Common Chinese Mistake! - How to Say "Become" in Chinese

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

[ Exercises for Today’s Lesson 📝 ] I decided to translate most of them into Chinese for you, so you can just try choosing the correct “become” word to use: (If you practice them in the comment section, I will check your answers!) It’s getting cold. 天氣 _____ 冷了。 / simplified: 天气 _____ 冷了。（lit. The weather became cold） He wants to become a lawyer. 他想 _____ 律師。 / simplified: 他想 _____ 律师。 This building became a ruin. 這棟大樓 _____ 了廢墟。 / simplified: 这栋大楼 _____ 了废墟。 This song became very popular. 這首歌 _____ 很受歡迎。 / simplified: 这首歌 _____ 很受欢迎。

[@stephenshank9499]

天氣變冷了。 他想變成律師。 這棟大樓成為了廢墟。 這首歌變得很受歡迎。

[@开心的-d9m]

变得 变成/变 成为 变得 Here it is. Please correct me if there are mistakes

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Stephen Shank Nice! But the second one we usually say “他想成為律師”. About the third one your sentence is correct but I just want to let you know, you can also say “這棟大樓變成了廢墟”! :)

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Prom The second one we usually use “成为”. And about the third one, you can use “变成”. (成为 is also correct!)

[@kokolexx]

变 成为 变成 变得

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

Hi, Grace, I just want to say thank you, even though we are like competitors on youtube (but I have way fewer subscribers than you😝) This video: HOW TO SAY BECOME IN CHINESE is the video that I always want to make, as a Chinese teacher myself, I understand how confusing the differences between all these "becomes" are, and you've made them so easy to understand! I sent this video to my students, thank you again!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

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[@ShuoshuoChinese]

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[@NavinKhunte]

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[@ShuoshuoChinese]

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[@NavinKhunte]

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[@jdb6026]

At first, I was like, hmm... 10.5 minutes for one word? But after watching, every second was SOOOO good. There was not a single second wasted. This woman is a really good teacher and explains everything so well and in a straightforward manner with examples and big Chinese characters plus pronunciation.

[@kazukimanga]

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[@GraceMandarinChinese]

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[@BerenikaKutt]

Mine, too 😊 keep up the good work 😊

[@nicholaswebber6694]

The sentence "如果见不到就会随着时间变成回忆" hit me hard emotionally (._. ) 我服了 (╯°□°)╯( ┻━┻

[@jesse7680]

What’s 服了?

[@wisdomsoar]

It's kind of a slang I believe. The complete form of "我服了" are "我佩服了" or " "我服從了". They are literally "I admire and agree this" and "I obey this". The talker @nicholaswebber6694 want to express "He believe this sentence because he might have the similar experience >< I guess.... (I am sorry for that)

[@nicholaswebber6694]

@@wisdomsoar Hi didn't see the reply 6 months ago lol, I learned this phrase from a friend she explained that it means " I give up on it/you"

[@baifengjiu.]

I am so grateful to have a teacher like you.😊❤

[@ultragog2]

谢谢老师，你教的，让我变聪明一点了。^^

[@Mozhganelahi]

wow the best explanation. 感谢

[@chair8401]

This is super helpful ngl.

[@筆紅-v1s]

0 dislike... You r incredible. You r my favourite mandarin chinese teacher (and one of the best)

[@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224]

Excellent video Grace, thank you very much.

[@FC-os1mm]

Great video! The examples with real use are the best, you put so much effort in your channel... i hope it becomes more famous and successful!!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

F. R. Thank you!! I’ll keep it up! Thank you for the support :D

[@marusiakiseleva9761]

很有用的视频！非常感谢你

[@Travelingjoe]

好棒的內容！謝謝🙏

[@kokolexx]

I asked this question to some of my chinese friends and teacher. But your way of explaining makes it clearer. Thank you.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Alex Jonathan Glad you like it! No problem! ;)

[@fusion9619]

Great examples - I can follow this even though I don't know many of these words. You're a natural teacher!

