{"id":12163,"date":"2025-01-25T20:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T12:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=12163"},"modified":"2025-01-26T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:19:53","slug":"a-little-bit-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/a-little-bit-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"A little bit &#8211; \u6709\u4e00\u70b9 y\u01d2u y\u00ecdi\u01cen &amp; \u4e00\u70b9 y\u00ecdi\u01cen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/a-little-bit-chinese\/#Structure\" >Structure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/a-little-bit-chinese\/#Special_Cases\" >Special Cases<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/a-little-bit-chinese\/#Something_you_need_to_know\" >Something you need to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/a-little-bit-chinese\/#Practice\" >Practice<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6a8965\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Grammar Point:<\/mark><\/strong><br>Both \u6709\u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2uy\u012bdi\u01cen and \u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u00ecdi\u01cen convey the notion of &#8216;a little&#8217; or &#8216;a bit,&#8217; but with slight nuances. In China, \u6709<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede\u5152<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9\u513f<\/span> y\u01d2udi\u01cenr is more commonly used instead of \u6709\u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Structure\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6a8965\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Structure<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e6f4ee\"><tbody><tr><td>\u6709\u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Adjective<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> \u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Noun<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c23<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u71b1<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u6c14<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nq\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70ed<\/span><rt>r\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><br>Today&#8217;s weather is a bit hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77ee<\/span><rt>\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u77ee<\/span><rt>\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><br>My younger brother is a bit short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89ba\u5f97<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e97<\/span><rt>di\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nzh\u016bn\u01ceich\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb4<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u89c9\u5f97<\/span><rt>ju\u00e9de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u90a3<\/span><rt>n\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e97<\/span><rt>di\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336<\/span><rt>zh\u0113nzh\u016bn\u01ceich\u00e1<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8d35<\/span><rt>gu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I think the bubble tea from that shop is a bit expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981\u4e0d\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0ob\u00fay\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9152<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt> <\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981\u4e0d\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0ob\u00fay\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559d<\/span><rt>h\u0113<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9152<\/span><rt>ji\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt> <\/rt><\/ruby><br>Would you like to have a little bit of alcohol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u4e0a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceosh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u98ef<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6240\u4ee5<\/span><rt>su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9913<\/span><rt>\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u4e0a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceoshang<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u996d<\/span><rt>f\u00e0n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6240\u4ee5<\/span><rt>su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00fa<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u997f<\/span><rt>\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I had a little breakfast in the morning, so I&#8217;m not hungry now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5\u6587<\/span><rt>r\u00ecw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5\u6587<\/span><rt>r\u00ecw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I can speak a little bit of Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Special_Cases\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6a8965\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Special Cases<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes is not &#8220;\u6709\u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen&#8221;; it&#8217;s actually &#8220;\u6709 y\u01d2u&#8221; as a verb have or has plus &#8221; \u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u00ecdi\u01cen&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u5348<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0w\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0b\u5348<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0w\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6642\u9593<\/span><rt>sh\u00edji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65f6\u95f4<\/span><rt>sh\u00edji\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>I have a bit of time this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53ea<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9322<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u94b1<\/span><rt>qi\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>He has only a bit