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Talk About Weather
People often love to talk about the weather, it is always a good way of breaking the ice especially when starting a conversation. It is quite the same in China. Let us see how to use Mandarin to talk about weather to kick started your conversation whenever necessary as follows.
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Chen Wei is walking in the park with Jia Jia after lunch. Watch below video and listen to their conversation.
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今 天 天 气 真 好 ！
jīn tiān tiān qì zhēn hǎo！
The weather is so good today！
来 公 园 散 散 步 ， 多 舒 服 啊 ！
lái ɡōnɡ yuán sàn sàn bù ， duō shū fu a ！
It is very comfortable to have a walk in the park!
是 啊 ！ 昨 天 明 明 还 下 着 大 雨 ，
shì a ！ zuó tiān mínɡ mínɡ hái xià zhe dà yǔ ，
What! Yesterday, it was still raining heavily,
今 天 就 出 大 太 阳 了！
jīn tiān jiù chū dà tài yánɡ le！
but the sun is shining today!
天 气 预 报 说 ， 今 天 天 气 晴 朗 呢.
tiān qì yù bào shuō ， jīn tiān tiān qì qínɡ lǎnɡ ne.
The weather forecast said that the weather is sunny today.
你 一 直 撑 着 雨 伞 干 嘛 ?
nǐ yì zhí chēnɡ zhe yú sǎn ɡàn mɑ?
Why don’t you still hold with an umbrella?
太 阳 那 么 大 ， 我 怕 晒 黑 !
tài yánɡ nà me dà ， wǒ pà shài hēi！
The sunlight is so bright, I am afraid of getting tanned.
一 个 大 男 人 ， 还 怕 什 么 变 黑 的 。
yí ɡè dà nán rén ， hái pà shén me biàn hēi de 。
A big man, afraid of your skin getting tanned.
你 沒 听 说 过 吗 ? 一 白 遮 三 丑 。
nǐ méi tīnɡ shuō ɡuò mɑ ？ yì bái zhē sān chǒu 。
Haven’t you heard of it? White skin can hide three ugly shortcomings.
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Vocabulary to know
散步 [ sàn bù ] (v-o)
Go for a walk
我 们 去 公 园 散 散 步 吧 !
wǒ men qù ɡōnɡ yuán sàn sàn bù bɑ !
Let's go for a walk in the park!
多 (多么) [ duō (duō me) ] (adv)
Very, to a great extent
快 看， 这 儿 多 么 漂 亮 啊 !
kuài kàn ， zhèr duō me piāo liàng ā !
Look, how beautiful this place is!
明明 [ mínɡ mínɡ ] (adv)
Obviously, undoubtedly
你 明 明 就 是 这 么 说 的！
nǐ mínɡ mínɡ jiù shì zhè me shuō de！
That's exactly what you said！
着 [ zhe ] (part)
Used after a verb to express action in progress
外 面 下 着 大 雨 。
wài miàn xià zhe dà yǔ 。
It's raining heavily outside.
太阳 [ tài yánɡ ] (n)
A little / some
今 天 是 阴 天，没 有 太 阳。
jīn tiān shì yīn tiān ， méi yǒu tài yáng 。
There is no sun and it's cloudy today.