dá'àn
answer
真正的答案，也许该留给未来更聪明、更小心的人。”
The real answer should perhaps be left for a future that is smarter and more careful."
张大千临摹敦煌壁画的三年 · B1Chinese vocabulary: Question words — 41 words
41 words · Story levels: A0–B1
Including: 答案 · 什么 · 怎么 · 谁 · 为什么
答案
dá'àn
answer
shénme
what
Also means: anything · some · when
zěnme
how
Also means: what’s wrong? · why · how could that be?
shéi
who
Also means: anyone · whose · whom
wèishénme
why
wèn
ask
nǎlǐ
where
Also means: that much
nǎ
which
Also means: where · not at all · who?
zěnmeyàng
how is it?
Also means: how is it going?
dàodǐ
exactly
huídá
answer
zěnme bàn
what should we do?
nǎge
which one
gànmá
why
Also means: do what you should · what you do for work · what are you doing?
nǎr
where
rúhé
how
那条从没回复的消息，虽然让她感到遗憾，但也让她学会了如何做一个真正负责任的邻居。
That message that was never replied to, although it made her feel regret, but also taught her how to become a truly responsible neighbor.
小区群里那条从没回复的消息 · B1duōshǎo
how much
Also means: how many · how much charge
yàobù
how about …?
Also means: otherwise
nándào
could it really be ...?
shá
what
Also means: anything · any
duōjiǔ
how long
Also means: long
shén me yàng
what kind of
Also means: what is it like?
我只是想知道我爷爷到底是个什么样的人。
I just wanted to know what kind of person my grandfather really was.
三线厂的加密电报 · B1gàn shén me
why
Also means: what are you doing?
zǎ
why
Also means: how · what’s wrong?
jǐdiǎn
what time
wèndào
ask
王秀兰又惊又气，走出来问道：“阿明，你半夜跑到我店里干什么？”
Wang Xiulan was both surprised and angry, stepped out and asked: "A-Ming, what are you doing coming to my shop in the middle of the night?"
包子铺每天多出的那一笼 · B1jǐshí
when
她年轻时是寨子里唱得最好的姑娘，可是四十年来，她每次都只唱一半的歌，唱到一句“你几时归”就停下，不肯往下唱。
When she was young, she was the best singer in the village, but for forty years, she has only ever sung half of the song every time, stopping when she gets to the line 'When will you return?', refusing to continue singing.
苗寨对歌台上没唱完的那首歌 · B1
dǎ tīng
inquire
bīwèn
press for answers
我只知道他抱着别的女生,却连解释都要等到我逼问才说
I only know he was holding another girl, yet he didn't even say an explanation until I pressed him.
成功岭上的误会 · B1shì
first part of an A-not-A question
Also means: be · focus copula: be the one who … · indeed
hǎo
okay
Also means: good · fine · properly
wèn tí
question
Also means: problem
búshì
or not?
Also means: not be · not · no way
méi
or not?
Also means: not have / did not · be gone · not be
búduì
not right
Also means: no, that’s wrong · be incorrect
jǐ
what (time)
Also means: few
méi yǒu
or not?
Also means: did not / have not · there is no / there are no · not have
duō
how
Also means: more · lot · be extra
yòu
what about
Also means: again · both ... and · then
王阿姨……那能麻烦您帮我看看，这份电报表面意思是什么，真实意思又是什么吗？
Auntie Wang... then could I trouble you to help me look, what is the surface meaning of this telegram, and what is the real meaning?
三线厂的加密电报 · B1ránhòu
what next?
Also means: then
bùxíng
not okay
Also means: no, not allowed · not work · can't take it
我要的是...就是,有人问我一句,行不行,我同意不同意。这三年我写的鼓点,你们说好听,说牛,但真到分名字的时候,好像我就是个打拍子的机器。这次的事只是压垮我的最后一根稻草而已,懂吗。
What I want is... is, for someone to ask me if I can do it, if I agree. For the past three years, you guys said the drum beats I wrote were good, that they were awesome, but when it came down to assigning credit, it seemed like I was just a machine keeping the beat. This incident is just the last straw that broke the camel's back, you know?
音乐节前的乐队解散通知 · B1