How to do two things at once...in Chinese | Learn Chinese Now

Here is how to say doing two things at once in Chinese.
一邊...一邊... Yì biān...yì biān....
Literally: one side ..... one side.....
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[@AbzuLifeweaver]

How about three things at once? would it be yi bian three times?

[@vandreadparty]

Great videos like always. I am actually going to China for a year in September (Taiyuan, Shanxi Province), so trying to learn as much as I can before then.

[@jennigaffney1767]

我 一邊 打掃房子, 一邊 聽說話奔中國. One side cleaning house, one side listening to Ben speak Chinese (on a learn Chinese now playlist). It's what I have been doing this last hour. :)

[@JariSatta]

That last one was great, memory is developed through ridiculous association.

[@imaphantomfan]

Awesome!

[@jayramdahal3799]

nice..

[@JesstineCo079230]

在课堂里，同学们一边忙忙碌碌地偷吃，一边假装听课。十分舒服。而老师一边讲课，一边写解释，所以老师没察觉到同学们没在注意听课。😁😁 =P

[@JohannaXue]

Amazing channel! I've been looking for proper online Mandarin courses for a while because I'm a Chinese person who grew up abroad and although I can somewhat use the language (with many mistakes) I need so many things to be cleared up. Thank you, keep up with the good work!

[@learnchinesenow]

You You Xue We are considering doing more long form videos explaining Chinese grammar more systematically, would you be interested in that?

[@JohannaXue]

***** Oh that would be really helpful! I'm looking forward to it. :)

[@hunterklie]

Love it! She's having none of this nonsense.

[@davecks3042]

Hilarious and effective. Thanks for the videos.

[@4444borja]

我一边看视频，一边听音乐 Thanks, I love your videos!

[@ElyGlitterGirl]

You r awesome!! How can you speak chinese so good?

[@jennigaffney1767]

***** Ben grew up in China, that's why. :)

[@Kenhawk98]

As a Mandarin student, this Saturday I will be attending Duanwu Jie or the Dragon Boat Festival(Sorry for not putting the respective accents), if you people know about the celebration, it would be very informative if you could mention something about it.

[@TennisGvy]

Kenhawk98 Try ChinesePodTV, there is a video about that on their channel.

[@astraapple5018]

I'm doing a project rn about this guy and ive just realised he hasn't posted in ages lol

[@jackyjess7273]

very epic

[@ricardosousacarvalho7654]

Damn Ben, you're back and the show got better. I can forgive you for the shameless advertising(I realise it is a necessity), keep up the good work!

[@adamclark1972uk]

Which is better, the mainland Chinese or Taiwanese Chinese?

[@bbbdog8463]

how about 着 ？what‘s the difference between 着 and 一边...一边？

[@pumperentchen]

Do I get it right that this is for two actions that are *not* dependent on each other? Because for those you'd use sequential verbs, right?

[@learnchinesenow]

give an example of what you mean, and I'll try to tell you

[@pumperentchen]

Oh, thanks! I was thinking about something like "I'm sweating while/from running" or "I'm kicking my legs while I'm sitting on the swing (to get high up)" or "The duck is flapping its wings while flying through the air"

[@usa501ps]

I think it was great when you left simplified characters aside... but it's okay, I love your videos :)

[@brnina1]

一邊敎, 一邊款待

[@great4948]

我一邊拍照，一邊做電玩游戲。 *I am practising vocabulary of previous classes as well.

[@newtonafedu9511]

Ni yi bian kai hui, yi bian shuo hua

[@sal_strazzullo]

0:55 LOL

[@sianoneil9738]

我一邊看視頻，一邊學習華語啊！

[@wo334]

我一边吃午饭，一边跟朋友们说话。

[@MrSparkyEE]

我一邊用我的筆記本電腦， 一邊喝綠茶！

[@learnchinesenow]

MrSparky EE very good

[@sabrina3138]

他的发音非常听得懂。我一边学中文，一边学法语😬

[@FrisoTalks]

我一边自习普通话，一边跟中国的朋友们练习普通话。(I'm trying to say that I'm studying Mandarin by myself while also practicing with friends, I'm not sure if 练习 is the correct word here though)

[@alanlin9976]

Thanks for these videos. There's a typo in the "Ben on Twitter" link. There's a / instead of a . between twitter and com. It should read: twitter.com/benhedgesntd

[@VickyHP]

cool, I just realized "tea" is the same as in my language, portuguese: "chá".

