{"id":16240,"date":"2019-11-07T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-021-nbsp-i-wish-you-good-health\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:13:29","slug":"lesson-021-nbsp-i-wish-you-good-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-021-nbsp-i-wish-you-good-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 021&nbsp; I Wish You Good Health!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/res.hjfile.cn\/pt\/vendor\/hjplayer.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>HJPlayer.init(\"hjptype=song&player=1&son=https:\/\/f1.w.hjfile.cn\/file\/201107\/lesson021.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>  \tCam: Hi, everyone, I&rsquo;m Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, have you bought a present yet for Louis?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s his birthday tomorrow.<br \/>  \tYajie: No, not yet!&nbsp;<br \/>  \tCam: I got him something&hellip; but I need to learn how to say Happy Birthday in Chinese when I see him tomorrow.<br \/>  \tYajie:&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll teach you.&nbsp; Today we can learn some expression of congratulations when somebody is celebrating a birthday.&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s check Key Words of the Day.&nbsp;<br \/>  \t<strong>************Key words of the day<\/strong><br \/>  \tToday we&rsquo;ll expressions of congratulating someone when he\/she is celebrating a birthday. \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01Happy Birthday! \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u6d3b\u5e78\u798f\u7f8e\u6ee1\uff01\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01 All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.\u3000<br \/>  \t***********<br \/>  \tCam: In English we say happy birthday when attending a birthday party. How to say this in Chinese?<br \/>  \tYajie: We say&nbsp; &ldquo;\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01&rdquo;<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50!<br \/>  \tYajie: Right. &ldquo;\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01&rdquo;&nbsp; Is how we would wish somebody a happy birthday. \u795d\u4f60 is used to express good wishes, sometimes with the implication of &ldquo;congratulating in advance&rdquo;. \u795d,&nbsp; zh&ugrave;, the forth tone. It means offering good wishes. \u4f60, means you. \u795d\u4f60 together means I wish you&hellip;.<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60 (zh&ugrave; n\u01d0).<br \/>  \tYajie: \u751f\u65e5 is birthday. \u751f, sh\u0113ng, the first tone. \u751f, to give birth to.<br \/>  \tCam: \u751f (sh\u0113ng). \u65e5 (r&igrave;), we learned it during last week. It means the day, the forth tone. \u65e5(r&igrave;). And \u661f\u671f\u65e5(X\u012bngq\u012b r&igrave;) is Sunday.<br \/>  \tYajie: Absolutely right! Well, Cam, you have a sound memory.<br \/>  \tCam: Xie xie.<br \/>  \tYajie: \u5feb\u4e50 means happy. \u5feb, k-u-a-i, ku&agrave;i, the fourth tone. \u4e50, l-e, l&egrave;, also the fourth tone. Together it&rsquo;s\u5feb\u4e50(ku&agrave;i l&egrave;).<br \/>  \tCam: \u5feb\u4e50(ku&agrave;i l&egrave;). \u6211\u5f88\u5feb\u4e50 (w\u01d2 h\u011bn ku&agrave;i l&egrave;)\u3002I&rsquo;m very happy. \u4f60\u5feb\u4e50\u5417\uff1f(n\u01d0 ku&agrave;i l&egrave;ma?)<br \/>  \tYajie: \u6211\u4e5f\u5f88\u5feb\u4e50 (w\u01d2 y\u011b h\u011bn ku&agrave;i l&egrave;)\u3002I&rsquo;m happy too.<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie: Cam, how do you think you would respond if somebody said zhu ni sheng ri kuai le?<br \/>  \tCam: Could I say:&nbsp; xie xie?<br \/>  \tYajie: Yes, that&rsquo;s right.&nbsp; Sometimes people just say \u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50 for short.<br \/>  \tCam: Ok, this sounds reasonable, because&nbsp; \u795d\u4f60 means wishing you&hellip;.&nbsp; In English, we say Happy Birthday for short instead of Happy Birthday to you.&nbsp; When wishing somebody a happy birthday, it&rsquo;s not necessary to specify the person.&nbsp; So it&rsquo;s the same as Chinese.&nbsp; There is no need to say\u795d\u4f60(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0).<br \/>  \tYajie: You got it. Besides\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50, there are other relevant expressions. For example, you can say\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7 which means &ldquo;I wish you good health&rdquo;&nbsp; \u8eab\u4f53is body. \u8eab, s-h-e-n, sh\u0113n, the first tone; \u4f53, t-i, t\u01d0, the third tone.<br \/>  \tCam: \u8eab\u4f53, sh\u0113n t\u01d0.<br \/>  \tYajie: And \u5065\u5eb7 means fine, or healthy. \u5065, ji&agrave;n, the forth tone; \u5eb7, k-a-ng-, k\u0101ng, the first tone.<br \/>  \tCam: \u5065\u5eb7 (ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng).<br \/>  \tYajie: Together you can say\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113nt\u01d0 ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng).