Fluentide · Chinese Listening — HSK 1

手机聪明吗? — Is the Mobile Phone Smart?


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Is the Mobile Phone Smart?

HSK 1 level · 2:31

Key Vocabulary
  • 手机 (shǒujī) — mobile phone
  • 聪明 (cōngming) — smart / clever
  • (dǒng) — to understand
  • (bāng) — to help
  • 说话 (shuōhuà) — to speak / to talk
  • 工具 (gōngjù) — tool
  • 思考 (sīkǎo) — to think deeply / to ponder
  • 计算器 (jìsuànqì) — calculator
Grammar Patterns
  • A不A (Affirmative-Negative Question) — A common way to form a yes/no question by placing the affirmative and negative forms of a verb or adjective side by side.
  • 会 (huì) for Ability — The modal verb 会 is used before a verb to express an acquired skill or an inherent capability to do something.
  • Verb + 得 + Adverb/Adjective (Degree Complement) — The structural particle 得 connects a verb to a descriptive word or phrase that explains how well or in what manner the action is performed.

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