Hotpot weather · 火锅天气
When it turns cold or rainy, many people in China say it's perfect weather for hotpot. Ordering hotpot delivery to eat at home is very common in big cities.
天冷或下雨的时候，很多中国人会说“最适合吃火锅了”。在大城市，点外卖火锅在家吃也很常见。
Spoken Chinese · 实战口语第 2 册
Unit 1 · 谈天气和季节
Weather & Seasons
Dialogue · 课文对话
Roommates Xiaoyu and Dawei check the weather on their phones in the evening, chatting about whether to still go out for hotpot.
小雨和大伟是室友。晚上他们看手机天气，一边聊天，一边想要不要出门吃火锅。
Quick switch · 短对话
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Grammar · 语法
Sentence + 了 (change of state)
Final 了 can mean “now it has become…” — something has changed. It is not just “past tense.”
Watch out · 注意：Keep 了 at the end. Say: Tiān yīn le. 天阴了。 Not: *Tiān le yīn.*
(Jiù / Kuài) yào + Verb + le — about to happen
Use 就要……了 or 快要……了 for something that is about to happen.
Watch out · 注意：Do not drop the final 了. Say: Kuài yào xià yǔ le. 快要下雨了。 Not: *Kuài yào xià yǔ.*
Yìdiǎnr yě bù + Adjective / Verb — not at all
一点儿也不…… means “not at all.” The adjective or verb comes after 不.
Watch out · 注意：Keep the order yìdiǎnr yě bù. Say: Jīntiān yìdiǎnr yě bú rè. 今天一点儿也不热。 Not: *Jīntiān bú yìdiǎnr yě rè.*
Practice · 句型练习
- Put in order: yīn / tiān / le / .
- Put in order: yào / xià yǔ / kuài / le / .
- Fill the blank: Jīntiān yìdiǎnr yě ___ lěng. (bù / hěn)
- Fill the blank: Tiānqì yùbào yìdiǎnr yě bù ___. (zhǔn 准 = accurate / rè 热)
- Make a sentence: Say “It is about to snow” with 快要……了.
- Make a sentence: Say “This soup is not hot at all” with 一点儿也不. (汤 tāng = soup)
- Translate: “It has clouded over. It looks like rain.”
- Translate: “The forecast is not accurate at all.”
- Answer about yourself: Nǐ xǐhuan chūntiān háishi dōngtiān?
- Answer about yourself: Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng? Nǐ dài yǔsǎn le ma?