About This Lesson
Use Asking for a Quiet Study Room to practice Chinese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
有自习室可以用吗？
Yǒu zìxíshì kěyǐ yòng ma? Is a study room available?
B
现在有一间空着。
Xiànzài yǒu yì jiān kòngzhe. One is open now.
A
我可以在那里看书吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ zài nàlǐ kàn shū ma? Can I read in there?
B
你可以用它看书，并把门关上。
Nǐ kěyǐ yòng tā kàn shū, bìng bǎ mén guān shàng. You can use it for reading and close the door.
A
那里会一直安静吗？
Nàlǐ huì yìzhí ānjìng ma? Will it stay quiet?
B
墙壁能挡住大部分噪音。
Qiángbì néng dǎngzhù dà bùfen zàoyīn. The walls block most of the noise.
A
这个房间适合我。
Zhège fángjiān shìhé wǒ. This room works for me.
B
请保持房间干净，留给其他人使用。
Qǐng bǎochí fángjiān gānjìng, liú gěi qítā rén shǐyòng. Please leave it clean for other people.Word by Word
有
In 有自习室可以用吗？, 有 asks whether a study room exists or is available. It commonly introduces something that is present or available, as in this question. Use it when asking about the availability of a place or thing.
自习室
自习室 means study room, the quiet room being asked about in 有自习室可以用吗？. It is the noun placed after 有 to identify what may be available. Use it when asking for a place to study.
可以
可以 expresses permission or possibility in 可以用 and 可以在那里看书吗？. It appears before the action the person may perform. Use 可以 before an action when asking or saying that someone is allowed or able to do it.
用
用 means use in 可以用 and 用它看书. In this dialogue, it refers to using the study room for reading. It combines with an object in 用它看书 and can be used when talking about using a place or thing.
吗
吗 turns the preceding statement into a yes-or-no question, as in 可以用吗？. It is placed at the end of the question. Use it when asking for a simple confirmation or denial.
现在
现在 means now in 现在有一间空着. It sets the time for the room's current availability. Use it before a statement when you want to describe what is true at the present moment.
间
间 is the classifier for the room in 一间空着. It follows 一 before referring to one room. Use it with a number when counting rooms.
空着
空着 means being unoccupied or available in 一间空着. The form describes the room as remaining empty at that moment. Use it to say that a room or place is currently not occupied.
我
我 means I or me and is the person asking in 我可以在那里看书吗？. It appears before 可以 to show who wants permission. Use it as the subject when talking about your own action or ability.
在
在 contributes the meaning of being at or in a place in 在那里看书. It comes before the location 那里. Use it before a place when describing where an action happens.
那里
那里 means there in 在那里看书, referring to the study room just mentioned. Together with 在, it identifies the place where the reading will happen. Use it when pointing back to a place that is understood from the conversation.
看书
看书 means read or read books in 在那里看书 and 用它看书. It names the activity for which the room will be used. Use it when talking about reading in a place or during a permitted activity.
你
你 means you and identifies the person being given permission in 你可以用它看书. It appears before 可以 to show who may act. Use it when addressing one person directly.
它
它 means it and refers here to the study room in 用它看书. It lets the speaker refer to the room without repeating 自习室. Use it for a previously mentioned non-human thing or place.
并
并 connects the reading permission with the additional instruction in 并把门关上. It links the actions as part of the same guidance. Use it before another action when adding a connected instruction or action.
把
把 marks 门 as the object affected by the action in 把门关上. It places the affected object before the action that changes it. Use 把 with an object followed by an action when describing what should happen to that object.
门
门 means door and is the object in 把门关上. The instruction concerns closing the room's door after entering. Use it when talking about opening or closing a door.
关上
关上 means close or shut completely in 把门关上. It describes the door reaching a closed state. Use it after an object in a request or instruction about shutting something.
会
会 asks about an expected or possible result in 会一直安静吗？. Here it introduces the question about whether the place will remain quiet. Use 会 before an action or state when asking what is likely to happen.
