About This Lesson
Use Basic home actions and choices to practice Chinese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
请打开门。
qǐng dǎkāi mén Please open the door.
B
请关上窗户。
qǐng guānshàng chuānghu Please close the window.
A
请把它打开。
qǐng bǎ tā dǎkāi Please turn it on.
B
请把它关掉。
qǐng bǎ tā guāndiào Please turn it off.
A
请把这个给我。
qǐng bǎ zhège gěi wǒ Please give me this.
B
我要这个。
wǒ yào zhège I will take this.Word by Word
请
In the dialogue, 请 means “please” and makes a request polite, as in 请打开门 and 请关上窗户. A common reuse pattern is 请 + an action when asking someone to do something, such as during a polite request at home.
打开
In 请打开门, 打开 means “open,” while in 请把它打开 it means “turn it on.” It is used with the thing being opened or turned on, and you can use it when asking someone to open a door or switch something on.
门
Here, 门 means “door” in 请打开门. The reusable pattern is 打开 + 门 or another object, for example when asking someone to open a door at home.
关上
In 请关上窗户, 关上 means “close” or “shut,” with the window becoming closed. A common reuse pattern is 关上 + an object, used when asking someone to shut a window or another open item.
窗户
Here, 窗户 means “window” in 请关上窗户. It can follow an action such as 关上 when asking someone to close a window at home.
把
In 请把它打开 and 请把这个给我, 把 marks the specific object that the following action handles. A common pattern is 把 + object + verb phrase, used when asking someone to do something with a particular item.
它
In 请把它打开 and 请把它关掉, 它 means “it,” referring to a previously identified non-person thing. The reusable pattern 把它 + action is useful when asking someone to do something with that known item.
关掉
In 请把它关掉, 关掉 means “turn off” or “switch off.” It is used for something that is on, and you can use 把 + object + 关掉 when asking someone to switch a particular thing off.
这个
In 请把这个给我 and 我要这个, 这个 means “this” or “this one,” referring to the item being indicated or selected. It can be used before a noun or by itself when choosing one item from several options.
给
In 请把这个给我, 给 means “give,” describing the transfer of the selected item to the speaker. The reusable pattern 把 + item + 给 + recipient is useful when asking someone to hand a particular thing to someone.
我
In 请把这个给我, 我 means “me,” the person who should receive the item; in other contexts, it can mean “I,” the speaker. The common expression 给我 is used when asking someone to give something to the speaker.
要
In 我要这个, 要 expresses wanting or choosing the item, so the sentence means “I want this” or “I’ll take this.” The reusable pattern 要 + item is useful when selecting something or stating which item you want.
Grammar Points
请 + 把 + object + verb + result complement
请把门关上。
qǐng bǎ mén guānshàngPlease close the door.
把 places the object before the verb and emphasizes what happens to it; 关上 shows the completed result.
Chinese Vocabulary
把
prep
bǎ
disposal marker used to indicate the object of an action
请把它打开。
窗户
noun
chuānghu
window
请关上窗户。
打开
verb
dǎkāi
open; turn on
请打开门。
给
verb
gěi
give
请把这个给我。
关掉
verb
guāndiào
turn off; switch off
请把它关掉。
关上
verb
guānshàng
close; shut
请关上窗户。
门
noun
mén
door
请打开门。
请
verb
qǐng
please
请打开门。
它
pron
tā
it
请把它打开。
我
pron
wǒ
me; I
请把这个给我。
要
verb
yào
want; will take
我要这个。
这个
pron
zhège
this
请把这个给我。
Quiz
Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
turn off; switch off
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关掉open; turn on
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打开this
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这个window