{"id":10798,"date":"2019-11-18T22:20:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-118-sports-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:20:03","slug":"lesson-118-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-118-sports-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 118 &#8211; Sports (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Yajie:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in o<em><\/em>nly  five minutes a day.&nbsp; Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio  International.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>  Chris:&nbsp; And wo shi Chris.&nbsp; We are talking a<em><\/em>bout sports this week Yajie, a topic that I love a lot.<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; That&rsquo;s good to know, Chris. Today, we are going to co<em><\/em>ntinue with more of that in Chinese.<br \/>  Chris:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s start with Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <br \/>  <\/strong>ba<em><\/em>seball \u68d2\u7403(bang4qiu2)  American football \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3qiu2), Which sports match do you like to  watch? \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u4f53\u80b2\u6bd4\u8d5b\uff1f(Ni3 xi3huan kan4 shen2me ti3yu4 bi3sai4?) I am a  ba<em><\/em>seball fan. \u6211\u662f\u68d2\u7403\u8ff7\u3002(wo3 shi4 bang4qiu2 mi3.) Can you play rugby?  \u4f60\u6253\u6a44\u6984\u7403\u5417\uff1f(Ni3 hui4 da3 gan3lan3 qiu2 ma?) All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Yajie: As you just heard,&nbsp; ba<em><\/em>seball is \u68d2\u7403(bang4qiu2). <br \/>  Chris:  \u68d2\u7403(bang4qiu2), and another number one spectator sport in North America  is American football, so what&rsquo;s the Chinese for that? <br \/>  Yajie: it&rsquo;s \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3qiu2)<br \/>  Chris: \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3qiu2). <br \/>  Yajie: \u6a44\u6984 means olive in Chinese. Thus it gets the name because the shape looks similar to an olive. <br \/>  Chris:  \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3qiu2).&nbsp; Now Yajie, sometimes I want to ask my Chinese  friends what kind of sports match they like to watch. But I don&rsquo;t know  how to say that in Chinese.<br \/>  Yajie: It&rsquo;s\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u4f53\u80b2\u6bd4\u8d5b\uff1f(Ni3 xi3huan kan4 shen2me ti3yu4 bi3sai4?))<br \/>  Chris: \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u4f53\u80b2\u6bd4\u8d5b\uff1f(Ni3 xi3huan kan4 shen2me ti3yu4 bi3sai4?))<br \/>  Yajie: \u4f60 (ni3), means you. <br \/>  Chris: \u4f60 (ni3)<br \/>  Yajie: \u559c\u6b22 (xi3huan), like to. <br \/>  Chris: \u559c\u6b22 (xi3huan)<br \/>  Yajie: \u770b(kan4), to watch. <br \/>  Chris: \u770b(kan4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u4ec0\u4e48 (shen2me), what. <br \/>  Chris: \u4ec0\u4e48 (shen2me)<br \/>  Yajie: \u4f53\u80b2 (ti3yu4), sports.<br \/>  Chris: \u4f53\u80b2 (ti3yu4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u6bd4\u8d5b (bi3sai4), match. <br \/>  Chris: \u6bd4\u8d5b (bi3sai4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u4f53\u80b2\u6bd4\u8d5b\uff1f(Ni3 xi3huan kan4 shen2me ti3yu4 bi3sai4?))<br \/>  Chris: \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u4ec0\u4e48\u4f53\u80b2\u6bd4\u8d5b\uff1f(Ni3 xi3huan kan4 shen2me ti3yu4 bi3sai4?) Which sports do you like to watch?<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Chris: Yajie, I like watching ba<em><\/em>seball, and I&rsquo;m a ba<em><\/em>seball fan. What&rsquo;s the Chinese for that? <br \/>  Yajie: In Chinese I&rsquo;m a ba<em><\/em>seball fan is\u6211\u662f\u68d2\u7403\u8ff7\u3002(wo3 shi4 bang4qiu2 mi3.)<br \/>  Chris:&nbsp; \u6211\u662f\u68d2\u7403\u8ff7\u3002(wo3 shi4 bang4qiu2 mi3.)<br \/>  Yajie: Right. \u6211\u662f(wo3 shi4), I am. <br \/>  Chris: \u6211\u662f(wo3 shi4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u68d2\u7403(bang4qiu2), ba<em><\/em>seball. We mentio<em><\/em>ned it just now. <br \/>  Chris: \u68d2\u7403(bang4qiu2)<br \/>  Yajie: \u8ff7 (mi3), means a person who loves something very much, a fan. <br \/>  Chris: I see, \u8ff7(mi3)<br \/>  Yajie: \u68d2\u7403\u8ff7(bang4qiu2 mi3), ba<em><\/em>seball fan. <br \/>  Chris: \u68d2\u7403\u8ff7(bang4qiu2 mi3)<br \/>  Yajie: \u6211\u662f\u68d2\u7403\u8ff7\u3002(wo3 shi4 bang4qiu2 mi3.)<br \/>  Chris: \u6211\u662f\u68d2\u7403\u8ff7\u3002(wo3 shi4 bang4qiu2 mi3.) I am a ba<em><\/em>seball fan.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>Chris: Can you play American football?<br \/>  Yajie: Not really&hellip; but some of the younger kids that I know they do play American football. <br \/>  Chris: Cool! And could you please tell me how to ask that in Chinese? <br \/>  Yajie: Sure. You can say &ldquo;\u4f60\u4f1a\u6253\u6a44\u6984\u7403\u5417\uff1f(Ni3 hui4 da3 gan3lan3 qiu2 ma?)&rdquo;<br \/>  Chris: \u4f60\u4f1a\u6253\u6a44\u6984\u7403\u5417\uff1f(Ni3 hui4 da3 gan3lan3 qiu2 ma?)<br \/>  Yajie: \u4f60 (ni3), you. <br \/>  Chris: \u4f60 (ni3) <br \/>  Yajie: \u4f1a\uff0cbe able to.<br \/>  Chris: \u4f1a. (hui4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u6253(da3), d-a, the third tone, here means to play. <br \/>  Chris: \u6253(da3) <br \/>  Yajie: \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3 qiu2), American football. <br \/>  Chris: \u6a44\u6984\u7403 (gan3lan3 qiu2) <br \/>  Yajie: \u5417 (ma) is a question mark.<br \/>  Chris: \u5417 (ma)<br \/>  Yajie: \u4f60\u4f1a\u6253\u6a44\u6984\u7403\u5417\uff1f(Ni3 hui4 da3 gan3lan3 qiu2 ma?)<br \/>  Chris: \u4f60\u4f1a\u6253\u6a44\u6984\u7403\u5417\uff1f(Ni3 hui4 da3 gan3lan3 qiu2 ma?) Can you play American football?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-302099220\"><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:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in only  five minutes a day.&nbsp; Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio  International.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>\n  Chris:&nbsp; And wo shi Chris.&nbsp; We are talking about sports this week Yajie, a topic that I love a lot.<br \/>\n  Yajie:&nbsp; That&rsquo;s good to know, Chris. Today, we are going to continue with more of that in Chinese.<br \/>\n  Chris:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s start with Key Words of the Day.<\/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":[2853],"tags":[370,98],"class_list":["post-10798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":191,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}