一直
一直 means continuously or all the time in 会一直安静吗？. It shows that the quiet state is expected to continue. Use it before an action or state that lasts without interruption.
安静
安静 means quiet in 会一直安静吗？. It describes the sound condition the speaker wants to know about. Use it to describe a place where there is little or no noise.
墙壁
墙壁 means walls and is the subject in 墙壁能挡住大部分噪音. It identifies the part of the room that helps reduce sound. Use it when describing what walls can do in a building or room.
能
能 expresses ability or capability in 墙壁能挡住大部分噪音. It says that the walls are capable of blocking the noise. Use 能 before an action to describe what someone or something is able to do.
挡住
挡住 means block or keep out in 墙壁能挡住大部分噪音. It describes the walls stopping most of the noise from getting through. Use it before the thing being blocked, as in 挡住大部分噪音.
大部分
大部分 means most or the majority in 大部分噪音. It limits the statement to the larger part of the noise, not necessarily all of it. Use it before a noun when referring to most of something.
噪音
噪音 means noise and is the thing blocked in 挡住大部分噪音. It refers to unwanted sound that may disturb people reading. Use it when discussing sound that makes a place less quiet.
这
这 means this in 这个房间 and points to the room being considered. It appears before 个 and 房间 to identify a specific nearby room. Use it before a classifier and noun when pointing out something as this particular one.
个
个 is the classifier in 这个房间. It connects 这 with 房间 when identifying this room. Use it between a demonstrative or number and a noun when that noun takes this classifier.
房间
房间 means room in 这个房间适合我. It identifies the room that the speaker finds suitable. Use it when talking about a room in a home, building, or other place.
适合
适合 means suit or be suitable for in 这个房间适合我. The room is described as fitting the speaker's needs. Use it with the suitable thing followed by the person or purpose it suits.
请
请 makes the instruction polite in 请保持房间干净. It introduces a request directed at the listener. Use it before an action when politely asking someone to do something.
保持
保持 means keep or maintain in 保持房间干净. It asks the listener to keep the room in a clean condition. Use it before an object and the condition that should continue.
干净
干净 means clean in 保持房间干净. It describes the condition the room should remain in. Use it after 保持房间 to state the condition that should be maintained.
留
留 means leave something for someone in 留给其他人使用. It expresses that the room should remain available for other people. Use it with 给 when saying that something is left for another person or group.
给
给 means for or to in 留给其他人使用. It marks 其他人 as the people who should benefit from what is left. Use it after 留 when identifying the intended person or group.
其他
其他 means other in 其他人. It distinguishes these people from the current user. Use it before a noun when referring to additional people or things besides those already understood.
人
人 means person or people in 其他人. Together, 其他人 means other people who may use the room later. Use it when referring to people, including in expressions that specify which people.
使用
使用 means use in 留给其他人使用. It describes the purpose for which the room should be left available. Use it after a person or group in a phrase explaining what they will do with a place or thing.
Grammar Points
把 + 宾语 + 动词 + 结果补语
墙壁把大部分噪音挡住。
Qiángbì bǎ dà bùfen zàoyīn dǎngzhù.The wall blocks most of the noise.
把字句把宾语提前，强调对事物采取动作及其结果。
一直 + 动词/形容词
那里一直保持安静。
Nàlǐ yìzhí bǎochí ānjìng.It remains quiet there.
一直放在动词或形容词前，表示状态或动作持续到现在。
Chinese Vocabulary
安静
adj
ānjìng
quiet
把
prep
bǎ
construction marker for handling an object
并
conj
bìng
and
关上
verb
guān shàng
to close
看书
phrase
kàn shū
to read; to read books
空着
phrase
kòngzhe
to be vacant; to be unoccupied
那里
pron
nàlǐ
there
现在
adv
xiànzài
now
一间
phrase
yì jiān
one room
一直
adv
yìzhí
continuously; all along
用
verb
yòng
to use
自习室
noun
zìxíshì
study room
Quiz
Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
there
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那里quiet
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安静now
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现在to close