Split = 裂开 [liè kāi]
No Tom in sight, but you know he has been here: the rock is split open beside the tree.
Split = 裂开 [liè kāi]
Launch = 发射 [fā shè]
Win = 赢 [yíng]
Win = 赢 [yíng]
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Apple = 苹果 [píng guǒ]
Apple = 苹果 [píng guǒ]
Newton is reading under an apple tree when an iPhone, not the fruit, drops on his head. Either way, it is a 苹果.
苹果 (píngguǒ) means “apple.” 果 means fruit. The company Apple is also 苹果, and an iPhone is often called a 苹果手机 (píngguǒ shǒujī), an Apple phone.
Count apples with 个 (gè): 一个苹果 (yí ge píngguǒ).
我每天吃一个苹果。 — Wǒ měitiān chī yí ge píngguǒ. — I eat an apple every day.
他用的是苹果手机。 — Tā yòng de shì píngguǒ shǒujī. — He uses an iPhone.
Haircut = 理发 [lǐ fà]
Haircut = 理发 [lǐ fà]
A long-haired girl in a “Can you cut it?” T-shirt comes back completely bald, and the leafy tree behind her is bare too. That is one serious 理发.
理发 (lǐfà) means “to get a haircut” or “to cut hair.” 理 means to put in order, and 发 here is fà, hair, as in 头发 (tóufa).
A barbershop or hair salon is 理发店 (lǐfàdiàn). In everyday speech many people say 剪头发 (jiǎn tóufa).
我明天去理发。 — Wǒ míngtiān qù lǐfà. — I’m getting a haircut tomorrow.
你理发了？很好看！ — Nǐ lǐfà le? Hěn hǎokàn! — You got a haircut? It looks great!