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day 81husband and wife

unit 13 · family & love

    husband and wife

    Talk about husbands, wives and relatives, and use V去 (take away) and V過來 (put right, turn back).

    today’s words

    • 妻子 qīzǐ · wife
    • 丈夫 zhàngfū · husband
    • 夫妻 fūqī · husband and wife, couple
    • 感情 gǎnqíng · feelings; bond, affection
    • 親戚 qīnqī · relative(s)
    • 動作 dòngzuò · movement, action
    • 愛人 àirén · sweetheart, beloved
    • 少年 shàonián · youth, teenage boy
    • 人生 rénshēng · life (one’s whole life)
    • 點頭 diǎntóu · nod; say yes
    • 滑 huá · slippery; slide, scroll
    • 複雜 fùzá · complicated
    • 普通 pǔtōng · ordinary, common
    • 趟 tàng · (measure word for trips)
    • 便利 biànlì · convenient
    • 偶爾 ǒu'ěr · once in a while
    • 時常 shícháng · often
    • 硬 yìng · hard, stiff

    sentences

    • 我姊姊下個月結婚,以後他們就是夫妻了。 · My sister gets married next month: then they’ll be husband and wife.
    • 奶奶說,丈夫和妻子的感情最重要。 · Grandma says the bond between a husband and wife matters most.
    • 婚禮上有很多親戚,有的我偶爾才見到。 · There’ll be lots of relatives at the wedding: some I only see once in a while.
    • 名字寫錯了,請你改過來。 · The name’s written wrong: please correct it.
    • 客人除去小孩,還有八十個人。 · Take away the children, and there are eighty guests.