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Let's Talk in Chinese 64

thing 東西 the Chinese slang word
what thing 什麼東西, this thing 這個東西
What is this thing? 這是什麼東西
What is this thing called? 這個東西叫做什麼
What are you looking for? 你在找什麼東西
What are you missing? 你還缺什麼東西

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Phrases and Vocabulary of the lesson today

what thing

什麼東西

shén-me dōng-xī

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

What is this thing?

這是什麼東西

Zhè shì shén-me dōng-xī

this is

這是

zhè shì

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

this is

這是

zhè shì

this

zhè

is

shì

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

this thing

這個東西

zhè-ge dōng-xī

this one

這個

zhè-ge

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

this one

這個

zhè-ge

this

zhè

piece

ge

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

What is this thing called?

這個東西叫做什麼

Zhè-ge dōng-xī jiào zuò shén-me

this one

這個

zhè-ge

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

called, named

叫做

jiào zuò

what

什麼

shén-me

this one

這個

zhè-ge

this

zhè

piece

ge

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

called, named

叫做

jiào zuò

call

jiào

as

zuò

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

looking for something

找什麼東西

zhǎo shén-me dōng-xī

look for

zhǎo

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

look for

zhǎo

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

What are you looking for?

你在找什麼東西

Nǐ zài zhǎo shén-me dōng-xī

you are…

你在

nǐ zài

look for

zhǎo

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

you are…

你在

nǐ zài

you

be doing

zài

look for

zhǎo

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

missing something

缺什麼東西

quē shén-me dōng-xī

missing

quē

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

missing, lack of something

quē

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

What are you missing?

你還缺什麼東西

Nǐ hái quē shén-me dōng-xī

you

still

hái

missing

quē

what

什麼

shén-me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

you

still

hái

missing, lack of something

quē

what

什麼

shé-me

what

shé

way

me

thing, something

東西

dōng-xī

east

dōng

west

西

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