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A:
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哎，哎，哎 ......
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ài, ài, ài ......
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Agh, agh, agh...
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B:
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你怎么唉声叹气的？
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nǐ zěnme āishēngtànqì de?
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What are you moaning and groaning about?
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A:
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我想看中文报纸，可是这么多字不认识！
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wǒ xiǎng kàn Zhōngwén bàozhǐ, kěshì zhème duō zì bù rènshi!
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I'd like to read a Chinese newspaper, but there are so many words I don't recognize.
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B:
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可以查字典啊！
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kěyǐ chá zìdiǎn a!
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You can look them up in the dictionary!
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A:
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中文字典太难查了。还要分析什么部首。
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Zhōngwén zìdiǎn tài nán chá le. hái yào fēnxī shénme bùshǒu.
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Chinese dictionaries are too hard to use. And you have to analyze stuff like "radicals."
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B:
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其实没你想的那么难。认识几个常用部首的话，查起来会方便些。
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qíshí méi nǐ xiǎng de nàme nán. rènshi jǐ ge chángyòng bùshǒu dehuà, chá qǐlái huì fāngbiàn xiē.
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Actually, it's not as hard as you think. When you recognize a few commonly used radicals, it's easier to look things up.
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A:
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哦，那你快教教我吧！
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ò, nà nǐ kuài jiāo jiao wǒ ba!
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Oh, then hurry up and teach me!
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B:
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没问题。很多字的部首在左边，比如 “ 打 ” 的部首叫 “ 提手旁 ” 。 “ 住 ” 的部首叫 “ 单人旁 ”。
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méiwèntí. hěn duō zì de bùshǒu zài zuǒbiān, bǐrú " dǎ ” de bùshǒu jiào " tíshǒupáng ” . " zhù ” de bùshǒu jiào " dānrénpáng ”.
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No problem. The radical in a lot of words is on the left. For example, in the character for " to hit ", the radical is called " the raising hand radical." In the character for " to live in, " the radical is " the single person radical."
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A:
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哦，单人旁像 “ 人 ” 字。
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ò, dānrénpáng xiàng " rén ” zì.
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Oh, the "single person radical" looks like the character for "person."
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B:
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对。“很”的部首也在左边，叫“双人旁”。看，有两个撇。
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duì." hěn” de bùshǒu yě zài zuǒbiān, jiào" shuāngrénpáng”. kàn, yǒu liǎng ge piě.
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Right. And in the character for "very," the radical is also on the left. It's called "the double person radical." Look, it has two falling-left strokes.
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A:
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真有意思。
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zhēn yǒu yìsi.
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That's really interesting.
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B:
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再看这个 “ 冰 ” 字，它的部首叫“两点水 ”。“ 酒 ”的部首呢，叫 “ 三点水 ”。
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zài kàn zhè ge " bīng ” zì, tā de bùshǒu jiào" liǎngdiǎnshuǐ ”." jiǔ ” de bùshǒu ne, jiào " sāndiǎnshuǐ ”.
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Now take a look at this character for "cold." The radical is called "two-dot ice." The radical in "alcohol”is "three-dot water."
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A:
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哦，单人旁，双人旁，两点水，三点水，还挺形象的。
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ò, dānrénpáng, shuāngrénpáng, liǎngdiǎnshuǐ, sāndiǎnshuǐ, hái tǐng xíngxiàng de.
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Oh-- "single person," "double person," "two-dot ice," "three-dot water." And they're actually pretty good depictions.
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B:
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好玩儿吧？你去拿一下字典。
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hǎowánr ba? nǐ qù ná yīxià zìdiǎn.
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Fun, huh? Go grab your dictionary.
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B:
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先看 “ 部首目录 ” 。我们要根据部首查字。
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xiān kàn " bùshǒu mùlù ” . wǒmen yào gēnjù bùshǒu chá zì.
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First look at the "Table of Radicals." We look up characters by their radicals.
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A:
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这么多！什么时候才能学会啊！
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zhème duō! shénme shíhou cáinéng xuéhuì a!
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There are so many! When will I ever be able to master them all?
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B:
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除了我刚才教你的，还有一些你肯定认识。比如这个就是“木字旁”。
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chúle wǒ gāngcái jiāo nǐ de, hái yǒu yīxiē nǐ kěndìng rènshi. bǐrú zhè ge jiùshì" mùzìpáng”.
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Besides the ones I just taught you, there are definitely some you recognize. For instance, this one is the "wood radical."
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A:
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哦，原来一些简单的字也是部首。哎，这些笔画也算部首？
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ò, yuánlái yīxiē jiǎndān de zì yě shì bùshǒu. āi, zhèxiē bǐhuà yě suàn bùshǒu?
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Oh-- so some simple characters are also radicals. Ah-- do these strokes also count as components?
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B:
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没错。而且就算不知道部首，也可以查字的。
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méicuò. érqiě jiùsuàn bù zhīdào bùshǒu, yě kěyǐ chá zì de.
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Yes. And even if you don't know the radicals, you can still look up the character.
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A:
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哦，那怎么办？
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ò, nà zěnme bàn?
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Huh? How do you do that?
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B:
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合体字的话，你可以先把简单的那部分当成“部首”。独体字的话，可能它自己就是一个部首。
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hétǐzì dehuà, nǐ kěyǐ xiān bǎ jiǎndān de nà bùfen dàngchéng" bùshǒu”. dútǐzì dehuà, kěnéng tā zìjǐ jiùshì yī ge bùshǒu.
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With characters with multiple components, you treat the simple part as the radical. Characters with a single component might be radicals themselves.
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A:
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好！我现在就查查看。
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hǎo! wǒ xiànzài jiù chá cha kàn.
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Great! I'm going to look some up now!
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B:
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真是个急性子！我还没教你怎么查呢！
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zhēn shì ge jíxìngzi! wǒ hái méi jiāo nǐ zěnme chá ne!
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You're really impatient! I haven't taught you how to look them up yet!
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