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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E15 (14:19) HSK 2
wǒ wǒ dǎ dī nǐ shì shuí a

我 我打的 你是谁啊

“I-I hit him. Who are you?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 14:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suàn shì

算是

“Sort of.”

wǒ wǒ dǎ dī nǐ shì shuí a CURRENT FOCUS

我 我打的 你是谁啊

“I-I hit him. Who are you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ā ā yí hǎo wǒ jiào dīng zhuó xǐ nǐ kě yǐ jiào wǒ ā xǐ

阿 阿姨好 我叫丁卓喜 你可以叫我阿喜

“Hello, Auntie. I'm Ding Zhuoxi. You can call me Xi.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INQUIRING IDENTITY
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wait, I didn't expect a stranger to answer. Who on earth are you?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guarded Phone Etiquette

Chinese speakers, especially older generations, tend to directly ask an unknown voice's identity to prevent fraud or miscommunication.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #verification #guardedness #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你是谁啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

Who are you?

A very direct way to ask someone's identity on the phone or at the door; soften with polite titles if speaking to superiors.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the direct inquiry into an urgent yet natural conversational question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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