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Mandarin word of the day · 25 September
扫一扫掃一掃
sǎo yī sǎoPinyin
to scan (a QR code)
学代码的室友看得很准，一边打开自己的个人名片，一边示意旁边新搬进来的隔壁姐姐赶紧扫一扫。
Xué dàimǎ de shìyǒu kàn de hěn zhǔn, yībiān dǎkāi zìjǐ de gèrén míngpiàn, yībiān shìyì pángbiān xīn bān jìnlái de gébì jiějie gǎnjǐn sǎo yī sǎo.
Our roommate who studies coding had accurate judgment; while opening his personal profile card, he gestured for the elder sister who just moved in next door to quickly scan it.
Earlier Mandarin words
- 做完 to finish doing / to complete
- 茶道 the Way of Tea / tea philosophy
- 高高的 tall / high (vivid description)
- 著 durative aspect particle
- 本 volume / classifier for bound publications
- 搭台 to share a table with strangers
- 被打败 to be defeated / to be beaten
- 蚵仔煎 oyster omelet
- 春节 Spring Festival / Lunar New Year
- 麻辣锅 Sichuan spicy hot pot / mala broth base
- 支付宝 Alipay
- 走进去 to walk in / to enter (away from the speaker)
- 看看 to have a look / to check out briefly
- 租房 rent a house / renting a property
- 你好 hello / hi
- 叫车 to call a car / to hail a ride
- 高铁 high-speed rail / HSR
- 微信 WeChat
- 看见 to see / to catch sight of
- 茶艺 tea art / tea ceremony skills
- 我的 my / mine
- 了 perfective aspect particle
- 个 individual / general measure word
- 饮茶 to drink tea / to go for dim sum
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