EP59 量词 What's In Your Bag

 Chinese 101: Talk about “What’s in your bag”

 

Grammar: How to use different Chinese measure words correctly

 

Language Tips: What’s in your bag says about your personality

 

Story of the Day: dro one's helpers soon after their help is no longer needed　

 

过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你的包里有什么？

 

nǐ de bāo lǐ yǒu shén me？

 

What’s in your bag?

 

B：一根笔，一本书，一包纸巾，一支唇膏，一把雨伞。你呢？

 

yīgēn bǐ ，yīběn shū ，yībāo zhǐ jīn ，yīzhī chún gāo ，yībǎ yǔ sǎn。nǐ ne ？

 

A pen, a book, a tissue, a lipstick, an umbrella. How about you?

 

A：我的包里有电脑，Kindle, 充电宝，耳机，相机。

 

wǒ de bāo lǐ yǒu diàn nǎo，Kindle, chōng diàn bǎo ，ěr jī ，xiàng jī 。

 

There’s laptop, kindle, charger baby, earphone, and camera in my bag.

 

B：怪不得这么沉！

 

guài bú dé zhè me chén ！

 

That’s why it’s so heavy! 

 

Words & expressions:

 

【包】bāo：bag

 

【笔】bǐ：pen

 

【书】shū：book

 

【纸巾】zhǐ jīn：tissue

 

【唇膏】chún gāo：lipstick

 

【雨伞】yǔ sǎn：umbrella

 

【电脑】diàn nǎo：computer；laptop

 

【充电宝】chōng diàn bǎo：charger baby

 

【耳机】ěr jī：earphone

 

【相机】xiàng jī：camera

 

【怪不得】guài bú dé：that’s why; no wonder

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Jessica

 

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

 

Producer: Lu Chang