{"id":10720,"date":"2019-11-15T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-031-to-blow-to-rain-to-snow\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:36:01","slug":"lesson-031-to-blow-to-rain-to-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-031-to-blow-to-rain-to-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 031 To Blow, To Rain, To Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in o<\/em>nly five minutes a day. Hi everyone, Welcome to this edition of Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(zaoshang hao). And I’m Cam. You know Yajie, I’m planning a trip to Chicago in the United States.  Its nickname is the “windy city”.  How do I say “windy” in Chinese?
Yajie: Just listen up!<\/p>\n

***************Key words of the day<\/strong>
Today we’ll co<\/em>ntinue talking a<\/em>bout the weather. \u522e\u98ce, to blow. \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce\u3002It’s often windy during the spring in Beijing. \u4e0b\u96e8, to rain. \u4e0b\u96ea, to snow. All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: \u522e, g-u-a, the first tone, means blow.
Cam: \u522e(gu\u0101).
Yajie: \u98ce, feng, the first tone, wind.
Cam: \u98ce (f\u0113ng).
Yajie: \u522e\u98ce.
Cam: \u522e\u98ce(gu\u0101 f\u0113ng).
Yajie: So in Chinese “Today it’s windy” is \u4eca\u5929\u522e\u98ce\u3002
Cam: \u4eca\u5929\u522e\u98ce (j\u012bnti\u0101n gu\u0101f\u0113ng).
Yajie: It’s often windy in Beijing during the spring.. \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce\u3002
Cam: \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce (ch\u016bnti\u0101n B\u011bij\u012bng j\u012bngcháng gu\u0101f\u0113ng).
Yajie: \u6625\u5929 means spring. And summer is \u590f\u5929(xiàti\u0101n), ,fall is \u79cb\u5929and winter is\u51ac\u5929(d\u014dngtia\u0101n)
Cam: chun tian, xia tian, qiu tian, dong tian.
Yajie: Very good. \u7ecf\u5e38means often.
Cam: \u7ecf\u5e38 (j\u012bngcháng).
Yajie: Could you read with me again the phrase\u522e\u98ce (gu\u0101f\u0113ng)?
Cam: Sure, \u522e\u98ce (gu\u0101f\u0113ng).<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (1)<\/p>\n

Yajie: In recent years it’s becoming hotter and hotter in the summer of Shanghai, and it rains a lot there. So in Chinese we say, \u590f\u5929\u4e0a\u6d77\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002
Cam: \u590f\u5929\u4e0a\u6d77\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8 (xiàti\u0101n Shàngh\u01cei j\u012bngchaáng xià y\u01d4)\u3002
Yajie: \u7ecf\u5e38 means often.
Cam: \u7ecf\u5e38 (j\u012bngcháng).
Yajie: \u4e0b\u96e8means to rain.
Cam: \u4e0b\u96e8 (xià y\u01d4).
Yajie: \u4e0b, x-i-a, the fourth tone, to fall.
Cam: \u4e0b(xià). And \u96e8 is rain, yes?
Yajie: Right.<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (2)<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u96ea, x-u-e, the third tone.
Cam: \u96ea(xu\u011b).
Yajie: We just learned\u4e0b\u96e8,which means to rain. Can you guess how to say, today it’s snowing?
Cam: Well, I think it should be \u4eca\u5929\u4e0b\u96ea, because the snow is also falling down from the sky, just like the rain. Am I right?
Yajie: yes, very des<\/em>criptive. For example, \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea\u3002It snows heavily in Harbin in the winter.
Cam: \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea (H\u0101érb\u012bn de d\u014dngti\u0101n xià h\u011bn dà de xu\u011b)\u3002
Yajie: \u5f88\u5927. \u5f88, h-e-n, third tone means very.
Cam: \u5f88(h\u011bn).
Yajie: \u5927, d-a, the fourth tone, big or large. 
Cam: \u5927 (dà).
Yajie:\u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea\u3002It snows heavily in Harbin in the winter.
Cam: \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea (H\u0101érb\u012bn de d\u014dngti\u0101n xià h\u011bn dà de xu\u011b)\u3002<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (3)<\/p>\n

***************Key words reminder
\u522e\u98ce, to blow. \u6625\u5929\u5317\u4eac\u7ecf\u5e38\u522e\u98ce\u3002It’s often windy during the spring in Beijing. \u4e0b\u96e8, to rain. \u4e0a\u6d77\u590f\u5929\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8\u3002It rains a lot during the summer in Shanghai. \u4e0b\u96ea, to snow. \u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\u51ac\u5929\u4e0b\u5f88\u5927\u7684\u96ea\u3002It snows heavily in Harbin in the winter. <\/div>\n