EP140 谐音 Homophones

 Chinese 101: Is the soup “Fresh” or “Salty”? 

 

Grammar: Rhetorical questions with "难道"

 

Language Tips：Interesting Chinese Homophones

 

Song: 《中国话》S.H.E  Chinese Language

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你做的汤好鲜啊！

 

Nǐ zuò de tāng hǎo xiān ā ！

 

The soup you made is so delicious!

 

B：什么？难道我放盐放多了吗？

 

Shén me？Nán dào wǒ fàng yán fàng duō le ma？

 

What? Does it mean I’ve put too much salt in it?

 

A：不，我是说，你做的汤很鲜，不是咸。

 

Bù，wǒ shì shuō， nǐ zuò de tāng hěn xiān ，bú shì xián 。

 

No, I was saying, the soup you made taste so delicious, not salty.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【汤】tāng：soup

 

【鲜】xiān: fresh

 

【难道】nán dào: does it mean...; surely it doesn’t mean that...

 

【盐】yán: salt

 

【咸】xián: salty