Monday, January 19, 2015

Five Senses & Five Tastes in Chinese [part 1]

In this blog, we are going to learn how to talk about five senses in Chinese. The verbs of five senses "Look, sound, smell, touch, and taste" in Chinese are "kàn, tīng, wén, mō, cháng". If you want to say "something looks beautiful", you can say “......看起来很漂亮。” in Chinese. We use the five senses with 起来, and put adjectives after them to describe the how something looks, sounds, smells, feels, and tastes. 


Here are some examples:

1) 你的裙子看起来很好看。Your dress looks pretty. 
2) 这首歌听起来很优美。This song sounds beautiful. 
3) 这朵花闻起来很香。This flower smells fragrant. 
4) 这条领带摸起来很柔软。This tie feels soft. 
5) 这个汤尝起来很鲜美。This soup tastes fresh and tasty. 

Please fill in the blanks.
1)这个糖_____________有柠檬味,_____________很酸。
2)虽然这条裤子_____________不错,但是_____________有些不太舒服。
3)邓丽君唱的《月亮代表我的心》_____________很好听。
4)这道菜不但_____________好看,而且_____________很香,_____________也很美味。
5)咖啡_____________很香,_____________却很苦。



Please describe the tastes of the objects in the pictures below:


more:


https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement_%22-qilai%22


V起来

Meaning: 

从某个方面或角度说或看,常以对比形式出现,如说起来容易,做起来难,所以形容词前常不带修饰语。

 

Q&A Practice: 

你的新电脑用起来方便吗?

你的牛仔裤看起来很漂亮,穿起来舒服吗?

 

Completion: 

北京烤鸭吃起来很_______,可是做起来________

对家长来说,尊重孩子的选择说起来_______,做起来________

汉字_____起来很美,可是_____起来很难。

这个歌_____起来很好听,可是_____起来很不容易。

 

Collocations: 

听起来(很好听)、唱起来(不容易)、住起来(很舒服)、打扫起来(很花时间)、汉字学起来(很有意思)

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