Yoyo Chinese 38 (in your opinion, shénmeyàng) Flashcards
The great majority of Asians
Dà duōshù (de) yàzhōurén
That shop assistant was impolite
Nà ge shoùhuòyuán méi(yǒu)lǐmào
What do you think England is like?
Nǐ juéde yīngguó shì shénmeyàng de [dìfang]
Both open and equal
Jì kāifàng yòu píngděng
What kind of man is Mr Wang?
vs
How is Mr Wang?
Wáng xiānshēng shì shénmeyang de (nánrén)?
vs
Wáng xiānshēng zěnmeyàng?
Note shénmeyàng needs to combine with another (sometimes just implied) noun to create a complex noun phrase)
Zěnmeyàng can act directly as a verb
My whole family has gone one time
Wǒ quán jiā qù guò yí cì
That time
Nà shíhou
The place I went to
Qù de (dìfāng)
In your eyes / from your perspective
Nín yǎn zhōng
In my eyes, you are the most beautiful
Zài wǒ yǎn zhōng,nǐ shì zuì měi de
I’ve met him two times
Wǒ jiàn guò tā liǎng cì
That time, the place I went to was Philadelphia
Nà shíhou qù de (dìfang) shì Feìchéng
So, in your opinion, what is America like?
Lit. In your eyes, America is what kind [of place]
Nà (zài) nǐ yǎn zhōng de měiguó shì shénmeyàng de
Compared to China, (America) is very different
Gēn zhōngguó bǐ qǐ lái,(měiguó) hěn bù yíyàng
These three books
Zhè sān běn shū