EP154 城市 City

 Chinese 101: Do you like big cities or small cities?

 

Grammar: Offering Choices with “还是”

 

Language Tips：Why You Would Love Living in Chinese Cities

 

Song: 张悬《城市》City by Deserts Chang

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你喜欢大城市还是小城市？

 

Nǐ xǐ huān dà chéng shì hái shì xiǎo chéng shì ？

 

Do you like big cities or small cities?

 

B：很难说。大城市工作机会多，但是小城市往往更宜居。

 

Hěn nán shuō 。dà chéng shì gōng zuò jī huì duō ，dàn shì xiǎo chéng shì wǎng wǎng gèng yí jū 。

 

It’s hard to say. Big cities have more working chances, but small cities are always more livable.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【喜欢】xǐ huān：like

 

【大】dà：big

 

【小】xiǎo：small

 

【城市】chéng shì: city

 

【还是】hái shì: or

 

【难】nán: difficult

 

【机会】jī huì: chance

 

【往往】wǎng wǎng: always

 

【宜居】yí jū: livable