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Chinese Bites — with Janine | HSK3️⃣

🎙️9️⃣5️⃣ – What does … mean? (什么叫…? shénme jiào …?)

13 Nov 2025

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My coworker said something was “lípǔ,”and I asked, “What does that mean?”Let’s learn how to say “What does … mean?” in Chinese.什么叫…? (shénme jiào …?)Hello,大家好,我是Janine。Hello, dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Janine.Hello everyone, I’m Janine.昨天我和同事聊天,他突然说:“哎,这件事很‘离谱’。”Zuótiān wǒ hé tóngshì liáotiān, tā tūrán shuō: “Āi, zhè jiàn shì hěn ‘lípǔ’.”Yesterday I was chatting with a coworker, and he suddenly said, “Wow, this thing is so ‘lípǔ’.”我一听有点儿懵,就问他:“什么叫‘离谱’?”Wǒ yì tīng yǒudiǎnr mēng, jiù wèn tā: “Shénme jiào ‘lípǔ’?”I didn’t quite get it and asked, “What does ‘lípǔ’ mean?”他笑着说:“就是很奇怪、很不正常的意思。”Tā xiào zhe shuō: “Jiùshì hěn qíguài, hěn bù zhèngcháng de yìsi.”He laughed and said, “It means something very strange or unreasonable.”我点点头,说:“啊,原来是这样!”Wǒ diǎn diǎn tóu, shuō: “A, yuánlái shì zhèyàng!”I nodded and said, “Ah, I see!”

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