Yoyo Chinese 23 (to change, to become) Flashcards
Young
Nián qīng (lit. year light)
Old
Lǎo
I feel that, being together with little kids, I will become young(er)
Wǒ gǎnjué hé xiǎo háizi zài yìqǐ wǒ huì biàn de hěn niánqīng
I’ve become so lazy recently
Wǒ zuìjìn biàn de hěn lǎn
Success/successful/to succeed
Chénggōng
He hopes I will be successful just like him
Tā xīwàng wǒ xiàng tā yí yàng chénggōng
I work in a company (use shàngbān rather than gōngzuò)
Wǒ zài gōngsī lǐ shàngbān
I prefer to interact with (or “deal with”) people
Bǐ jiào xǐ huān hé rén dǎ jiāo dào
Besides/plus/in addition
Similar to ér qiě and bìng qiě
Zài shuō
Challenge
Tiǎo zhàn
This job is challenging
Zhè ge gōngzuò hěn yǒu tiǎo zhàn xìng.
I like to challenge myself
Wǒ xǐhuān tiǎozhàn zìjǐ
On the table
Zài zhuōzi shàng
In the park
Zài gōngyuán lǐ
He changed a lot
Tā biàn le hěn duō
You haven’t changed at all
Nǐ yìdiǎn(r) yě/dōu méi biàn
To change (sth/sbd)(transitive)
Gǎn biàn
I don’t like carrots at all
Húluóbo wǒ yìdiǎn yě/dōu bù xǐhuān
Librarian
Túshūguǎnlǐyuán
To arrange/ make arrangements
ānpái
I was placed into library work by my parents
Lit. I was by parents arranged to library to work
(Use shi…de structure)
Wǒ shì bèi fùmǔ ānpái dào túshūguǎn gōngzuò de
To change (intransitive) vs To become vs To change (transitive)
Biàn vs Biàn de vs Gǎn biàn