New HSK 3 Lesson 1 Grammar 3 Multiple Attributives

In Chinese, we can use several words or phrases to describe the same noun. Remember: Descriptions come before the noun.

TIME/LOCATION → ACTION/STATE → DESCRIPTION → NOUN

漂亮的女孩

piàoliang de nǚhái

a pretty girl / una chica guapa

穿红衣服的女孩

chuān hóng yīfu de nǚhái

the girl wearing red clothes / la chica que lleva ropa roja

 

昨天穿红衣服的漂亮女孩

zuótiān chuān hóng yīfu de piàoliang nǚhái

the pretty girl who wore red clothes yesterday / 

la chica guapa que ayer llevaba ropa roja

New HSK 3 Lesson 1 Review Activity

以为 [ yǐwéi ]	像 [ xiàng ]
长 [ zhǎng ]	身高 [ shēngāo ]
米 [ mǐ ]	瘦 [ shòu ]
接 [ jiē ]	行李 [ xíngli ]
丢 [ diū ]	箱子 [ xiāngzi ]
号码 [ hàomǎ ]	好像 [ hǎoxiàng ]
重要 [ zhòngyào ]	着急 [ zháojí ]
护照 [ hùzhào ]	服务台 [ fúwùtái ]
应该 [ yīnggāi ]	站 [ zhàn ]
中间 [ zhōngjiān ]	短 [ duǎn ]
头发 [ tóufa ]	年轻 [ niánqīng ]
发现 [ fāxiàn ]	不见 [ bújiàn ]
带 [ dài ]	帮助 [ bāngzhù ]
照片 [ zhàopiàn ]

New HSK 3 Lesson 3 Grammar 1 看上去 / 看起来

看上去 / 看起来 describe the appearance or condition of a person or an object.

New HSK 3 Lesson 1 Grammar 2 Non-Interrogative Use of Interrogative Pronouns (1)

In Chinese, interrogative pronouns (who, what, where, when, etc.) are not always used to ask questions. Sometimes they are used in statements to express “whatever / whoever / wherever / someone / somewhere…” meanings.

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1. Wǒ hǎoxiàng zài nǎr kàndàoguò zhège xiāngzi.

I seem at somewhere to have seen this suitcase.

2. Nǐ chī diǎnr shénme zài zǒu ba.

You eat a little bit of something then leave (suggestion).

3. Wǒmen nǎ tiān yìqǐ qù tī zúqiú ba.

We someday together go to play football (suggestion).