Shuo Shuo Chinese Flashcards
Actually (implies a sense of confession)
Qíshí
I actually don’t want to help him that much
Wǒ qíshí méiyǒu nàme xiǎng bāng tā
Actually (more like “in fact”)
Shíjì shang
Actually (in fact), Chinese isn’t as hard as you think
Shíjì shang, zhōngwén méiyǒu nǐ xiǎng de nàme nán
Specifically
Jùtǐ
Please explain this question specifically
Qǐng nǐ jùtǐ jiěshì yíxià zhège wèntí
A specific example
Yí ge jùtǐ de lìzi
I specifically asked/told you not to be late
(As in, explicitly and emphatically)
Wǒ tèdì ràng/jiào nǐ búyào chídào
To be honest, I think you made a wrong decision
Shuō shíhuà, wǒ juéde nǐ zuò le yí ge cuò de juédìng
Generally speaking
Yìbān láishuō
Generally speaking, the more delicious the food, the more easily it makes people fat
(Use yuè…yuè)
Yìbān láishuō, yuè hǎochī de shíwù, yuè róngyì ràng rén fāpàng
Yuè hǎochī de shíwù, yìbān yuè róngyì ràng rén fāpàng
Generally/commonly/widespread
Pǔbiàn
This is a common problem in Chinese society
Zhège shì zhōngguó shèhuì pǔbiàn de wèntí
Accurate vs correct
Zhǔnquè vs zhèngquè
Curse word
Zāng huà