Yoyo Chinese 39 (wán, liǎojiě)

Question 1

I can’t finish reading these (few) books

Answer 1

Wǒ dú bù wán zhè jǐ běn shū

Question 2

Are you able to finish eating it all?

Use potential complement

Answer 2

Nǐ chī de wán ma?

Question 3

I ate the cake
Vs
I finished eating the whole cake

Answer 3

Wǒ chī le dàngāo
Vs
Wǒ bǎ zhěng ge dàngāo dōu chīwán le

When you have a resultative complement on a verb, the verb can’t be directly followed by an object

Question 4

You can’t eat the whole cake

Answer 4

Nǐ bù néng bǎ dàngāo dōu chīwán

Question 5

There is too much food, I can’t finish it

Answer 5

Cài tài duō le, wǒ chī bù wán

Question 6

to know well / to understand (a person, place, or culture)

Answer 6

Liǎojiě

Question 7

Say a little / speak a bit (2 ways)

Answer 7

Shuō shuō

Shuō yíxià

Question 8

America as you understand it / the America that you understand

Answer 8

Nǐ liǎojiě de měiguó

Question 9

So, could you say a little about what you understand America to be like?

Answer 9

Nà, nǐ néng shuō shuō nǐ liǎojiě de měiguó shì shénmeyàng de ma?

Question 10

Strong (physically) - 2 part adj

Answer 10

Qiáng zhuàng

Question 11

In the movies, Americans seem like they are all very liberal(/promiscuous)

Answer 11

Zài diànyǐng lǐ měiguórén hǎoxiàng dōu hěn kāifàng

Question 12

The men are all hardworking

Answer 12

Nán de dōu hěn qínláo

Note nánde and nǚde are the terms most often used for men and women (not nánrén and nǚrén)

Question 13

She is very open minded

Lit. Her thinking is very open

Answer 13

Tā sīxiǎng hěn kāifàng/kāimíng

Question 15

Inside the bag

Answer 15

Zài bāo lǐ (miàn)
Note miàn and biān can be omitted when the reference point is explicitly stated. If you just want to say “inside,” it has to be zài lǐ miàn

Question 16

Free / freedom

Answer 16

Zìyóu

Question 17

I think it should be (ie is likely to be)…

Answer 17

Wǒ juéde yīnggāi shì…

Question 18

It sounds like you really like America, right/isn’t that right?

Answer 18

Tīngǐlái nǐ hěn xǐhuān měiguó, shì ma?

Question 19

I prefer

Answer 19

Wǒ gèng xǐhuān

“Bǐ jiào xǐhuān” more means I kind of/relatively like it

Question 20

I think it should be correct

Answer 20

Wǒ juéde yīnggāi shì duì de

Question 21

To rise
To stand up
To sit up
To get out of bed

Answer 21

Qǐ lái

These are its basic meanings…it also has “extended meanings”