《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (24:56)
HSK 3
nǐ shì bú shì è le kě le hái shì
你是不是饿了 渴了 还是
“are you hungry, thirsty, or”
《Hold A Court Now》
S1·E3
TIMECODE: 24:56
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ gēn jiě jiě shuō
你跟姐姐说
“Tell me,”
nǐ shì bú shì è le kě le hái shì
CURRENT FOCUS
你 是不是饿了 渴了 还 是
“are you hungry, thirsty, or”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
xiǎng shàng cè suǒ
想上厕所
“do you need the bathroom?”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
INQUIRING NEEDS
Tone:
GENTLE
Emotion:
CARING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Caregiver Inquiries
In Chinese family interactions, caregivers often list concrete bodily needs (hunger, thirst, restroom) sequentially to encourage a shy or distressed child to speak up.
INTENT TAGS:
#probing
#caring
#clarification
#soliciting_information
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
你是不是
SPOKEN CHUNK
are you / could it be that you
A very common pattern used to gently verify an assumption or guess someone's state.
还是
SPOKEN CHUNK
or / or else
Used in alternative questions to offer another possibility, often left open-ended at turn endings.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Indicates an emergence of a physical state (having become hungry or thirsty).
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2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (24:56) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus