{"id":16234,"date":"2019-11-07T03:13:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T03:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-015-how-old-are-you-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T03:13:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T03:13:47","slug":"lesson-015-how-old-are-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-015-how-old-are-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 015 How Old Are You?"},"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\/lesson015.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \tY: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>  \tC: Hi, everyone, I&rsquo;m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo, yajie.<br \/>  \tY: \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d\uff01Today we&rsquo;ll learn how to ask one&rsquo;s age in Chinese. First let&rsquo;s check our key words of the day!<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>************Key words of the day<\/strong><br \/>  \tToday we&rsquo;ll continue with the usages of the numbers. \u4f60\u51e0\u5c81\u4e86\uff1f \u60a8\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.\u3000<br \/>  \t***********<br \/>  \tC: In the West, we don&rsquo;t usually ask a person&rsquo;s age. Especially a girl. It is usually considered private!<br \/>  \tY: In China you can ask a person&rsquo;s age. And there are different ways of asking. For example, if you saw a lovely kid, and you were wondering how old she or he was, you could say &ldquo;\u4f60\u51e0\u5c81\u4e86\uff1f&rdquo; (n\u01d0 j\u01d0 su&igrave; le?)<br \/>  \tC: &ldquo;\u4f60\u51e0\u5c81\u4e86\uff1f&rdquo; (n\u01d0 j\u01d0 su&igrave; le?)<br \/>  \tY: \u4f60, we&rsquo;ve learnt that before, right? It means you. Remember? The pronunciation of \u4f60 is similar to the English word knee. \u4f60, the third tone.<br \/>  \tC: yes. \u4f60&nbsp; (n\u01d0)<br \/>  \tY: \u51e0 means how many. And \u5c81 means age.<br \/>  \tC: \u51e0\u5c81(j\u01d0 su&igrave;).<br \/>  \tY: Right. Now let me explain the usage of \u4e86. Here \u5c81, a noun, plus the Chinese character\u4e86. It has a similar meaning to that of a verb, indicating the completion of an action. For example, \u6211\u516b\u5c81\u4e86 means that I&rsquo;ve already grown up (\u8bf7\u91cd\u8bfb\uff0c\u4ee5\u7a81\u51fa\u3001\u5f3a\u8c03\u53d8\u5316) to eight years old.<br \/>  \tY: If you want to know the age of somebody around your age &ndash; or a peer &#8212; you can ask this way: \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f<br \/>  \tC: \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f(n&iacute; du\u014d d&agrave; le?)<br \/>  \tY: \u591a, here means how many? \u591a\u5927 together means how old.<br \/>  \tC: \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f<br \/>  \tY: Sometimes when answering the question of how old they are,&nbsp; people would just say\u6211plus the number of your age. For example, if you were twenty years old, you could say \u6211\u4e8c\u5341\u4e86.&nbsp;<br \/>  \tY: Right. One more thing.&nbsp; There is a more courteous way of asking an elderly or senior person&rsquo;s age. You can say \u60a8\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f<br \/>  \tC: \u60a8\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f(n&iacute;n du\u014d d&agrave; le?) We&rsquo;ve learned \u60a8. It&rsquo;s the polite form of \u4f60, right?<br \/>  \tY: Exactly. \u60a8\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fThere is another way of asking a senior citizen&rsquo;s age. You can say \u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff\uff1f\u9ad8 means high, and \u5bff means age. Together \u9ad8\u5bffmeans your venerable age. \u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff\uff1f<br \/>  \tC: \u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff\uff1f(n&iacute;n g\u0101o sh&ograve;u) It&rsquo;s a little bit difficult for me to say.<br \/>  \tY: You can keep practicing.&nbsp; This is a polite thing to say to elderly people.&nbsp; It shows respect.<br \/>  \t**********Key words reminder<br \/>  \tYou could ask a kid &ldquo;\u4f60\u51e0\u5c81\u4e86\uff1f&rdquo; For an adult, you can say \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fAnd\u60a8\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fis a courteous way of asking an elderly or senior person&rsquo;s age. Also when asking an old person&rsquo;s age, you can say \u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff\uff1f\u9ad8 means high, and \u5bff means age. Together \u9ad8\u5bffmeans your venerable age.<br \/>  \t***********<br \/>  \tCam: Yajie, \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f<br \/>  \tY: Sorry, Cam. I forgot to tell you that now in China more and more people do not ask a lady&rsquo;s age. So it&rsquo;s a secret.<br \/>  \tCam: Ok. I see. I&rsquo;ll have to remember that!<br \/>  \tY: 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&rsquo;s the polite form of asking a senior citizen&rsquo;s age?<br \/>  \tC: Just make a sentence! Send us your answer to chinese@crifm.com. That&rsquo;s chinese@crifm.com. If you answer the question correctly, you&rsquo;ll be able to win CRI prizes! Also you are welcome to log on the website, that&rsquo;s en.chinabroadcast.cn, then you can learn Chinese whenever you want.<br \/>  \tY: Well class is over. \u518d\u89c1!<br \/>  \tC: \u518d\u89c1!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Zhao Pingping)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2515402125\"><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>Y: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I&rsquo;m Yajie.<br \/>\n  \tC: Hi, everyone, I&rsquo;m Cam. \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d z\u01ceoshang h\u01ceo, yajie.<br \/>\n  \tY: \u65e9\u4e0a\u597d\uff01Today we&rsquo;ll learn how to ask one&rsquo;s age in Chinese. 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