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
