Connie's example sentence starter...?

hryj
 March 29, 2009, 03:56 AM posted in General Discussion

 

In Qing Wen, Connie frequently starts example sentences with something that sounds to me like "biyu shuo".  I assume the shuo is the expected " 说".  But in trying to figure out the other part, the most reasonable thing I found was 比喻 [bǐyù] (compare, analogy).  Is this what she is saying, and is the meaning of this phrase something like "For instance, you can say XYZ"?

Thanks!

HRYJ

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bababardwan
 March 29, 2009, 04:30 AM

Not sure mate but I think it's often either biru shou or keyi shou

比如说..for example say

你可以说...you can say

..whoa,I went to type the english you ..and typed ni initially instead.Woohoo;i'm thinking in chinese for the simple stuff.trivial but exciting,hehe.

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calkins
 March 29, 2009, 04:35 AM

Hi HRYJ,

You're pretty much right, except it's 比如说 bǐrú shuō, which basically means "for example, you could say...."

比如 bǐrú ：for example

你比如说

or simply:

比如说

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Sorry Brendan, you posted yours while I was typing mine!

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hryj
 March 29, 2009, 05:06 AM

Thanks all!  I'll go back and listen to it some more - I've listened to her say that phrase dozens of times, and it never sounded like biru (although I had considered it as a possibility, since it seemed reasonable).  I guess I just need to train my ear better...

Cheers.