How to Check on Someone Who’s Ill in Chinese？
Nǐ jīn tiān gǎn jué zěn me yàng?
你今天感觉怎么样？
How are you feeling today?
Nǐ hǎo yī diǎn le ma?
你好一点了吗？
Are you feeling better?
Nǐ kàn yī shēng le ma?
你看医生了吗？
Did you see a doctor?
Nǐ shēng bìng le ma?
你生病了吗？
Are you ill?
Chī yào le ma?
吃药了吗？
Did you take any medicine?
How to Say You’re Feeling Better in Chinese？
Chī le yào, wǒ hǎo duō le.
吃了药，我好多了。
I feel much better after taking medicine.
Yǐ jīng hǎo diǎn le.
已经好点了。
I’m feeling a bit better now.
Wǒ yǐ jīng kuài hǎo le.
我已经快好了。
I’m almost better.
Chà bu duō hǎo le.
差不多好了。
I’m pretty much better.
Wǒ yǐ jīng hǎo le.
我已经好了。
I’m better now.
Why Chinese Sounds Unclear ？It’s Not Your Fault！
Chinese isn’t unclear.It’s short.
People drop words you don’t need.
Textbook
Nǐ chī le ma?
你吃了吗？
Have you eaten?
Real Life
Chī le ma?
吃了吗？
Eaten?
Textbook
Nǐ míngbai le ma?
你明白了吗？
Do you understand?
Real Life
Míngbai le?
明白了？
Got it?
Textbook
Nǐ qù nǎ lǐ?
你去哪里？
Where are you going?
Real Life
Qù nǎ?
去哪？
Going where?
The Real Reason Chinese Sounds “Blurry”！
Textbook Chinese is clear.
Real Chinese sounds incomplete.
That’s not your listening problem.
Spoken Chinese doesn’t say everything.
When the context is clear, words are dropped.
That’s why it sounds “blurry.”
Textbook
Nǐ yào bù yào zhège?
你要不要这个？
Do you want this?
Real Life
Yào ma?
要吗？
Want it?
Textbook
Nǐ zěnme le?
你怎么了？
What’s wrong?
Real Life
Zěnme le?
怎么了？
What’s wrong?
Can You Tell Which Chinese is More Native?
Zhè ge dōng xī hěn hǎo chī。
这个东西很好吃。
This thing is delicious.
Zhè ge zhēn hǎo chī！
这个真好吃！
This is really delicious!
Nǐ gàn shén me ne?
你干什么呢？
What are you doing?
Nǐ gàn shá ne？
你干啥呢？
What are you doing?
Hěn hǎo.
很好。
Very good.
Hěn bù cuò！
很不错！
Really good!
Wǒ hěn máng.
我很忙。
I’m very busy.
Wǒ méi kòng。
我没空。
I don’t have time.
Chinese Is Too Fast? Train Your Ears Like This！
Slow Mandarin
Zhè ge → dōng xī → zěn me yàng?
这个→ 东西→ 怎么样？
How→ is → this → thing?
Natural Speed
Zhège dōngxī zěnmeyàng?
这个东西怎么样？
How is this thing?
Real Speed
Zhège dōngxī zěnmeyàng?
这个东西怎么样？
How is this thing?
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Slow Mandarin
Nǐ → zěn me → bù → zǎo → shuō？
你怎么不早说？
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
Natural Speed
Nǐ zěnme bùzǎoshuō？
你怎么不早说？
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
Real Speed
Nǐ zěnme bùzǎoshuō？
你怎么不早说？
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
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