Intermediate - Korean or Chinese? (C2246)

A: 你看,这个是韩国人还是中国人?
nǐ kàn, zhè gè shì Hánguórén háishi Zhōngguórén?
Look at this. Is this person Korean or Chinese?
B: 中国人。
Zhōngguórén.
Chinese.
A: 为什么?
wèishénme?
Why?
B: 大部分韩国女人都化妆,而且化得很好。大部分中国女人不化妆。
dàbùfen Hánguó nǚrén dōu huàzhuāng, érqiě huà de hěn hǎo. dàbùfen Zhōngguó nǚrén bù huàzhuāng.
Most Korean women wear make-up, and they wear it well. Most Chinese women don't wear make-up.
A: 那这个呢?
nà zhè gè ne?
Then what about this one?
B: 韩国人。年轻的韩国男人比较时尚,会染发烫发,戴耳环。
Hánguórén. niánqīng de Hánguó nánrén bǐjiào shíshàng, huì rǎnfà tàngfà, dài ěrhuán.
Korean. Young Korean men are more fashionable. They'll perm and dye their hair, and wear earrings.
A: 年轻的中国男人也是这样吧?
niánqīng de Zhōngguó nánrén yě shì zhèyàng ba?
Young Chinese men are also like this, right?
B: 不一样。中国这样的男人比较少。染发戴耳环的都不像好人。
bù yīyàng. Zhōngguó zhèyàng de nánrén bǐjiào shǎo. rǎnfà dài ěrhuán de dōu bù xiàng hǎorén.
It's different. In China, there are relatively few men like this. Those who dye their hair and wear earrings don't seem like good people.
A: 那这个呢?
nà zhè gè ne?
Then what about this one?
B: 呃,应该也是韩国人。韩国人脸型一般比较扁平,是大饼脸。
è, yīnggāi yě shì Hánguórén. Hánguórén liǎnxíng yībān bǐjiào biǎnpíng, shì dàbǐng liǎn.
Uh, that person should also be Korean. The shapes of Korean faces are usually pretty flat and wide. They're pancake faces.
A: 中国人也有很多大饼脸。
Zhōngguórén yě yǒu hěn duō dàbǐng liǎn.
Chinese people also have pancake faces.
B: 其实很难说,我也是凭感觉区分的。
qíshí hěn nánshuō, wǒ yě shì píng gǎnjué qūfēn de.
In fact, it's difficult to say. I'm really just going with my feelings to tell them apart.
A: 好,我们看一下正确答案。
hǎo, wǒmen kàn yīxià zhèngquè dá àn.
Okay. Let's see the correct answers.
B: 怎么样?
zěnmeyàng?
How did I do?
A: 哇塞,你都猜对了!
wāsāi, nǐ dōu cāi duì le!
Whoa! You guessed all of them right!

Key Vocabulary

韩国人 Hánguórén Korean person
大部分 dàbùfen most of, on the large part
化妆 huàzhuāng make-up
而且 érqiě moreover
比较 bǐjiào relatively
时尚 shíshàng fashionable
染发 rǎnfà to dye one's hair
烫发 tàngfà to have a perm
dài to wear
耳环 ěrhuán earring
脸型 liǎnxíng shape of face
一般 yībān on average, usually
扁平 biǎnpíng flat
大饼脸 dàbǐng liǎn pancake face
其实 qíshí actually
难说 nánshuō to be difficult to say
píng on the basis of
感觉 gǎnjué feeling
区分 qūfēn to differentiate
正确 zhèngquè correct
答案 dá àn answer
cāi to guess

Supplementary Vocabulary

韩剧 Hánjù Korean TV drama
明星 míngxīng celebrity
整容 zhěngróng to have cosmetic surgery
根据 gēnjù according to

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