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小時候的國語說得...

小時候的...

小時候的國語說得不好

xiaoˇ shiˊ houˋ de˙ guoˊ yuˇ shuo ˉ de˙ buˋ haoˇ

(When I was)

When I was a child my Mandarin was not very good!

小時 xiaoˇ shiˊ

(Hour, Hours)

Hour, Hours

小時候

xiaoˇ shiˊ houˋ

(As a, As a child, Childhood)

Childhood, As a child, As a kid

小時候的

xiaoˇ shiˊ houˋ de˙

(As a child, When I was, When he was, When she was)

As a child, When I was a child, When he was a child, When she was a child

時候 shiˊ houˋ

(At that time, Time)

Time, At that time

國語 guoˊ yuˇ

(Mandarin, National)

Mandarin, National Language

說得 shuoˉ de˙

(Said)

Said (e.g. said very well)

說得不好

shuoˉ de˙ buˋ haoˇ

(Can't speak, Don't speak)

Don't speak very well, Can't speak (it) very well

不好 buˋ haoˇ

(Bad, Not good)

Not good, Bad

小

Humble, Insignificant, Little, Minor, Prefix Used As, Small, Tiny, Young

Small, Little, Young, Tiny, Minor, Insignificant, Humble, Prefix Used As A Term Of Endearment

時

At that time, Epoch, Era, Fashionable, Season, Sometimes, Time

Time, At that time, Fashionable, Sometimes, Era, Season, Epoch

候

Expect, Greet, Season, Time, Visit, Wait

Wait, Expect, Visit, Greet, Time, Season

的

Accurate, Clear, Distinct, Exact, Goal, Have, Proper, Target

Have, Has, At That, (Di4), Clear, Distinct, Target, Goal, (Di2), Accurate, Exact, Proper, (De5)

國

Country, Nation, State

Country, State, Nation

語

Dialect, Language, Narrate, Speech, Tell, Voice

Language, Speech, Voice, Dialect, Narrate, Tell

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

得

Acquire, Get, Must, Need, Obtain, Should, Succeed

Must, Should, Need, (de2), Acquire, Obtain, Get, Succeed, (de5)

不

Infix, No, Non, None, Not, Not able to, Un, Without

No, Not, Non, None, Not able to, Un, Without, Infix Used To Indicate Inability

好

Easy, Finish, Good, Like, Love, Okay, Pleasant, Prefer, Prefix Used As, So that, Very Much, Well, Wonderful

Good, Okay, Pleasant, Well, Wonderful, Easy, Finish, So that, Very Much, Prefix used as an adjectifier indicating good or easy (hao4), Love, Like, Prefer

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