Learn five words related to tableware
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| Hello! 大家好！欢迎来到Chinese weekly words. Hi everyone and welcome to Chinese weekly words. This week, we are going to talk about Tableware. Yeah tableware. Okay. |
| Okay. First one 第一个是:勺子(sháozi) |
| 勺子(sháozi) can mean a "spoon” or a “ladle" |
| 我用勺子喝汤。(Wǒ yòng sháozi hē tāng.)"I use a spoon to have my soup." |
| 我用勺子喝汤。(Wǒ yòng sháozi hē tāng.) |
| 下一个是:咖啡杯(kāfēi bēi) |
| 咖啡 (kāfēi) “coffee”, 杯 (bēi) is either it could be a cup or a glass or a mug. So 咖啡杯(kāfēi bēi) means ”coffee mug”. |
| 星巴克(Xīngbākè) It means "Starbucks". So that’s a Chinese name. |
| So “this is a Starbucks coffee mug.” 这是一个星巴克的咖啡杯。(Zhè shì yí gè Xīngbākè de kāfēibēi.) |
| All right, we talked about 杯子(bēizi) is ”cup" |
| Cup, cup, cup, cup, cup! You know the cupcake. In Chinese 杯子蛋糕 (bēizi dàngāo)。蛋糕 (dàngāo) is “cake”, 杯子 (bēizi) is a “cup”, so “cupcake” is 杯子蛋糕 (bēizi dàngāo). |
| So you can say 我喜欢吃杯子蛋糕。(Wǒ xǐhuān chī bēizi dàngāo.)"I like cupcakes." |
| 下一个是:盘子(pánzi) |
| 盘子(pánzi) is a ”plate" |
| 我不想洗盘子。(Wǒ bù xiǎng xǐ pánzi.) means "I do not want to wash the plates." |
| 我不想洗盘子。(Wǒ bù xiǎng xǐ pánzi.) No, no, no! |
| 下一个是:茶壶(cháhú) |
| 茶壶(cháhú) is something you use to boil the tea. So it’s a "teapot" |
| 茶壶(cháhú) is like this… Can you see my arm and this and this is a teapot. |
| 我是一个大茶壶 (Wǒ shì yīgè dà cháhú). |
| 这是一个很漂亮的茶壶。(Zhè shì yí gè hěn piàoliang de cháhú.)"This is a pretty teapot." |
| So that’s the end. We talked about tableware and I hope you like this video and I will be here with you next week on Chinese weekly words. 我们下周再见！ Bye bye. |
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