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Posted on: How Cold Is It in Winter?
January 12, 2020 at 5:07 AM

You can say 挺冷 or 冷极了 and the latter is much colder than the former. But you cannot say 冷挺了. 极冷 is correct though. 挺 means very. 极 means extremely.

Posted on: Which Sports Do You Like?
January 11, 2020 at 4:51 AM

When you respond, you need to say "两个都..." or just "都..." But you cannot say "两个..." without including 都

Posted on: What Do You Do When You Rest?
January 11, 2020 at 4:49 AM

不做 means you don't do anything but it doesn't imply the past tense. 没做 refers to that you didn't do anything when he fell down. So 没做 is more appropriate to be used in this sentence.

Posted on: You Really Are Impressive
January 11, 2020 at 4:43 AM

Yes, 打篮球 and 踢足球 are set phrases in Chinese. When you say 篮球打得很好 and 足球踢得很好, you actually refer to the fact that someone is good at playing basketball or soccer.

Posted on: Is This the Correct Stop?
January 11, 2020 at 4:39 AM

I think 我快到了 is more commonly used than 我要到了 although the latter is also grammar correct.

Posted on: Rude Waitress Part 1/2
January 10, 2020 at 4:32 PM

yes, you can say 试试看 or 试看/试读一下.

Posted on: How To Say: Come Out / Come In
January 10, 2020 at 4:29 PM

I think people usually say 我进房间了or 我进到房间里了.

Posted on: It's Not Too Far
January 10, 2020 at 4:26 PM

公共汽车 and 公交车 are interchangeable. In taiwan, people would say 公车 rather than 公交车.

Posted on: Classroom Chinese
January 9, 2020 at 4:14 PM

行 hang2 and 排 pai2 are interchangeable when they both refer to a row. However, when people say 银行 yin2hang2 which means a bank, it cannot be replaced with 排.

Posted on: Morning and After-Work Habits
January 9, 2020 at 4:11 PM

我上班以前会在上洗手间的时候看报纸