Learning : Know "A Little" More
Abstract : A little, a lot or a whole lot more! Too tight or just too hot, learn the differences and how to express it! Read on!
Let us start today's experience with a question - how to say “a little” in Mandarin. I am sure that you know it is “yīdiǎndiǎn”. But how to say a sentence like “I am a bit tired ”or “This is a bit expensive”. Let me explain to you how do we use “a bit...” in Chinese. First the vocabulary:
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yǒudiǎn / yǒu yīdiǎn |
有点/ 有一点 |
a bit / little more |
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jǐn |
紧 |
tight |
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yīdiǎn |
一点 |
a little |
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duì wǒ lái shuō |
对我来说 |
for me |
