{"id":12068,"date":"2016-03-14T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12068"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:46:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T12:46:42","slug":"chinese-directional-complements-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-directional-complements-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Directional Complements (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last post talked about Chinese directional complements<\/a>, a lesson I’ll continue today with some more examples and practice. Go back and read that first post if you haven’t to get caught up. Let’s start with the answers to the practice questions I gave:<\/p>\n

Practice Question Answers<\/h2>\n

1. Your friend is outside of your door and you invite them in.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: \u8fdb\u6765 (j\u00ecn l\u00e1i) – This basically means “come in,” so it makes the most sense in this example.<\/p>\n

Example<\/strong>:\u00a0\u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u8fdb\u6765\u5427!
\nn\u01d0 h\u01ceo, j\u00ecn l\u00e1i ba!
\n“Hello, come on in!”<\/p>\n

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2. You are at the bottom of the hill but your friend is already on top.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: This depends on who is talking. You would want to say\u00a0\u4e0a\u53bb (sh\u00e0ng q\u00f9), meaning “go up,” and your friend would say \u4e0a\u6765 (sh\u00e0ng l\u00e1i) meaning “come up.”<\/p>\n

Example<\/strong>:\u00a0\u4ed6\u4eec\u5df2\u7ecf\u5728\u4e0a\u9762\uff0c\u54b1\u4eec\u5feb\u4e0a\u53bb.
\nt\u0101 men y\u01d0 j\u012bng z\u00e0i sh\u00e0ng mi\u00e0n, z\u00e1n men ku\u00e0i sh\u00e0ng q\u00f9
\n“They’re already on top, let’s get up there quickly.”<\/p>\n

3. Your cat is up on the closet where he shouldn’t be.<\/p>\n

\"\u5c0f\u732b\uff0c\u4e0b\u6765\uff01\"<\/a>

\u5c0f\u732b\uff0c\u4e0b\u6765\uff01<\/p><\/div>\n

Answer<\/strong>:\u00a0\u4e0b\u6765 (xi\u00e0 l\u00e1i), meaning “come down” is best for this naughty kitty.<\/p>\n

Example<\/strong>:\u00a0\u5c0f\u732b\u4f60\u4e0d\u53ef\u4ee5\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\uff0c\u4e0b\u6765\u5427.
\nxi\u01ceo m\u0101o n\u01d0 b\u00f9 k\u011b y\u01d0 z\u00e0i zh\u00e8 l\u01d0, xi\u00e0 l\u00e1i ba
\n“Kitty you can’t be here, come down!”<\/p>\n

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4. Your father has returned from his business trip.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: Since your dad has “come back,” it’s best to use\u00a0\u56de\u6765 (hu\u00ed l\u00e1i).<\/p>\n

Example<\/strong>:\u00a0\u5988\u5988\u770b\uff0c\u7238\u7238\u56de\u6765\u4e86.
\nm\u0101 m\u0101 k\u00e0n, b\u00e0 ba hu\u00ed l\u00e1i le
\n“Look mom, dad has come back.”<\/p>\n

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5. Your\u00a0friend is not at the party and you’re talking on the phone.<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: You’d probably tell your friend to “come here” to the party –\u00a0\u8fc7\u6765 (gu\u00f2 l\u00e1i).<\/p>\n

Example<\/strong>:\u00a0\u4f60\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u8fd8\u5728\u5bb6\u91cc\uff1f\u8fd9\u4e2a\u665a\u4f1a\u7279\u522b\u597d\u73a9\uff0c\u4f60\u5feb\u8fc7\u6765\u5427.
\nn\u01d0 w\u00e8i sh\u00e9n me h\u00e1i z\u00e0i ji\u0101 l\u01d0? zh\u00e8 ge w\u01cen hu\u00ec t\u00e8 bi\u00e9 h\u01ceo w\u00e1n, n\u01d0 ku\u00e0i gu\u00f2 l\u00e1i ba
\n“Why are you still at home? This party is really fun, hurry up and come here.”<\/p>\n

More Practice<\/h2>\n

Hopefully now you have a better understanding of these directional complements and how to use them. Now I’ll give you each of the directional complements we’ve been studying and provide a situation. See if you can use them to make a full sentence in Chinese matching the situation:<\/p>\n