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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (58:09) HSK 5
bǎo bèi shì bú shì dù zi è le

宝贝 是不是肚子饿了

“Sweetheart, are you hungry?”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 58:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kàn cǎi yún jiě duì nǐ de píng jià duō gāo

“See? Caiyun thinks so highly of you.”

bǎo bèi shì bú shì dù zi è le CURRENT FOCUS

宝贝 是不是 肚子饿了

“Sweetheart, are you hungry?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bà bà dài nǐ chī hǎo chī de qù a

“Let Dad take you somewhere good to eat.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CARING INQUIRY
Tone: GENTLE AND LOVING
Emotion: AFFECTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Food as Parental Care

In Chinese culture, asking if someone is hungry and offering good food is one of the most fundamental and sincere expressions of parental love and devotion.

INTENT TAGS: #caregiving #inquiry #parenting #affection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
肚子饿了 SPOKEN CHUNK

stomach is hungry / getting hungry

The standard everyday colloquial way to state that someone is hungry.

是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it that... / could it be that...

Used to make a gentle, intuitive guess about someone's condition or feeling.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signifies a change of state, indicating that hunger has set in.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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