Health 3
Bored to death!
To describe strong negative feelings like I’m starving! you can add 死了 (sǐ le, to death) after the adjective.
冷死了！
(Léng sǐ le!) It’s freezing! Literal: (I’m) freezing to death!
她饿死了！
(Tā è sǐ le!) She’s starving! Literal: She’s starving to death!
我闷死了！
(Wǒ mèn sǐ le!) I’m bored to death!
More than
In English, we would put more than before a number. In Chinese, you add 多 (duō, more than) after the number instead!
我胖了十多公斤！
(Wǒ pàng le shí duō gōngjīn!) I have gained more than ten kilograms!
她吃了二十多个饺子。
(Tā chī le èrshí duō ge jiǎozi.) She ate more than twenty dumplings.
派对里有一百多个人。
(Pàiduì li yǒu yìbǎi duō ge rén.) There are more than one hundred people at the party.
Which sound is that?
Pay attention, some characters can have different pronunciations depending on the word they’re in. Here’s an example:
着
着
(zhe) ongoing state or action