[@davidwang9350]

谢谢你老师，你的视频帮了我很多！

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

David Wang 不客氣！（不客气）

[@delepeno9636]

Thanks

[@桑麻品阿里]

Thank you very much for your help me and I'll see you soon.

[@ValleyData]

My favorite teacher 😌

[@JC-rv6lo]

哇 呢個老師好靚! 😍 I will learn putonghua from this channel!

[@ynntari2775]

Wow, this difference between [enphasis in the change] and [enphasis in the final product] is alien to me, totally new concept, very hard to get.

[@marklogan8282]

Thanks, Grace, an amazing lesson!

[@ivosimeonov7195]

你很美😍 thank you for the lesson

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

yo_ Gaming You’re welcome! Thank you for the compliment

[@jiahe5800]

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[@graceidhi2571]

谢谢

[@cuentoxino]

In each of your videos I learn a lot. good work 😊‼️

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Thanks

[@kankoku1228]

老师你好。＂成为＂和＂当＂哪一个单词更对？

[@isaiahlang5847]

我看你的视频以后“变”的意思变得非常明白。

[@JesusTheRealSuperman]

谢谢 😊 很好视频😊💪 拜拜✌

[@TheTrueKayn]

Really great work Grace! Your videos are so helpful and enjoyable at the same time. Everytime you upload a new one I instantly have to watch them. Keep doing what you do, you are great :) Did you study how to teach Chinese or is this just a hobby of yours?

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Kayn97 Hi! Thank you! I currently graduated from college, and I’m about to go to grad school for Chinese teaching;) Because I majored in Chinese Literature, I’ve taken linguistic courses and several courses about Chinese teaching and analyzing Chinese. So I want to start sharing what I’ve learned with you guys and also learn from you guys by receiving your feedback!

[@marionplaza4240]

今天你是我的老师。 你很好！

[@greelune5780]

Thanks for the help, Lǎoshī :D

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Greelune No problem ;)

[@martinphipps2]

Ah! I have heard 变 成 before! 我会好好的 王心凌 wǒ huì hǎo hǎo de huā hái xiāng xiāng de 我 会 好 好 的 花 还 香 香 的 I will be good good flowers also fragrant shí jiān yì zhí qù huí yì zhēn měi lì 时 间 一 直 去 回 忆 真 美 丽 Time a straight back to really beautiful wǒ shì xiǎng zhe nǐ yì zhí xiǎng zhe nǐ 我 是 想 着 你 一 直 想 着 你 I was thinking of you and I was thinking of you nǐ zài wǒ xīn dǐ biàn chéng le mì mì 你 在 我 心 底 变 成 了 秘 密 You become a secret in my heart I also notice that 好好的 should be 好好地 but apparently this is a common mistake.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

bian turned into [noun] } {formal} bian cheng turned into [noun] {informal, more emphatic than bian} cheng wei turned into completely and achieved {emphasizes outcome & implies a favorable outcome} bian de turned as in turned yellow [adjective] 6:15

[@0wnagefactory]

The movie clips are very helpful. At 2:50 she omitted the 在 in 现在, right? maybe you could make a video on that as well. Also heard it with 但 instead of 但是.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

President_of_MARS Actually she didn’t omitted the 在 in 现在. She just spoke very fast. 在 in her sentence is very light. But about “但是”, many people do say “但” only. :)

[@korreyj]

question about the clip @ 2:50 the subtitles say "现在变成两个." but i feel like i clearly heard "现变两个." my question is when you first saw the clip did you hear "现在变成两个" , do you naturally fill in the blanks, or do you look at the subtitles to see exactly what was meant (fairly certain you have no need to check out the subtitles but figured I'd ask anyway). I've been looking at videos of contractions in mandarin recently and have found those very interesting. Not sure if you're looking for video ideas, but there you go hehe. great video as usual, thanks for these

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

korreyj Hi! Haha the actress spoke very fast, but she did say “变成”. If you listen to it carefully, you will hear “biàn-eng”. There is a “eng” at the end, so we know that it is “变成”. Thank you for letting me know this from a learner’s perspective! I didn’t know this was so unclear :P And also thank you for the suggestion! :D

[@4ng3lL33]

7:04 What movie is this? "我是要变漂亮，不是要变小“。。。Anyway, your channel is great! You're a great teacher too!

