Lesson 9 明天天气怎么样？《HSK 1 Standard Course》

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No.1 在路上 On the road
Zuótiān běijīng de tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
Tài rèle.
Míngtiān ne? Míngtiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?
Míngtiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, bù lěng bù rè.
昨天北京的天气怎么样？
太热了。
明天呢？明天天气怎么样？
明天天气很好，不冷不热。
How was the weather in Beijing yesterday?
It was too hot.
What about tomorrow? What will the weather be like tomorrow?
It will be fine, neither cold nor hot.

语法点： Subject + 怎么样？

The interrogative pronoun 怎么样 is used to ask about the state of someone or something.

1. Nǐ zěnmeyàng (nǐ hǎo ma)?
   你怎么样（你好吗）？
   How are you?
2. "Shēngyì zěnmeyàng?" "Bùcuò."
   "生意怎么样？" "不错。"
   "How's business?" "Not bad."

语法点： 不 + A(adj.) + 不 + B(adj.)

The construction "不A不B" is used to express: neither A nor B. A and B can be adjectives with opposite meanings.

1. Wēndù gānghǎo，bù lěng bù rè.
   温度刚好，不冷不热。
   The temperature is just right – not cold, not hot.
2. Tā gōngzuòle bù duō bù shǎo yīgè xiǎoshí.
   他工作了不多不少一个小时。
   He has worked one hour, no more, no less.
3. Wǒ xǐhuān zhōngděng chéngshì, bù dà yě bù xiǎo.
   我喜欢中等城市，不大也不小。
   I like mid-size cities, neither too big nor too small.

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No.2 在健身房 In the gym
Jīntiān huì xiàyǔ ma?
Jīntiān bù huì xiàyǔ.
Wáng xiǎojiě jīntiān huì lái ma?
Bù huì lái, tiānqì tài lěngle.
今天会下雨吗？
今天不会下雨。
王小姐今天会来吗？
不会来，天气太冷了。
Will it rain today?
It won't rain today.
Will Miss Wang come today?
No, she won't. It's too cold.

语法点： 会 + Verb + Object  |  不会 + Verb + Object

The modal verb 会 can be placed before the verb to express that something in the future will happen. The negative form is "不会".

1. Wǒ huì gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.
   我会给你打电话。
   I'll call you.
2. Míngtiān tā huì hǎo de.
   明天她会好的。
   She'll be all right tomorrow.
3. Tāmen jīntiān bù huì lái.
   他们今天不会来。
   They will not come today.
4. Míngtiān bù huì xiàyǔ.
   明天不会下雨。
   It won't rain tomorrow.

语法点： 会不会 "be able to or not |  will or will not"

The affirmative-negative form of 会 is 会不会, meaning "be able to or not; will or will not". It can be used to ask questions or to express doubt about something. 会 can answer questions by itself.

1. Jīntiān huì bù huì xià yǔ? Huì.
   今天会 不会下雨？会 。
   Will it rain today? Yes, it will.
2. Tā huì bù huì kāichē?
   他会不会开车？
   Can he drive or not?
3. Wǒ bù zhīdào tā huì bù huì lái.
   我不知道他会不会来。
   I don't know if he will come.

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No.3 在病房 In the sickroom
Nǐ shēntǐ zěnmeyàng?
Wǒ shēntǐ bù tài hǎo. Tiānqì tài rèle, bù ài chīfàn.
Nǐ duō chī xiē shuǐguǒ, duō hē shuǐ.
Xièxiè nǐ, yīshēng.
你身体怎么样？
我身体不太好。天气太热了，不爱吃饭。
你多吃些水果，多喝水。
谢谢你，医生。
How are you?
Not very well. It's too hot. I have no appetite.
Eat more fruit and drink more water.
Thank you, doctor.

语法点： 不太 + Adj./Verb

不太 is used to weaken the degree of negation, meaning "not very".

1. Wǒ bù tài è.
   我不太饿。
   I'm not very hungry.
2. “Nǐ lèile ma?” “Bù, bù tài lèi.”
   “你累了吗?” “不，不太累。”
   "Are you tired?" "No, not very."
3. "Nǐ xǐhuān tā ma?" "Bù tài xǐhuān."
   "你喜欢它吗？" "不太喜欢。"
   "Did you like it? Not really."

语法点： Subject + 太 + Adj.+了

太 can be placed before adjectives to emphasize them, meaning "so; too". The particle 了 is often added at the end of the sentence.

1. Zhè fángzi tài piàoliangle!
   这房子太漂亮了！
   The house is so beautiful.
2. Wǒ tài lèile!
   我太累了！
   I am so tired!
3. Wǒ tài pàngle.
   我太胖了。
   I'm too fat.
4. Zhège fángjiān lǐ tài rèle.
   这个房间里太热了。
   This room is really hot.

语法点： Subject + Predicate (Subject-Predicate Phrase)

主谓谓语句 - Sentence with a Subject-Predicate Phrase as the predicate
The basic sentence pattern is: Subject + Predicate (Subject-Predicate Phrase).
The subject-predicate phrase can be the predicate of long sentences. It also can serve as a sentence on its own.

1. Zhè běn shū wǒ dúguò.
   这本书我读过。
   I have read this book.
2. Zhège wèntí nǐ yào xiǎng yī xiǎng.
   这个问题你要想一想。
   You need to think about this problem.
3. Tā shēntǐ bù tài hǎo.
   她身体不太好。
   She is not in good health.

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部首 Chinese Radical

yán 讠 speech
【讠】俗称“言字旁”。用“讠”的字通常和语言有关。
The radical "讠" is commonly known as 言字旁(yánzìpáng). Chinese Characters using "讠" are usually related to language. This radical is always placed on the left side of a character.


68 HSK Characters with the radical 讠.

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独体字 Single-Component Character

lìng 令 order | command | decree | to order | to make | to cause

9 HSK Characters

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词根 Word Root

xià 下 under | below | underneath | lower | second | next | latter | downward | to fall | to go to | to descend | to decline | to go down
下 is a self-explanatory character(指事字). The oracle bone script of 下 is "a short horizontal stroke placed under a long horizontal stroke", meaning "below; under; underneath". 下 also can be used as a word root to form compound words. For example:
* used as a verb to mean "to fall", such as 下雨, 下雪.
* used as a verb to express "leave off", such as 下班, 下课.
* to indicate the lower position, opposite to "上", such as 下面.
* to express "of lower rank", such as 下属.


11 HSK words containing 下

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