Intermediate - What does she look like? (C1545)

A: 我周末碰到小周和他女朋友了。
wǒ zhōumò pèngdào Xiǎo Zhōu hé tā nǚpéngyou le.
I bumped into Xiao Zhou and his girlfriend this weekend.
B: 小周有女朋友了?
Xiǎo Zhōu yǒu nǚpéngyou le?
Xiao Zhou has a girlfriend now?
A: 是啊!
shì a!
Yeah!
B: 他女朋友长得怎么样?
tā nǚpéngyou zhǎng de zěnmeyàng?
What does his girlfriend look like?
A: 挺漂亮的。长发,圆脸,眼睛很大。
tǐng piàoliang de. chángfà, yuánliǎn, yǎnjing hěn dà.
She's quite pretty. She has long hair, a round face, and big eyes.
B: 圆脸?胖不胖?
yuánliǎn? pàng bu pàng?
A round face? Is she fat?
A: 不胖不瘦,正好。
bù pàng bù shòu, zhènghǎo.
She's not fat or skinny - just right.
B: 高不高?有我高吗?
gāo bu gāo? yǒu wǒ gāo ma?
Is she tall? As tall as me?
A: 好像差不多吧。
hǎoxiàng chàbuduō ba.
About the same I think.
B: 长得白吗?皮肤好不好?
zhǎng de bái ma? pífū hǎo bu hǎo?
Is she pale? How's her skin?
A: 不是特别白。皮肤还可以吧。
bùshì tèbié bái. pífū hái kěyǐ ba.
She's not particularly pale. Her skin is OK.
B: 单眼皮还是双眼皮?
dānyǎnpí háishi shuāngyǎnpí?
Does she have single eyelids or double eyelids?
A: 这我可没注意。我又没盯着人家看。
zhè wǒ kě méi zhùyì. wǒ yòu méi dīng zhe rénjia kàn.
I didn't really notice. It's not like I stared at her.
B: 哦。
ò.
Oh.
A: 哎,你怎么对小周的女朋友这么感兴趣?
ái, nǐ zěnme duì Xiǎo Zhōu de nǚpéngyou zhème gǎn xìngqù?
Hey, why are you so interested in Xiao Zhou's girlfriend?

Key Vocabulary

碰到 pèngdào to bump into
zhǎng to grow
长发 chángfà long hair
圆脸 yuánliǎn round face
眼睛 yǎnjing eyes
pàng fat
shòu thin
正好 zhènghǎo 'just right'
yǒu to have
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
差不多 chàbuduō more or less
皮肤 pífū skin
单眼皮 dānyǎnpí single eyelids
双眼皮 shuāngyǎnpí double eyelids
really
注意 zhùyì to pay attention to
yòu [adds emphasis]
dīng to stare at
人家 rénjia [person other than the speaker]
感兴趣 gǎn xìngqù to be interested in
对......感兴趣 duì ... gǎn xìngqù to be interested in something

Supplementary Vocabulary

长相 zhǎngxiàng appearance
好奇 hàoqí curious
短发 duǎnfà short hair
瓜子脸 guāzǐliǎn oval-shaped face
方脸 fāngliǎn square face
jiān sharp, pointed
下巴 xiàba chin
zhuàng strong, robust

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