[@learnchinesenow]

Ana RR Yes, countries that got their tea by land from China, via the silk road, such as Turkey, India and I guess Portugal, all call it some variation on Cha, some call it chai. The countries that got their tea by sea, have a pronunciation from the Fujian dialect which was Te, so the UK calls it Tea, France calls it Te.

[@finnsalsa9304]

***** So Finnish word for tea comes also from Fujian dialect? Tee.

[@TheFlute4me]

我一遍听音乐一边唱歌。

[@XxlololalalexX]

我一邊看KZbin，一邊想睡覺。

[@TheViolaBuddy]

他的妈妈虽然说过读书要认真，他还是一边做作业， 一边玩电脑游戏。

[@learnchinesenow]

Viola Buddy great, and you included the 雖人...可是／但是／還是... grammar structure in it

[@josedanielespinozaizaguirr9291]

我 一邊念書 ， 一邊彈吉他！ 😁

[@learnchinesenow]

Jose Daniel Espinoza Izaguirre very good

[@josedanielespinozaizaguirr9291]

***** Yeah thanks! I have been in Taiwan around 10 months trying to learn as much as possible and your videos have saved my life more than once! Great job. 嗯嗯，祝你們端午節快樂！

[@robinizer123]

小心！別一邊開車，一邊看手機！

[@learnchinesenow]

james bond very good, Mr. Bond

[@KlaustoFausto]

That is very dangerous indeed. However, what does 別 mean in this context?

[@ting8157]

別in this context is"Don't"

[@WinterCatEmeraldaKURONEKO]

一邊吃冰淇淋，一邊看中文視頻！

[@zachfox7771]

我一遍吃，一遍看KZbin

[@kristilovelace7939]

Yì biān shuō zhōng wen, yì biān shuō yīng wen

[@themisor.758]

Kristi Lovelace Haha, how could that be possible?

[@themisor.758]

Kristi Lovelace 你 有 沒 有 兩 個 舌 ? Ni you mei you liang ge she?

[@Ctrl-h]

instagram.com/p/3cuzo4RxGK/ Chinese matrix I made and use

[@WinterCatEmeraldaKURONEKO]

what did he hand her? Wait.....was that.....THAT SPRAY?

[@ricardomuelas7913]

我一边翻译这个句子，一边在床休息

[@AttyMonroe]

I like your videos, and have been a fan your KZbin channel for quite a while now, but I don't like the recent bout of advertising for iTalki... I think it would be better to just limit it to the "This episode of Learn Chinese Now brought to you by iTalki" in the beginning... :-/ 我一边吃，一边写。

[@learnchinesenow]

Taylor Monroe very good. But, Chinese doesn't often use verbs on their own, so you can say我 一边吃饭，一边写字 it is a little more like what a native speaker would say

[@learnchinesenow]

Taylor Monroe right now we have to have sponsorships, otherwise we can't afford the cameras, green screen studio, etc... I always try to find sponsorships that can provide a discount or deal for the viewers though.

[@matthewytsma3552]

媽媽一邊做飯一邊唱歌兒.

[@diandra8705]

可以 说。。。我看着书吃饭（为什么这个不一样？）

[@stellachen4339]

Diandra 意思是一样的

[@jl25735]

It would be strange to see a girl shaving while working =D

[@Echoechostar]

我一边坐睡椅，一边看电影。

[@ntantzen]

我一边喂我的螳螂，一边跳舞。(这句话是被9岁的王安宏写的。)

[@michaelwu358]

我一边画一幅画,一边写一本书。

[@luizjoaquimdasilvaneto6462]

我一边吃，一边研究汉语

[@unoki99]

今天我一边学中文，一边讲了电话。

[@chinese.with.kristen]

一边学中文一边喝葡萄酒

[@richardfila]

我一邊吃西瓜我一邊觀看視頻!

[@learnchinesenow]

Richard Fila good, but you don't need the second 我，just one at the beginning is enough

[@richardfila]

thank you~

[@ccless1]

我一边看电影，一边吃晚饭。

[@learnchinesenow]

ccless1 very good

[@narayana8249]

他一邊看電視，一邊喝白酒。

[@leochazalon]

我一边看KZbin，一边学习中文

[@rewanghoniem4258]

我 一边看电影一边吃饭

[@SM-mh2nj]

我一边吃晚饭, 一边学中文。

[@kseniyaponomareva889]

我一边看学习西班牙语,一边看你一个youtube影片.

