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day 8cleaning day

unit 2 · home & neighbours

    cleaning day

    Talk about cleaning and daily routines, say how a job ends up (clean, shut, gone), and what happened to things with 被.

    today’s words

    • 打扫 dǎsǎo · to clean (a room)
    • 扫 sǎo · to sweep
    • 干净 gānjìng · clean
    • 脏 zāng · dirty
    • 刷 shuā · to brush; to swipe
    • 牙 yá · tooth
    • 牙刷 yáshuā · toothbrush
    • 洗澡 xǐzǎo · to shower, bathe
    • 卫生间 wèishēngjiān · bathroom, toilet
    • 关 guān · to close; turn off
    • 开机 kāijī · to switch on (a device)
    • 关机 guānjī · to switch off (a device)
    • 电 diàn · electricity, power
    • 换 huàn · to change, swap
    • 完成 wánchéng · to complete, finish
    • 丢 diū · to lose; to throw away
    • 被 bèi · (passive) by
    • 安静 ānjìng · quiet

    sentences

    • 我们把屋子打扫干净了。 · We’ve cleaned the flat from top to bottom.
    • 请把灯关上。 · Please turn off the light.
    • 我的伞被小陈拿走了。 · Xiao Chen went off with my umbrella.
    • 门口的伞被拿走了。 · The umbrella by the door has been taken.
    • 手机没电了,不能开机。 · My phone’s battery is dead; it won’t switch on.