<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7(zh&ugrave; n\u01d0 sh\u0113nt\u01d0 ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng).<\/p>\n<p>  \t**********Key words reminder<br \/>  \tToday we&rsquo;ve learned three different expressions to wish someone a happy birthday \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01Happy Birthday! \u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01I wish you good health!<br \/>  \t***********<br \/>  \tYajie: If an senior person is having a birthday, you could say:&nbsp; \u795d\u60a8\u5065\u5eb7\u957f\u5bff\uff01<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u60a8\u5065\u5eb7\u957f\u5bff\uff01(zh&ugrave; n&iacute;n ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng ch&aacute;ngsh&ograve;u!)<br \/>  \tYajie: Yes, \u957f\u5bff means longevity. I wish you good health and a long life. \u795d\u60a8\u5065\u5eb7\u957f\u5bff\uff01You can say this to your grandparents!<br \/>  \tCam: \u795d\u60a8\u5065\u5eb7\u957f\u5bff\uff01(zh&ugrave; n&iacute;n ji&agrave;nk\u0101ng ch&aacute;ngsh&ograve;u!)&nbsp; You can also say this if somebody is not having a party, right?<br \/>  \tYajie: Yes, very good!&nbsp; Well, class is over for this time. Don&rsquo;t forget you can win a gift by answering the question of the day in Chinese: what will you say to a Chinese friend on his\/her birthday?<br \/>  \tCam: You can send us questions or comments to Chinese@crifm.com.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s Chinese@crifm.com.&nbsp; Or you can visit us on our website at en.chinabroadcast.cn. Click learn Chinese, where you can enjoy other free Chinese-learning programs.<br \/>  \tYajie: Well class is over. \u518d\u89c1!<br \/>  \tCam: \u518d\u89c1!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Zhao Pingping)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1611086207\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>\n  \tCam: Hi, everyone, I&rsquo;m Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, have you bought a present yet for Louis?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s his birthday tomorrow.<br \/>\n  \tYajie: No, not yet!&nbsp;<br \/>\n  \tCam: I got him something&hellip; but I need to learn how to say Happy Birthday in Chinese when I see him tomorrow.<br \/>\n  \tYajie:&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll teach you.&nbsp; Today we can learn some expression of congratulations when somebody is celebrating a birthday.&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s check Key Words of the Day.&nbsp;<br \/>\n  \t************Key words of the day<br \/>\n  \tToday we&rsquo;ll expressions of congratulating someone when he\/she is celebrating a birthday. \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01Happy Birthday! \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u6d3b\u5e78\u798f\u7f8e\u6ee1\uff01\u795d\u4f60\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff01 All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.\u3000<br \/>\n  \t***********<br \/>\n  \tCam: In English we say happy birthday when attending a birthday party. How to say this in Chinese?<br \/>\n  \tYajie: We say&nbsp; &ldquo;\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01&rdquo;<br \/>\n  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50!<br \/>\n  \tYajie: Right. &ldquo;\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01&rdquo;&nbsp; Is how we would wish somebody a happy birthday. \u795d\u4f60 is used to express good wishes, sometimes with the implication of &ldquo;congratulating in advance&rdquo;. \u795d,&nbsp; zh&ugrave;, the forth tone. It means offering good wishes. \u4f60, means you. \u795d\u4f60 together means I wish you&hellip;.<br \/>\n  \tCam: \u795d\u4f60 (zh&ugrave; n\u01d0).<br \/>\n  \tYajie: \u751f\u65e5 is birthday. \u751f, sh\u0113ng, the first tone. \u751f, to give birth to.<br \/>\n  \tCam: \u751f (sh\u0113ng). \u65e5 (r&igrave;), we learned it during last week. It means the day, the forth tone. \u65e5(r&igrave;). And \u661f\u671f\u65e5(X\u012bngq\u012b r&igrave;) is Sunday.<br \/>\n  \tYajie: Absolutely right! Well, Cam, you have a sound memory.<br \/>\n  \tCam: Xie xie.<br \/>\n  \tYajie: \u5feb\u4e50 means happy. \u5feb, k-u-a-i, ku&agrave;i, the fourth tone. \u4e50, l-e, l&egrave;, also the fourth tone. Together it&rsquo;s\u5feb\u4e50(ku&agrave;i l&egrave;).<br \/>\n  \tCam: \u5feb\u4e50(ku&agrave;i l&egrave;). \u6211\u5f88\u5feb\u4e50 (w\u01d2 h\u011bn ku&agrave;i l&egrave;)\u3002I&rsquo;m very happy. \u4f60\u5feb\u4e50\u5417\uff1f(n\u01d0 ku&agrave;i l&egrave;ma?)<br \/>\n  \tYajie: \u6211\u4e5f\u5f88\u5feb\u4e50 (w\u01d2 y\u011b h\u011bn ku&agrave;i l&egrave;)\u3002I&rsquo;m happy too.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[98,150,1385],"class_list":["post-16240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-examination","tag-chinese-studio","tag-learn-chinese","tag-teach-you"],"views":157,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}