[@tymanung768]

Very clear!' great! BUT those nouns are NOT direct objects--they are APPOSITIVE nouns, which are equivalent to other nouns, or PREDICATE nouns. which become or turn into something else. . Thank you for all your efforts. Xiexie,.doje, dochia, dosia, joisie etc Chinese dialects.

[@jonathonsimon7770]

What if he had said, "ni hui biancheng fuyu de ren" - I wonder if that would that have worked since its essentially referring to the subject noun turning into the object noun? Or still need "bian de"? Likewise, it got me thinking, what is really the best way to describe a SUCCESSFUL person, in Chinese - does success imply wealth?.

[@menie4823]

你会变成成功 means you will become success. Literally, you will become "the concept of success".

[@philippon_]

老师，我有一个问题! I would like to say "I want to become good at speaking Chinese", I guess I would have to use 变得, but I'm not sure about the order of the words in the sentence. My take is: 我要变得好说汉语/中文。 But I'm not sure it is correct. Could you or anyone who knows how to say that sentence correct me? Thank you very much!! 😊

[@kevinpan5525]

我想成为一个会说中文的人。

[@philippon_]

@@kevinpan5525 thank you very much

[@taohu6142]

"我要变得好说汉语/中文" 这样说逻辑上没问题但是怪怪的. 应该是”我的中文水平要变得更好.

[@okhaiakhazemea369]

GRACE老师！请帮我！你叫我叫Okhai。可是我的中文名是【欧凯】。我一直学了中文5年了。可是我仍然不知道怎么用【却】。下次你做应一个视频的时候，请帮我们了解这个词语【却】的意思。

[@dmutrading2875]

My favourite Chinese would is cai

[@gzintheair]

有一天要当老师 但是现在我改变了

[@모르는사람-w4h]

Can anybody tell me what she meant when she said the subject becomes object

[@martabagnoli1212]

Usually you can split a sentence into the person/thing doing an action (the subject), the action they're doing (the verb), and the thing/person they're doing that action to (the object). So if you talked to a doctor, you (the subject) and the doctor (the object) are very separate, because the only thing connecting you and the doctor is the action of talking. Whereas if you became a doctor, the verb (becoming) means that the subject (you) and the object (a doctor) become the same thing at some point.

[@jono_bates]

So, "我想成为老师” and "我想当老师” is the same?

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Jonathan Bates Yes! :)

[@桑麻品阿里]

What is different between blue line and black line¿¿

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Prinar Sangma The black line is traditional Chinese and the blue line is simplified Chinese :)

[@KhallDrake]

Now please discuss the other 50 ways of saying becoming or turning into something else...

[@jesse7680]

In the case of “become a teacher” or “become a ___ wife” don’t people mostly use 當？我想當老師 我想當好的母親

[@tainantaiwan8629]

哇 That was the first time I heard the name John Cena without hearing the John Cena walkout music.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Tainan Taiwan 😂😂

[@martinphipps2]

Is there a difference between 我想當老師 and 我想成為老師?

[@葛震宇-g2o]

Almost the same

[@hifrax]

perfect Mandarin teacher doesn't exis- .....

[@QuizmasterLaw]

2:02 如果见不到就会是一个时间变成回忆 ? I listened to it repeatedly there is definitely a hard G as in guy there, and I think it must be ge? or is it some local accent??

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I would have translated as "If we do not see each other then this time will become a memory" Or is that wrong?

[@taohu6142]

2:02 如果见不到就会”是一个“时间变成回忆 ? 正确答案：2:02 如果见不到就会“随着”时间变成回忆. 你把“随着”听成了“是一个”.

[@martinphipps2]

What is the difference between 我想成為老師 and 我想當老師? EDIT: Apparently I have seen this video before and asked the same question.

