In China, WeChat Moments is a wildly popular tool for sharing updates, pictures and videos with friends and family.
In this video we ask 5 people if they follow their “Moments” closely...
Press play to practise your listening skills and pick up some good vocabulary for describing “how often you do something” in Chinese!
Interview Dialogue Breakdown
Questions 1:
nǐ guān zhù nǐ de wēi xìn péng you quān ma？
你关注你的微信朋友圈吗？
Do you follow your WeChat Moments?
Interviewee 1:
wǔ fēn zhōng kàn yī cì.
五分钟看一次。
I check it every 5 minutes.
Interviewee 2:
dāng rán huì guān zhù a！měi tiān dōu zài kàn ya.
当然会关注啊！每天都在看呀。
Of course I follow it! I check it every day.
Interviewee 3:
dà gài sān xiǎo shí.
大概三小时。
I check it roughly every 3 hours.
Interviewee 4:
en, tǐng guān zhù de.
嗯，挺关注的。
Yup, I follow it quite closely.
Interviewee 5:
tǐng guān zhù de，qí shí.
挺关注的，其实。
I follow it quite closely, actually.
Interviewee 6:
zhè shì kěn dìng huì guān zhù de.
这是肯定会关注的。
I definitely follow it closely.
jī běn shàng, měi tiān yī xǐng lái, zhēng dà yǎn jīng,
基本上，每天一醒来，睁大眼睛，
Basically, when I wake up every day and open my eyes,
jiù huì dǎ kāi shǒu jī kàn.
就会打开手机看。
I just check my phone.
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Questions 2:
nǐ wèi shén me zhè me guān zhù nǐ de wēi xìn péng you quān ne？
你为什么这么关注你的微信朋友圈呢？
Why do you follow your WeChat Moments so closely?
Interviewee 1:
gōu tōng wǒ men zhī jiān de gǎn qíng.
沟通我们之间的感情。
We communicate our feelings to each other.
Interviewee 2:
xiàng péng you qiú jiù ba.
向朋友求救吧。
I can turn to my friends for help.
rán hòu yě kě yǐ kàn kàn péng you shēn biān de shìr.
然后也可以看看朋友身边的事儿。
Then I can also see what they are up to.
Interviewee 3:
en, tǐng guān zhù de.
嗯，挺关注的。
Yup, I follow it quite closely.
wǒ jué de wēi xìn péng you quān shàng de xiāo xī fēi cháng de yǒu qù.
我觉得微信朋友圈上的消息非常地有趣。
I think the WeChat Moments feed is very interesting.
tā ràng wǒ kě yǐ liǎo jiě wǒ péng you zuì jìn de yī xiē zhuàng kuàng.
它让我可以了解我朋友最近的一些状况。
It allows me to find out about my friends' recent circumstances.
rán hòu, péng you men fā shēng le shén me shì qíng a.
然后，朋友们发生了什么事情啊。
And what my friends are up to.
rán hòu，lì rú tā men jīn tiān qù yùn dòng le.
然后，例如他们今天去运动了。
And, for example, if they went to exercise today.
huò zhě shuō, jīn tiān de gōng zuò zhuàng tài bù tài hǎo huò zhě shì shén me yàng.
或者说，今天的工作状态不太好或者是什么样。
Or, if the situation at work today is not so good or whatever it's like.
wēi xìn péng you quān zhè gè gōng néng，
微信朋友圈这个功能，
The function of WeChat Moments,
kě yǐ ràng wǒ liǎo jiě dào wǒ de péng you zuì jìn de zhuàng kuàng rú hé.
可以让我了解到我的朋友最近的状况如何。
can allow me to find out how my friends have been doing recently.
rán hòu，tǐng hǎo wán，tǐng yǒu qù de.
然后，挺好玩，挺有趣的。
And it's quite fun and interesting.
Interviewee 4:
zhè shì kěn dìng huì guān zhù de.
这是肯定会关注的。
I definitely follow it closely.
jī běn shàng, měi tiān yī xǐng lái, zhēng dà yǎn jīng,
基本上，每天一醒来，睁大眼睛，
Basically, when I wake up every day and open my eyes,
jiù huì dǎ kāi shǒu jī kàn.
就会打开手机看。
I just check my phone.
shuā yī quān péng you quān，rán hòu...
刷一圈朋友圈，然后...
I go through my WeChat Moments. And...
jiù kàn dào péng you zuó tiān zuò le shén me，jīn tiān zuò le shén me.
就看到朋友昨天做了什么，今天做了什么。
I just see what my friend did yesterday and what he did today.
rán hòu, kàn dào xǐ huan de, jiù huì gěi tā yī gè diǎn zàn.
然后，看到喜欢的，就会给他一个点赞。
And I give a like when I see something that I like.
diǎn zàn de huà, jiù xiāng dāng yú nǐ men Facebook lǐ miàn huì gěi bié rén yī gè like.
点赞的话，就相当于你们Facebook里面会给别人一个like.
diǎn zàn, it is equivalent to giving someone a like on Facebook.
rán hòu，wǒ men jiù huì diǎn zàn.
然后，我们就会点赞。
And we can "diǎn zàn".
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