of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/strong><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6d0b\u8525<\/span><rt>y\u00e1ngc\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt> <\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6d0b\u8471<\/span><rt>y\u00e1ngc\u014dng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff1f<\/span><rt> <\/rt><\/ruby><br>There&#8217;s still a bit of onion at home. Do you want it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Something_you_need_to_know\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6a8965\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Something you need to know<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u6709\u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen is typically employed neutrally to indicate a small amount or degree of something. However, native speakers often use it in a negative context as a polite way to express complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8ab2<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7c21\u55ae<\/span><rt>ji\u01cend\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8bfe<\/span><rt>k\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b80\u5355<\/span><rt>ji\u01cend\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><br>This course is a little bit simple.<br>(It implies that the speaker is dissatisfied with the current course difficulty and wishes for it to be a bit harder.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb7<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6771\u897f<\/span><rt>d\u014dngx\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e38\u5e38<\/span><rt>ch\u00e1ngch\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4fbf\u5b9c<\/span><rt>pi\u00e1ny\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e70<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e1c\u897f<\/span><rt>d\u014dngxi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5e38\u5e38<\/span><rt>ch\u00e1ngch\u00e1ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4fbf\u5b9c<\/span><rt>pi\u00e1nyi<\/rt><\/ruby><br>The things he buys are often a little bit cheap.<br>(It suggests that the speaker is dissatisfied with the items purchased by that person and hopes they would buy something a bit more expensive.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u83dc<\/span><rt>c\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u83dc<\/span><rt>c\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u597d\u5403<\/span><rt>h\u01ceoch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby> \u274c<br>The dish you made is a bit delicious.<br>(It doesn&#8217;t make sense.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Practice\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6a8965\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Practice<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-6\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"6\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"2 Different &quot;A little&quot; in Chinese\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/imperatives-to-do-more-yidian\/\">Imperatives &#8220;to do more&#8221; &#8211; V + Adj \u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span> y\u00ecdi\u01cen<\/a> (HSK 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/not-at-all-chinese\/\">&#8220;Not at all&#8221; in Chinese &#8211; \u4e00<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9<\/span>\u4e5f\u4e0d y\u00ecdi\u01cen y\u011b b\u00f9<\/a> (HSK 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/a-bit-too-chinese\/\">&#8220;A bit too&#8221; in Chinese &#8211; Adj \u4e86<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9(\u513f)<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">di\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">di\u01cen(r)<\/span> le <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">di\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">di\u01cen(r)<\/span><\/a> (HSK 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/tiffanystalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:150px;height:29px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-600x115.png 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1536x296.png 1536w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-2048x394.png 2048w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-850x164.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do you like it? \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/b1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-300x86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" style=\"width:150px;height:43px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-600x171.png 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammar Point:Both \u6709\u4e00\u9ede\u70b9 y\u01d2uy\u012bdi\u01cen and \u4e00\u9ede\u70b9 y\u00ecdi\u01cen convey the notion of &#8216;a little&#8217; or &#8216;a bit,&#8217; but with slight nuances. In China, \u6709\u9ede\u5152\u70b9\u513f y\u01d2udi\u01cenr is more commonly used instead of \u6709\u4e00\u9ede\u70b9 y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen. Structure \u6709\u4e00\u9ede\u70b9 y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen + Adjective \u4e00\u9ede\u70b9 y\u00ecdi\u01cen + Noun \u4eca\u5929j\u012bnti\u0101n\u5929\u6c23ti\u0101nq\u00ec\u6709\u4e00\u9edey\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u71b1r\u00e8\u4eca\u5929j\u012bnti\u0101n\u5929\u6c14ti\u0101nq\u00ec\u6709\u4e00\u70b9y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u70edr\u00e8Today&#8217;s weather is a bit hot. \u6211w\u01d2\u5f1f\u5f1fd\u00ecdi\u6709\u4e00\u9edey\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u77ee\u01cei\u6211w\u01d2\u5f1f\u5f1fd\u00ecdi\u6709\u4e00\u70b9y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u77ee\u01ceiMy younger brother is a bit short. \u6211w\u01d2\u89ba\u5f97ju\u00e9de\u90a3n\u00e0\u5bb6ji\u0101\u5e97di\u00e0n\u7684de\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336zh\u0113nzh\u016bn\u01ceich\u00e1\u6709\u4e00\u9edey\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u8cb4gu\u00ec\u6211w\u01d2\u89c9\u5f97ju\u00e9de\u90a3n\u00e0\u5bb6ji\u0101\u5e97di\u00e0n\u7684de\u73cd\u73e0\u5976\u8336zh\u0113nzh\u016bn\u01ceich\u00e1\u6709\u4e00\u70b9y\u01d2uy\u00ecdi\u01cen\u8d35gu\u00ecI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-category"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A little bit - \u6709\u4e00\u70b9 y\u01d2u y\u00ecdi\u01cen &amp; 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