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今天我们的全中文专栏就简单一点,jīn tiān | wǒ men | de | quán | zhōng | wén | zhuān | lán | jiù | jiǎn | dān | yī | diǎnToday our all-Chinese column will be simple,因为我觉得达到中文高级水平的听众占少数,yīn | wèi | wǒ | jué | de | dá | dào | zhōng | wén | gāo | jí | shuǐ | píng | de | tīng | zhòng | zhàn | shǎo | shùbecause I think only a minority of listeners have reached an advanced level of Chinese,可能多数是初级水平。kě | néng | duō | shù | shì | chū | jí | shuǐ | píngand most are probably at an elementary level.我有的时候想开一个初级中文的专栏,wǒ | yǒu | de | shí | hou | xiǎng | kāi | yī | gè | chū | jí | zhōng | wén | de | zhuān | lánSometimes I want to start a beginner Chinese column,或者零基础中文的专栏,huò | zhě | líng | jī | chǔ | zhōng | wén | de | zhuān | lánor a zero-basis Chinese column,也就是针对入门的人。yě | jiù | shì | zhēn | duì | rù | mén | de | rénthat is, for people just starting out.但是一方面我不知道听众们到底需要不,dàn | shì | yī | fāng | miàn | wǒ | bù | zhī | dào | tīng | zhòng | men | dào | dǐ | xū | yào | buBut on the one hand, I don’t know if listeners actually need it,另一方面我还不知道说些什么,lìng | yī | fāng | miàn | wǒ | hái | bù | zhī | dào | shuō | xiē | shén | meand on the other hand, I don’t know what to talk about.因为我们日常生活中不会只说最简单的话,yīn | wèi | wǒ | men | rì | cháng | shēng | huó | zhōng | bù | huì | zhǐ | shuō | zuì | jiǎn | dān | de | huàBecause in our daily lives, we don’t only say the simplest sentences,你遇到的中文环境,也不会只有最简单的话。nǐ | yù | dào | de | zhōng | wén | huán | jìng | yě | bù | huì | zhǐ | yǒu | zuì | jiǎn | dān | de | huàand the Chinese environment you encounter won’t only have the simplest words either.我能想到的就是“你好”“谢谢”“对不起”这些,wǒ | néng | xiǎng | dào | de | jiù | shì | “nǐ | hǎo” | “xiè | xie” | “duì | bu | qǐ” | zhè | xiēAll I can think of are words like “nǐ hǎo (hello)”, “xiè xie (thank you)”, “duì bu qǐ (sorry)”,这些你随便模仿一下就行了,zhè | xiē | nǐ | suí | biàn | mó | fǎng | yī | xià | jiù | xíng | leand you can just imitate these casually.再多说一点,那就不是入门级别了,zài | duō | shuō | yī | diǎn | nà | jiù | bù | shì | rù | mén | jí | bié | leIf you say a bit more, it’s no longer beginner-level,可能就是初级了。kě | néng | jiù | shì | chū | jí | leit’s probably elementary level.如果要学拼音,那算是入门还是初级呢?rú | guǒ | yào | xué | pīn | yīn | nà | suàn | shì | rù | mén | hái | shì | chū | jí | neIf you need to learn Pinyin, is that beginner-level or elementary level?如果要写中文字,应该至少是初级了吧。rú | guǒ | yào | xiě | zhōng | wén | zì | yīng | gāi | zhì | shǎo | shì | chū | jí | le | baIf you need to write Chinese characters, it should be at least elementary level, right?