day 83getting engaged
unit 13 · family & lovegetting engaged
Talk about proposals, engagements and babies, and ask about a topic with 關於 (about, concerning).
today’s words
- 翻 fān · turn over; flip through
- 敲 qiāo · knock, tap
- 訂婚 dìnghūn · get engaged
- 嫁 jià · marry (a man)
- 嬰兒 yīng'ér · baby, infant
- 懷孕 huáiyùn · be pregnant
- 夫人 fūrén · Mrs, madam (formal)
- 求婚 qiúhūn · propose (marriage)
- 娶 qǔ · marry (a woman)
- 媳婦 xífù · daughter-in-law
- 關於 guānyú · about, concerning
- 多數 duōshù · the majority, most
- 看來 kànlái · it seems, apparently
- 少數 shǎoshù · a minority, a few
- 無論 wúlùn · no matter (what, who, how)
- 達到 dádào · reach, achieve
- 角 jiǎo · corner; angle
- 通常 tōngcháng · usually
sentences
- 關於這件事，我們明天再談吧。 · Let’s talk about this tomorrow.
- 他們上個月訂婚了，明年結婚。 · They got engaged last month and are marrying next year.
- 她坐在房間的一角，翻了翻照片。 · She sat in a corner of the room, leafing through photos.
- 王阿姨的女兒懷孕了，明年春天就要生了。 · Auntie Wang’s daughter is pregnant: the baby’s due next spring.
- 嬰兒通常一天要睡十幾個小時。 · Babies usually sleep more than ten hours a day.