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

我一邊觀賞影片,一邊打瞌睡.

[@learnchinesenow]

Spencer O'Dowd good

[@markwaters4303]

我一边看这个视频，一边做笔记

[@I3loom]

我一边吃晚饭一边学中文。

[@Eclipse807]

我一边吃饭,一边看电影。

[@jamesp1738]

我一边看电视，一边看书

[@lukewarren9696]

我一边做作业，一边聊天。

[@learnchinesenow]

Luke Warren very good

[@selfstartingwithprogrammin8503]

一边说话，一喝茶。 i get confused with the ta ta s

[@MihaiKrieger]

我一邊聽音樂，一邊玩電玩。

[@learnchinesenow]

Mihai Krieger very good

[@papereatingcat]

我一邊為宅男, 一邊吃拉麵.

[@kallenklein1444]

我一邊看電影，一邊刷牙。

[@dongyehe4590]

"she" shaved her beard???

[@darthyiu]

一邊教中文，一邊要真普選。

[@grassina3]

我一边做饭，一边听KZbin影片。

[@DarthIzu]

我一边吃披萨，一边讲电话同我的中国女朋友

[@learnchinesenow]

百里迪兰 good, but 一边吃披萨，一边同我的中国朋友讲电话 is more correct, word order of the second part switched around.

[@DarthIzu]

***** Right! Thanks!

[@maicra1588]

我一边看这个影片，一边我吃的

[@jamessullivan5864]

我一边看你，一边听五月天

[@finnsalsa9304]

她一邊吃魚，一邊走。

[@learnchinesenow]

Growilkku good

[@xXMACEMANXx]

一边写中文书法，一边听你们 ！

[@acsnowboarder13]

我的妈妈不会一边走一边说话。

[@learnchinesenow]

acsnowboarder13 good, you can also say 走路, we said 走 in the video, but both can work

[@squigoo]

我一邊坐在馬桶，一邊看一個KZbin影片

[@learnchinesenow]

squigoo almost right, you need to add 上 after 馬桶, so it is 我一邊坐在馬桶上，一邊看一個youtube影片

[@ashittychineselife3145]

squigoo you can cut"一个"because the word"youtube影片"in chinese already represents "a"

[@squigoo]

x xo i thought that in chinese, 一个 or just 个, or whichever measure word is appropriate, were sometimes used like english "an"?

[@starlight147]

我一边用我的手机，一边看电视。 i hope this is correct

[@toushiify]

I believe it would be, 我一边用的手机，一边看电视。but I'm sure someone else will correct me on that.

[@Suicey]

我的爸爸一边看电影，一边睡觉。

[@wo334]

怎么做？

[@Suicey]

电影很乏味，因此他睡觉

[@yejulie1028]

Gregor McIntyre Hard to do this, if movie is boring, then we sleep, you can say 因为电影很无聊，所以睡觉了。But usually we can not do those two things at same time. smile and smile. If you have some question, you can ask teacher in hanbridgemandarin.

[@Suicey]

Oh thank you :) I'm going to be living in China for a year in September so I really appreciate the help 繆皓宇 Ye Julie

[@michaelscamihorn3525]

我一边听音乐，一边跑步

[@learnchinesenow]

Michael Scamihorn very good

[@michaelscamihorn3525]

***** could you please do a video about the 儿化音, becouse I never know when to use it. I kown that it can be used in 哪儿 Vs 哪里 一点儿 vs 一点, and also in words like 花 that because 花儿. Other than these examples I really have no idea when to use it, thanks

[@travelwell6049]

Michael Scamihorn he touched upon it in today's upload. There is no difference in meaning really, it's just people in northern China (definitely Beijing) will use this 儿 form and people from south of china don't use it.

[@michaelscamihorn3525]

TravelWell ok thanks

[@kevinamorin]

我一边抚摸我的猫，一边写这个句子。

[@lobsterlogic]

我一边吃饭, 一边 说中文

[@masterimbecile]

不要一邊吃飯，一邊講話。不雅觀，而且容易被嗆到。 😉

[@lobsterlogic]

+masterimbecile 哈哈. True.

[@Bladavia]

我一边看这部youtube影片，一边打飞机。If you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Jamiewinters8]

我一邊看，一邊不看，一邊學量子力學。

[@veemon]

我一边吃东西一边看视频

[@raytwin11]

我一边看手机， 一边吃中饭。