[@wisdomsoar]

"我想成為老師" emphasis the process of change. (I think he/she makes an effort for becoming a teacher) "我想當老師" just mention about the speaker want to be a teacher as profession. (We don't know he/she if make an effort for it)

[@QuizmasterLaw]

2:48 does not sound like shen me yuan wang sounds more like suiran wo yong le Is it cantonese or a local accent ?

[@kevinpan5525]

I am native speaker, for my ear, there is no wrong sound, most of native speakers always speak so fast that non-native speaker can't hear correct pronounciation clearly, (actually, each person from China has their own accent, especially the Taiwanese accent in the video.)No matter what accent it is, you need to get used to the accents in case you don't understand the native speakers. As English native speakers do, they speak too fast to catch, my terrible ears on English Listening.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@kevinpan5525 You will find British English easier to understand than American English. You will also find American English easier to pronounce correctly as compared to British English. Listen like an Englishman, speak like an American. I've a fair amount of experience teaching ESL.

[@ThomasMandarinChinese_8975]

I love you so much ❤️💕😘❤️👌😍🤩👌🏻

[@jdemeulenaer123]

我以後想當老師。。行嗎。

[@surreygeorge11]

I didn't know John Cena was Chinese.

[@santiagomedina6428]

🙋🙋🙋Xiexie tacher

[@TurnipPower110]

Shame on Cena for apologizing to Chinese glass hearts just for acknowledging Taiwan exists!

[@jorgechang8901]

想要中文變好

[@jasons6368]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHLJnqh9e5eHnK8 這部電影叫什麽？🤣

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

「鍾無艷」，不過先聲明，我沒有看過這部電影，不知道好不好看喔！XD

[@martinphipps2]

You've only been doing this for 10 months???

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Yes :P I'm happy that you found my channel! Welcome :)

[@大傻-b1g]

You forgot 当

[@asdfghjklqwerty9955]

This is what i want to mention. 当 is also "become"

[@QuizmasterLaw]

2:51 she definitely says "xian bian liang ge" not "xian zai bian cheng liang ge" wtf Not the best example due to bad local accent and no match between what is said and what is written as subtitle And it's the central teaching point. Maybe bian or bian cheng are both good there but how would we non native speakers know? We don't! That's why we're here! 2:51

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Ann Onymous She spoke very fast, but she did say “xian zai bian cheng liang ge”. You can try to slow the speed of the video to listen to it:) And btw the actress was from Wuhan and was studying in Beijing. (Some background for her accent)

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@GraceMandarinChinese 没门儿。他说过现变两个。我听了清楚，听几次。：） I'm not saying the actress is speaking wrongly, people drop words in Chinese more often than in other languages, but people in all languages sometimes omit obvious words for whatever reason.

[@danielkim618]

好像他的水平变得更好了 我想成为那个人 我变胖了！ 他想变成女 我不想让你变坏，我得走

[@ThomasMandarinChinese_8975]

Grace You are so beautiful ❤️❤️😍❤️😎😘😍😍

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

john carter Thank you! ☺️

[@albertuserwinsusanto924]

一天不看你的视频，那天会变惨。

[@johncarpenter4083]

Misspelled "writing." It only has a single "t", "writting" is wrong, as in wrrong.

[@gachhongvlog6599]

你好! 早上好- 下午好 晚上好- 你好吗 我很好， ĩ谢谢- 你呢 欢迎- 今天天气很好 住你愉快 再见- 带会见 明天见-i 多保重 打扰下 有什么可以帮助你的吗？

[@ThomasMandarinChinese_8975]

Will you marry me...?

[@ThomasMandarinChinese_8975]

Describe it please why aren't you answering me....?

[@davidwang9350]

LOOOL UH OH

[@xuxipan7181]

thats okay man

[@arturgrzenkowicz5750]

I would honestly prefer you not repeat the parts in Mandarin, if I wanted to hear sth twice I'd just click a few seconds back ;)

[@4ng3lL33]

7:04 What movie is this? "我是要变漂亮，不是要变小“。。。Anyway, your channel is great! You're a great teacher too!