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Do You Mind? 介意 vs 在意

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ID: 7401 Intermediate
Today's lesson is all about whether you mind or not. There are two words in Chinese that have similar use cases, but slightly different meanings. Listen to the show to learn useful phrases like "Do you mind if I smoke". https://chinesepodtv.wistia.com/medias/ngwg2a3ten
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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介意因为心里不舒服或者是不高兴而一直记得或注意
jièyì 介意yīnwèi 因为xīnli 心里bù shūfu 不舒服huò zhě 或者shì 是bù gāoxìng 不高兴ér 而yīzhí 一直jìde 记得huò 或zhùyì 注意
to take offense: when you feel uncomfortable or unhappy and you keep thinking or paying attention to something.
在意因为觉得重要所以放在心里常常注意
zàiyì 在意yīnwèi 因为juéde 觉得zhòngyào 重要suǒyǐ 所以fàng zài 放在xīnli 心里chángcháng 常常zhùyì 注意
to mind: to keep thinking about something and paying attention to something because you think it is important
你男朋友很在意你所以才会介意别的男生跟你聊天说话
nǐ 你nán péngyou 男朋友hěn 很zàiyì 在意nǐ 你suǒyǐ 所以cáihuì 才会jièyì 介意biéde 别的nánshēng 男生gēn 跟nǐ 你liáotiān 聊天shuōhuà 说话
You boyfriend really cares about you, so that's why he minds when other guys talk to you.
我很介意别人说我胖让我心里不舒服不高兴
wǒ 我hěn 很jièyì 介意biérén 别人shuō 说wǒ 我pàng 胖ràng 让wǒ 我xīnli 心里bù shūfu 不舒服bù gāoxìng 不高兴
I really take offense/mind when people call me fat. (I get upset and unhappy)
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