About This Lesson
Use Basic health and temperature to practice Chinese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
太热了。
tài rè le It is too hot.
B
太冷了。
tài lěng le It is too cold.
A
我很累。
wǒ hěn lèi I am very tired.
B
我很饿。
wǒ hěn è I am very hungry.
A
我很渴。
wǒ hěn kě I am very thirsty.
B
我觉得不舒服。
wǒ juéde bù shūfu I am feeling sick.Word by Word
太
In 太热了 and 太冷了, 太 means “too” or excessively, showing that the temperature is beyond what is comfortable. It appears before the condition in the pattern 太 + description + 了. You can use this form to report that something is excessively hot or cold.
热
热 means “hot” in 太热了, describing the current temperature. It follows 太 to form 太热了, meaning “It is too hot.” Use it when telling someone about the temperature of a place, room, or day.
了
At the end of 太热了 and 太冷了, 了 marks the current state or a change that is relevant now. It completes the sentence-final expression about the temperature. Use adjective + 了 to report a current condition in this kind of statement.
冷
冷 means “cold” in 太冷了, describing the current temperature. It follows 太 to form 太冷了, meaning “It is too cold.” Use it when telling someone that the temperature is uncomfortably low.
我
我 means “I” in 我很累, 我很饿, 我很渴, and 我觉得不舒服, where it is the person experiencing or describing the condition. It comes at the beginning as the subject. Use 我 + a condition to report how you feel.
很
很 means “very” or “quite” before the condition in 我很累, 我很饿, and 我很渴. It comes between 我 and the word describing the speaker’s state. The reusable pattern is 我很 + a condition, for reporting how you feel.
累
累 means “tired” in 我很累, describing the speaker’s physical state. Together with 我很, it says that the speaker is very tired. Use 我很累 when telling a friend or another person that you need rest.
饿
饿 means “hungry” in 我很饿, describing the speaker’s need for food. It follows 我很 to form a statement about the speaker’s current state. Use 我很饿 when telling someone that you want or need to eat.
渴
渴 means “thirsty” in 我很渴, describing the speaker’s need for a drink. It follows 我很 in the same pattern as the other personal condition statements. Use 我很渴 when telling someone that you need water or another drink.
觉得
觉得 means “feel” in 我觉得不舒服, introducing the speaker’s personal feeling of being unwell. It follows the subject 我 and comes before the description of the feeling. Use 我觉得 + a description to tell someone how you feel.
不舒服
不舒服 means “feel unwell” or “be uncomfortable” in 我觉得不舒服. In this expression, 不 marks the negative condition and 舒服 refers to comfort, so together they describe not feeling well. The reusable pattern is 我觉得不舒服, which you can use to tell a friend or a healthcare worker that you are unwell.
Grammar Points
很 + 形容词
我很累
wǒ hěn lèiI am very tired.
中文中形容词可以直接作谓语；很常放在主语和形容词之间。
觉得 + 形容词
我觉得不舒服
wǒ juéde bù shūfuI feel unwell.
觉得后面可以直接接形容词，用来表达感受或判断。
Chinese Vocabulary
不舒服
adj
bù shūfu
uncomfortable; unwell
饿
adj
è
hungry
很
adv
hěn
very
觉得
verb
juéde
to feel; to think
渴
adj
kě
thirsty
累
adj
lèi
tired
冷
adj
lěng
cold
热
adj
rè
hot
太
adv
tài
too
我
pron
wǒ
I; me
Quiz
Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
uncomfortable; unwell
Show Answer
不舒服to feel; to think