EP116 男or女 Male or female?

 Chinese 101: Is that person male or female? 

 

Grammar: Adjective + "de" (as the English word “one”)

 

Language Tips: 男女有别or雌雄莫辨？Gender identification

 

Story of the Day:Sweep ahead full sail 乘风破浪

 

Dialogue:

 

A:刚刚路过的那个人是男的还是女的?

 

Gāng gāng lù guò de nà gè rén shì nán de hái shì nǚ de ?

 

Is that person who’s just passed by male or female?

 

B:看头发好像是男的。

 

Kàn tóu fā hǎo xiàng shì nán de 。

 

Got to be male, look at his hairstyle.

 

A:但是走路的样子像女的。

 

Dàn shì zǒu lù de yàng zǐ xiàng nǚ de 。

 

But the way she walks looks female.

 

B:确实好难分清楚啊。

 

Què shí hǎo nán fèn qīng chǔ ā 。

 

It’s really hard to tell. 

 

Words & expressions:

 

【刚刚】gāng gāng:just, just now

 

【路过】lù guò: pass by

 

【男】nán:male 

 

【女】nǚ:female

 

【头发】tóu fa: hair

 

【好像】hǎo xiàng: it seems

 

【但是】dàn shì: but

 

【走路】zǒu lù: walk

 

【样子】yàng zi:appearance ; look

 

【确实】què shí: indeed, truly

 

【清楚】qīng chǔ:clear