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《The Truth》 S1·E2 (01:36) HSK 5
cóng xiǎo jiù zhè me jiào nǐ dōu jiào xí guàn le nà jiào shén me ya

从小就这么叫你 都叫习惯了 那叫什么呀

“I've called you that since childhood. What should I call you?”

《The Truth》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 01:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎo qiān qiān bié zhè me jiào wǒ

“Little Qian. Don't call me that.”

cóng xiǎo jiù zhè me jiào nǐ dōu jiào xí guàn le nà jiào shén me ya CURRENT FOCUS

从小 就这么 叫你 都 叫习惯了 那叫 什么呀

“I've called you that since childhood. What should I call you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qiān bǎo bǎo

谦宝宝

“Baby Qian?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PLAYFUL REBUTTAL
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't act embarrassed; you know I'm entitled to call you that because of how close we are.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intimate Nicknames (小名/昵称)

Chinese childhood nicknames often feature diminutive prefixes like 'Xiao' or reduplicated characters, highlighting affectionate bonds that persist into adulthood despite mock protests.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #justifying #affection #bantering
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
从小就 SPOKEN CHUNK

ever since childhood

Commonly placed before a verb phrase to emphasize that an action or habit has persisted since early youth.

叫习惯了 SPOKEN CHUNK

used to calling (someone a certain name)

A resultative complement construction used to explain that an action has become an ingrained habit.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question and gives it a playful, teasing tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

6 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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