch\u01ceng z\u011bnme z\u01d2u? (\u201cexcuse me, how do I get to the People\u2019s\nSquare?\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listen and download Lesson 3 of Basic Spoken Chinese Basic Spoken Chinese – Lesson 3: \u8bf7 q\u01d0ng, \u201cplease\u201d Literally: \u201cplease\u201d. Usage: Similar to English \u201cplease\u201d. Usually goes at the beginning of a sentence. Examples: 1) \u8bf7\u8fdb\uff0c\u8bf7\u5750\uff0c\u8bf7\u559d\u8336\u3002Q\u01d0ng j\u00ecn, q\u01d0ng zu\u00f2, q\u01d0ng h\u0113 ch\u00e1. Please come in. Please take a seat. Please have some tea. 2) \u8bf7\u60a8\u6392\u961f\u597d\u5417\uff1fQ\u01d0ng […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[268,122,172,203,267,41,182],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-resources","tag-audio","tag-beginner","tag-chinese","tag-podcast","tag-resource","tag-spoken-chinese","tag-textbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}